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Role of vCenter Orchestrator with the vCloud Director Plug-In

You must use the Orchestrator configuration interface to install and configure the vCloud Director plug-in.

You use the Orchestrator client to run and create workflows and access the plug-in API.

The vCloud Director plug-in is powered by vCenter Orchestrator 4.1. Orchestrator is a development and

process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows to manage the VMware vCenter

infrastructure and other technologies.

Orchestrator allows integration with management and administration solutions through its open plug-in

architecture. vCloud Director is one example of an administration solution that you can integrate with

Orchestrator by using plug-ins.

Plug-In Interaction with vCloud Director

You use the plug-in to run Orchestrator workflows that interact with vCloud Director to perform automated

tasks in the vCloud infrastructure.

With vCloud Director, you can build secure, multitenant clouds by combining virtual infrastructure resources

into virtual datacenters. The virtual datacenters are a fully automated, catalog-based service that users access

through Web-based portals and programmatic interfaces.

Installing and Configuring the vCloud Director Plug-In

You must use the Orchestrator configuration interface to install and configure the vCloud Director plug-in.

vCloud Director Plug-In Functional Prerequisites

To be able to install and use the vCloud Director plug-in, your system must meet the following product

prerequisites.

vCenter Orchestrator

Verify that you have a running instance of Orchestrator. You can log in to the Orchestrator configuration

interface at http://orchestrator_server:8282. Versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 of the plug-in work with vCenter

Orchestrator 4.1.

For information about setting up Orchestrator, see the vCenter Orchestrator Installation and Configuration

Guide.

vCloud Director

Verify that you have access to a vCloud Director instance. You can test your user credentials at

https://vcloud_director_server. Versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 of the plug-in work with vCloud Director 1.0 and 1.0.1.

For information about setting up vCloud Director, see the vCloud Director Installation and Configuration Guide.

Install the vCloud Director Plug-In

To be able to use the vCloud Director plug-in, you must download the .vmoapp file containing the plug-in and

install it using the Orchestrator configuration interface.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in to the Orchestrator configuration interface at http://orchestrator_server:8282.

Verify that you have downloaded the .vmoapp file from

http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vcenter-orchestrator/plugins.html.

Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Director 1.0

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