Mayank Goyal
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Multi-NIC VMs with static IPs in VCF Automation
Build VCF Automation VMs with up to three optional NICs, each static or DHCP, any number of data disks with their own sizes, and…
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Free utilities for Orchestrator and VCF Automation developers.
Search the Orchestrator scripting API: classes, methods and plug-in objects for 8.x and 9.x.
An MCP server that lets your AI assistant build, run and debug Orchestrator workflows.
Open a .package file in the browser and browse its workflows, actions and elements.
Paste a curl command and get the equivalent Orchestrator JavaScript.
A Chrome extension that gives the Orchestrator script editor room to breathe.
Generate clean documentation for your Orchestrator actions.
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Change your OAuth 2.0 token strategy using Scripting API
vRO 8.7 added a choice of how OAuth 2.0 REST hosts send their bearer token: the oauth_token query parameter or the more secure Authorization header. A…
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Don’t Ignore .gitignore in vRO 8.x
Using git with vRO 8.x? A .gitignore file at the repo root keeps test actions, environment-specific configuration elements, packages, library content and multi-node workflows out of…
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vRO Debugger: How to Use Breakpoints and Watch Expressions
Stop scattering System.log() lines through your code. Use the Orchestrator debugger to pause an action on a breakpoint, step through it line by line, and test…
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Collection of VMware for Dummies Books
All 33 VMware For Dummies special editions in one place, grouped by topic: cloud, automation, Kubernetes, networking, security and end-user computing. Download them one by one,…
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Automatically Log Task and Action Names in Big Workflows
Log a start and end message in every scriptable task so a failed run points straight to the broken step. System.currentWorkflowItem() keeps the task names in…
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Automated Installation of vRO Plugin using Python
Two Python scripts that install an Orchestrator plug-in (.dar or .vmoapp): one for VCF Automation 9.x that signs in with an API token and uses the…
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Generate vRO Workflow Runs Report in CSV
A workflow that pulls the last 30 days of Orchestrator workflow runs from the catalog REST API, turns them into a CSV report and emails it…
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JavaScript to Java Conversion Limitation in vRO
Assigning items to a vCenter data object array like spec.deviceChange silently does nothing in Orchestrator, because JavaScript arrays become fixed-size Java arrays. Here’s why it happens…
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