VMware Automation/Orchestration Resources

A short collection of blogs, people and other resources that I have found helpful for VMware Automation/Orchestration related work.

If you feel something should be added to this list, please let me know! @sam_perrin.

VMware API References/Resources

• Developer Documentation - Contains lots of additional links.
• PowerCLI Reference
• VMware {code}
• VMware {code} Blog
• vSphere Automation API (6.7)
• vSphere Automation API (7.0)

• vCenter MOB (Managed Object Browser) - web based app available to vCenter that allows you to examine objects that exist on the server, populated with runtime information and can help reveal the underlying structures of the object model.

  • To access the MOB
  • In a Web browser, navigate to the FQDN or IP address of your vCenter Server and add /mob to the end: https://vcenter-fqdn-ip/mob
  • Enter the user account and password for the system when prompted.
  • Using the MOB to Explore the Object Model

vRealize Automation (vRA) / vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)

• vRA8 - Resource Type Scheme
• vRA8 - Cloud template expression syntax in vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly
• vRA8 - How to use expressions to make vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly blueprint code more versatile
• vRA8 - How user input can customize a cloud template in vRealize Automation
• vRA8 - What variables and expressions can I use when binding pipeline tasks in vRealize Automation Code Stream
• vRA7 - Custom Properties Reference
• vRA7 - Life Cycle Extensibility
• vRA7 - vRealize Automation EBS Lifecycle States & Events
• VMware Cloud Management Blog
• vroapi.com

People (most links to Twitter where possible)

• Mark Brookfield
• Gary Flynn
• Katherine Skilling
• Paul Davey
• Christopher Lewis
• Dana Gertsch
• Simon Conyard
• Sam McGeown
• Michael Poore
• Gavin Stephens