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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Custom Progress Bar in Orchestrator for Visual Feedback
A small ProgressBar action for VCF Orchestrator that draws text bars like [####—-] 60% and writes them to a vSphere VM custom attribute, so long provisioning…
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Enable access to Java Classes in JavaScript code and get Rhino Engine & JavaScript versions
Add a class shutter file and point the rhino-class-shutter-file property at it with vracli so Orchestrator scripts can use Java classes, then check the Rhino engine…
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Enhanced Logger: My enhancements to Gavin Stephens’s Logger Class
My take on Gavin Stephens’s Logger class for VCF Orchestrator: no errors on empty calls, emoji markers for workflows, actions, success and failure, and a one-line…
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Quick enable Log Debug Mode in Orchestrator 8.18.1
Nothing from System.debug() showing up in your Orchestrator 8.18.1 logs? Set Server log level to ALL and Scripting log level to DEBUG under System Settings, Log…
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How to use 3rd-party Polyglot modules as native JavaScript class in VCF Orchestrator
Wrap a third-party Node.js module like the yaml npm package in a VCF Orchestrator action environment, call it from a polyglot action, then expose it through…
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Using Google SMTP: How to use it inside Automation, Orchestrator and other tools
No internal mail server, or testing in a homelab? Use Gmail SMTP (smtp.gmail.com, port 587, STARTTLS, app password) with the Orchestrator Send notification library workflow or…
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vRO Configuration Element: Creation using CSV Import/Export
vRO configuration elements have no import or export like resource elements. This CSV-based solution builds a configuration element from name, type, value rows and exports existing…
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curl2vRO: Effortlessly Convert curl Commands to Orchestrator JavaScript Code
curl2vRO is an open-source Node.js tool that turns a working curl command into Orchestrator JavaScript REST code, including headers, auth and JSON or form bodies, with…
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