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      <title>Processing PowerShell Script Result by Orchestrator</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-powershell-result/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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          &lt;p&gt;Collecting and parsing PowerShell script result by Aria Automation Orchestrator.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#subject&#34;&gt;Subject&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#open-and-reuse-a-session&#34;&gt;Open (and reuse) a session&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#getting-the-output&#34;&gt;Getting the output&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#get-results-as-json&#34;&gt;Get Results as JSON&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#get-results-as-xml&#34;&gt;Get Results as XML&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#hair-of-the-dog-xml-to-json&#34;&gt;Hair of the dog: XML to JSON&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;subject&#34;&gt;Subject&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recently I&#39;ve been tasked to automate existing PowerShell script running. The scripts manage email messages on an Exchange Online server and I needed to collect and send the script output. I started to experiment with Orchestartor PowerShell plugin and came up with a solution presented below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;open-and-reuse-a-session&#34;&gt;Open (and reuse) a session&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In case you run multiple scripts on a single PowerShell host, it is worth to open a session and run the commands via this single session. This will save a lot of time, as creating a session can be time-comsuming (compared to the commands/scripts run on the host). The first sample workflow &lt;tt&gt;Open Session&lt;/tt&gt; demonstrates the point. It runs two simple scripts, the first is the &lt;tt&gt;whoami&lt;/tt&gt; command, and second is listing the local groups defined: &lt;tt&gt;Get-LocalGroup | Select-Object Name,SID&lt;/tt&gt;. The test run is below: it took 5 seconds to build the connection, and less than a second to run each command:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-powershell-result/open_session.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;getting-the-output&#34;&gt;Getting the output&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The easiest way of getting the result is getting the host output (used in the &lt;tt&gt;Open Session&lt;/tt&gt; workflow):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;session&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;psHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getSession&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sessionId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;session&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;invokeScript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;script1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Script run: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getInvocationState&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Host output:\n&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getHostOutput&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;errors&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getErrors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;errors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Script errors:\n&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;errors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;join&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;\n&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is a catch with this approach: each command can have a different output format, and we rely on string processing to gather the results. Here are the output of running the two scripts above:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-powershell-result/host_output.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;get-results-as-json&#34;&gt;Get Results as JSON&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This workflow use the &lt;tt&gt;getResults()&lt;/tt&gt; function of the &lt;tt&gt;PowerShellInvocationResult&lt;/tt&gt; object. This function returns a &lt;tt&gt;PowerShellRemotePSObject&lt;/tt&gt;. This object has a getAsJson() function.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Completed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getInvocationState&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getResults&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getAsJson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;resultObj&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;resultObj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s see what is the return value of this function for the following script: &lt;tt&gt;Get-LocalGroup -Name Guests; Get-LocalUser Guest&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-powershell-result/result_json.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does not seem to be easily parsed, unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;get-results-as-xml&#34;&gt;Get Results as XML&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try the XML output: what could possibly go wrong?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Completed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getInvocationState&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;xml&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getResults&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getXml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;xmlObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;XML&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;xml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;xmlObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the same complex structure in XML. Hard to find the exact information we need within:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-powershell-result/result_xml.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;hair-of-the-dog-xml-to-json&#34;&gt;Hair of the dog: XML to JSON&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s process the the PowerShell script result by PowerShell!&lt;br&gt;Orchestrator has built-in PowerShell engine, and luckily we have the &lt;tt&gt;DeSerialize&lt;/tt&gt; method in &lt;a href=&#34;https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.management.automation.psserializer&#34;&gt;PSSerializer Class&lt;/a&gt; to deserialize a PowerShell CliXml into an object. Then we convert the object to JSON and collect the result:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$xml&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;xml&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;XML input length:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$xml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Length&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;try&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$json&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;no&#34;&gt;[System.Management.Automation.PSSerializer]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;DeSerialize&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$xml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;ConvertTo-Json&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Compress&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;catch&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Error&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$_&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$json&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;{}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$output&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;@{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$output&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The collected result can be easily used:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-powershell-result/result_xml_json.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap up&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PowerShell script result can be a complex object, and parsing the JSON/XML representations of it is complex. The method above provides a simple way to do that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind that the polyglot PowerShell engine is available only within Orchestrator intances licenced with Aria Automation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find the sample workflows at GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Package com.test.powershell&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - Update Custom Properties</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-4/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-4/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to update custom properties in deployments of a custom resource type&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#deployment-resources&#34;&gt;Deployment resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#recap-of-the-previous-posts&#34;&gt;Recap of the previous posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#virtual-machine-folder-as-a-custom-resource-type&#34;&gt;Virtual Machine folder as a Custom Resource Type&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#create-vm-folder-workflow&#34;&gt;Create VM folder workflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#update-vm-folder-delete-vm-folder-workflows&#34;&gt;Update VM folder, Delete VM folder workflows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#define-vmfolder-custom-resource-type&#34;&gt;Define VMfolder Custom Resource Type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#cloud-template&#34;&gt;Cloud Template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#updating-properties&#34;&gt;Updating properties&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#updating-custom-properties&#34;&gt;Updating custom properties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introducting-a-fake-input&#34;&gt;Introducting a fake input&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#updating-the-custom-property-with-the-fake-input&#34;&gt;Updating the custom property with the fake input&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;deployment-resources&#34;&gt;Deployment resources&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aria Automation deployment resources can be assigned custom properties. These properties can have an impact on how the resource created (name, size, ...), but can also store arbitrary metadata we want to use later for automation purposes (for example backup policy name).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sometimes we need to change these values during the lifetime of the resource. For virtual machines the IaaS API provides a convinient way to do that via PATCHing /iaas/api/machines/{id}: we can specify the custom properties and values. The same API is exposed via &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation-8-4-2-1?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;, one can use
&lt;tt&gt;com.vmware.library.vra.infrastructure.machine/createMachineCustomProperties&lt;/tt&gt; action to update the VM&#39;s custom properties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is no such interface for deployment resources in general, and for custom resource types in particular either. This article discusses the challenges and a solution to update custom properties of deployment resources with custom resource type.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;recap-of-the-previous-posts&#34;&gt;Recap of the previous posts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the previous posts &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-1&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - The Easy Way&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-3&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - Schema update&lt;/a&gt; we created, and updated a custom resource type definition. In the third part &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-3&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - Onboarding&lt;/a&gt; we discussed how to get an existing resource under management.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;virtual-machine-folder-as-a-custom-resource-type&#34;&gt;Virtual Machine folder as a Custom Resource Type&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this fourth part we well use VC:VmFolder Orchestrator type implemented by the vSphere vCenter Plug-in. Previously we used a Dynamic Type, but we can use any existing vRO inventory object type (provided by plugins) as well as CRT. It does not matter for the current discussion as both work the same way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;create-vm-folder-workflow&#34;&gt;Create VM folder workflow&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The inputs of create workflow are: &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; of folder and &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; (for demonstration purposes). The type of output is a &lt;tt&gt;VC:VmFolder&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To create a folder, we need a parent folder. For the sake of simplicity we will use a slightly modified version of &lt;tt&gt;com.vmware.library.vc.folder/getRootVmFolder&lt;/tt&gt; code, not to fail in case of multiple Datacenters found, always selecting the first one:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vimHosts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VcPlugin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getVimHosts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;rootFolder&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vimHosts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;rootFolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datacenters&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getAllDatacenters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;rootFolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Datacenter: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datacenters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;rootVMfolder&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datacenters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmFolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getAllDatacenters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;folder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;After calling the &lt;tt&gt;Library/vCenter/Folder management/VM folder/Create virtual machine folder&lt;/tt&gt; to create the folder within the root folder, we set the &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; Custom Attribute. For that to work, we need to create a new custom attribute in vCenter to store our value:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/new_custom_attribute.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The code to store the value, with returning the workflow output object:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;newFolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setCustomValue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;owner&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;folder&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;newFolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;update-vm-folder-delete-vm-folder-workflows&#34;&gt;Update VM folder, Delete VM folder workflows&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The update workflow must have an input and output of type VC:VmFolder. We also add the &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; of folder to allow folder renaming.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This workflow is just a wrapper: first we call &lt;tt&gt;Library/vCenter/Folder management/VM folder/Rename virtual machine folder&lt;/tt&gt; workflow, and return the VC:VmFolder object.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The delete workflow calls &lt;tt&gt;Library/vCenter/Folder management/VM folder/Delete virtual machine folder&lt;/tt&gt; workflow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With all 3 workflows implemented, we can start defining the CRT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;define-vmfolder-custom-resource-type&#34;&gt;Define VMfolder Custom Resource Type&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Refresh the workflow inventory in Cloud Assembly (Start Data Collection):
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/datacollection.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Define the CRT:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/new_crt.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The schema is automatically created:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/schema.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The input properties &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; added from the create workflow inputs, and the output properties &lt;tt&gt;sdkId&lt;/tt&gt;, &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;id&lt;/tt&gt; added from the plugin object type definition of &lt;tt&gt;VC:VmFolder&lt;/tt&gt;. This works the same as Dynamic Types.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With that completed, we have a simple CRT to test with.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;cloud-template&#34;&gt;Cloud Template&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We define three inputs for the template: &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; of the folder, &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; and a &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt;. Each input is mapped as a property of the resource.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;Custom_vmfolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Custom.vmfolder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;preventDelete&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.name}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.owner}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.comment}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The properties &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; are directly used by the create workflow inputs, the &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt; property will be a custom property assigned to the resource. The &lt;tt&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Aria-Automation/8.17/Using-Automation-Assembler/GUID-B76918AE-D18D-4821-B160-F0CFAE173359.html&#34;&gt;preventDelete&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/tt&gt; resource flag prevents folder deletion in case of resource request (update) performed on the object.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the new input form when deploying:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The created resource:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/resource_created.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; properties are visible on the GUI, but the &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt; is not. However, we can get it via API:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;$ curl -sSk -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;https://vra8.corp.local/deployment/api/resources?resourceTypes=Custom.vmfolder&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt;jq .
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;content&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c6b68e9f-bc00-4371-962a-0dfbeefde4c5&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Custom.vmfolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;properties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;owner&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;@type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;sdkId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vc.corp.local/group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dunesId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vc.corp.local,id:group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;@fullType&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VC:VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;comment&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;comment1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;a8caa348-7980-4da9-b4ee-c8f9647b619c&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2024-07-03T18:28:02.245705Z&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;syncStatus&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;SUCCESS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;DEPLOYED&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;deploymentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;6341b47c-0f1d-4330-82ac-1eecfa0f8d87&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ffab9ffd-a072-4617-bbb4-54101b3b5dd1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;orgId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;360bc331-1360-4d76-8000-aae9f7491989&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;billable&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The resulting VM folder on vCenter:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/vmfolder.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;updating-properties&#34;&gt;Updating properties&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Custom properties are directly mapped to deployment inputs. We can change them by updating (changing) the inputs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/update_menu.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/update_inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/update_plan.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The updated deployment resource has updated custom properties (top) and resource properties (bottom):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/resource_updated.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The VM folder is renamed:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/vmfolder2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;updating-custom-properties&#34;&gt;Updating custom properties&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try to update a custom property, the &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt; field:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/update_comment.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We see that Aria Automation detects the resource does not need to be updated, as the input has no effect on the object (not mapped to an input):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/update_plan2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If we submit the update request, and check the &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt; custom property, we see no change:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;curl -sSk -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;https://vra8.corp.local/deployment/api/resources?resourceTypes=Custom.vmfolder&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt;jq .
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;content&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c6b68e9f-bc00-4371-962a-0dfbeefde4c5&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Custom.vmfolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;properties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;owner&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;@type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;sdkId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vc.corp.local/group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dunesId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vc.corp.local,id:group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;@fullType&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VC:VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder_in&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vc2.poc.local,id:group-v51870&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;VC:VmFolder&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;folder2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;comment&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;comment1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;a8caa348-7980-4da9-b4ee-c8f9647b619c&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2024-07-03T18:28:02.245705Z&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;syncStatus&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;SUCCESS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;DEPLOYED&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;deploymentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;6341b47c-0f1d-4330-82ac-1eecfa0f8d87&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ffab9ffd-a072-4617-bbb4-54101b3b5dd1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;orgId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;360bc331-1360-4d76-8000-aae9f7491989&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;billable&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to update a resource property, we need to add the property as an input to the &lt;em&gt;create&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;update&lt;/em&gt; workflows to trigger a deployment resource update.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;introducting-a-fake-input&#34;&gt;Introducting a fake input&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This will have no direct affect on the VM folder creation or update process, but will trick the automation engine to run the update workflow and update the custom property a the same time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to refresh the workflow inventory in Cloud Assembly (Start Data Collection) again, and update the custom resource type schema:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/schema_update.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;updating-the-custom-property-with-the-fake-input&#34;&gt;Updating the custom property with the fake input&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try to update the &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt; custom field now. It triggers a deployment resource update and changes the comment property:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-4/comment_updated.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the property is visible on the GUI now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to update a custom property, we also need to change any property that is an input of the &lt;em&gt;create&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;update&lt;/em&gt; workflows. This can be the property itself, by adding it as an input to these workflows (as in the example above).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But if we want to keep it hidden off the GUI, we can introduce another fake input, for example &lt;tt&gt;updateVersion&lt;/tt&gt;. In this case, by changing both the (hidden) property and the &lt;tt&gt;updateVersion&lt;/tt&gt; inputs, we can force a resource update and the custom property value updated at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find the sample workflows at GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
com.dynamictypes.vmfolder.package includes the original workflows, and com.dynamictypes.vmfolder2.package the updated versions.&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - Onboarding</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-3/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-3/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to onboard existing instances of a custom resource type&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#why-we-need-onboarding&#34;&gt;Why we need onboarding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#recap-of-the-previous-posts&#34;&gt;Recap of the previous posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#how-to-onboard&#34;&gt;How to onboard&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#create-myobject-workflow-modifications&#34;&gt;Create myObject workflow modifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#update-the-custom-resource-type-and-the-cloud-template&#34;&gt;Update the custom resource type and the cloud template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#how-to-offboard&#34;&gt;How to offboard&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#destroy-myobject-workflow-modifications&#34;&gt;Destroy myObject workflow modifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#deleting-a-deployment&#34;&gt;Deleting a deployment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;why-we-need-onboarding&#34;&gt;Why we need onboarding&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Often there are existing real world objects at the time of introducing Aria Automation custom resource types. These brown field scenarios require a way to onboard existing instances of the resource without recreating them. This post will present a way to do that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;recap-of-the-previous-posts&#34;&gt;Recap of the previous posts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the previous posts &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-1&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - The Easy Way&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-3&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - Schema update&lt;/a&gt; we created and updated a custom resource type definition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the third part we assume the steps in the previous post are completed, we have the Dynamic Type, the CRT and the CT created.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-to-onboard&#34;&gt;How to onboard&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the sample myObject type, let&#39;s add a new input called &lt;tt&gt;existing&lt;/tt&gt; meaning we do not want to create a new object but rather reuse an existing one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;create-myobject-workflow-modifications&#34;&gt;Create myObject workflow modifications&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to introduce a new input &lt;tt&gt;&amp;quot;existing&amp;quot;&lt;/tt&gt; to the workflow, and use it to find the existing object, instead of creating it. In our case this will be an SQL SELECT instead of an SQL INSERT:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;readCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;SELECT id,name FROM myObjects WHERE name=&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;throw&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Object with name &amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39; not found&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nextUUID&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;date&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;executeCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;INSERT INTO myObjects (id,name,weight,created) VALUES &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;(&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; - (&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;)&amp;#39;,&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Math&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;round&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toISOString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// call Find by Id
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toSource&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;update-the-custom-resource-type-and-the-cloud-template&#34;&gt;Update the custom resource type and the cloud template&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Refresh the workflow inventory in Cloud Assembly (Start Data Collection):
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/datacollection.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and modify the custom resource schema: add the new property:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/update.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Add a new input into the cloud template and map it to the new property:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;boolean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;myObject_1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Custom.myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.name}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.weight}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.comment}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.existing}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the new input form when deploying:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our table with the pre-existing record we want to onboard:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/table.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and the deployment resource:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/myObject.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Id and create timestamp are fetched from the database table.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-to-offboard&#34;&gt;How to offboard&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are no input parameters for deleting a deployment or deployment resource, so we need to find another way to prevent deleting an object from the database. There are many options, like introduction an extra column with &amp;quot;protected&amp;quot; flag, or use some naming scheme to distinguish the objects we want to keep. In our example we choose a simple method: if the comment is &lt;tt&gt;(keep)&lt;/tt&gt;, the custom resource delete workflow will not remove the database entry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;destroy-myobject-workflow-modifications&#34;&gt;Destroy myObject workflow modifications&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Destroying: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toSource&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;indexOf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;(keep)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Keeping &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;executeCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;DELETE FROM myObjects WHERE id=&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;actionResult&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;deleting-a-deployment&#34;&gt;Deleting a deployment&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s delete a deployment with &lt;tt&gt;(keep)&lt;/tt&gt; comment of the resource:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/delete.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The workflow logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/logs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The object still exists on the backend (in the DB table, in our case):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-3/table.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We may need to onboard or offboard custom resource type objects. The above method allows us to do that without modifying the &amp;quot;real world&amp;quot; instances.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find the sample workflows at GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
com.dynamictypes.myobject-3.package includes the modifications.&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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      <title>Aria Automation IPAM Integration - the Easy Way</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-ipam-in-vro/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-ipam-in-vro/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to implement external IPAM integration via Orchestrator&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#motivation&#34;&gt;Motivation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#the-cloud-template&#34;&gt;The Cloud Template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#network-profiles&#34;&gt;Network Profiles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;Event Broker Subscription&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#event-data&#34;&gt;Event Data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#matching-networks-against-ipam&#34;&gt;Matching networks against IPAM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#phpipam-functions&#34;&gt;phpIPAM Functions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#expected-workflow-output&#34;&gt;Expected workflow output&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#putting-ip-allocate-code-all-together&#34;&gt;Putting IP Allocate code all together&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#ip-release&#34;&gt;IP Release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;motivation&#34;&gt;Motivation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRealize Automation version 7.x external IPAM support was provided by Orchestrator actions/workflows that allowed an easy way to integrate external providers to the IaaS service. Aria Automation version 8.x changed this model, as it is a SAAS first application and the cloud version does not have Orchestrator. So the engineers came up with a container-based solution called &lt;em&gt;VMware Aria Automation Third-Party IPAM SDK&lt;/em&gt;. This skeleton code allows to create custom IPAM providers running as extensibility actions (ABX) within containers. This approach is very different from what we had in v7.x and made the development/debugging more complex. We took the challenge and implemented a phpIPAM provider by the SDK. I cannot share the result but if you are interested there are some public implementations, e.g. &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/jbowdre/phpIPAM-for-vRA8&#34;&gt;https://github.com/jbowdre/phpIPAM-for-vRA8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having an on-premises Aria Automation (with Orchestrator) I wondered if the integration can implemented via vRO workflows. This would allow easier development process, more (existing) Orchestator integrations and better visibility of code runs. In the following chapters we&#39;ll reimplement our phpIPAM plugin functionality in pure Orchestrator JavaScript code.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-cloud-template&#34;&gt;The Cloud Template&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create a cloud template that has multiple virtual machines, with multiple interfaces to make sure our code would work with any possible combination.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;default&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;internal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.count}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;flavor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;small&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${resource.lan0.id}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${resource.lan1.id}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;public&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.count}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;flavor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;small&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${resource.dmz.id}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;lan0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networkType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;constraints&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;zone:lan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;lan1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networkType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;constraints&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;zone:mgt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dmz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networkType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;constraints&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;zone:dmz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/ct.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;tt&gt;internal&lt;/tt&gt; VMs connect to the &lt;em&gt;lan&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;mgt&lt;/em&gt; zones, while the &lt;tt&gt;public&lt;/tt&gt; VMs connect to the &lt;em&gt;dmz&lt;/em&gt; zone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;network-profiles&#34;&gt;Network Profiles&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We create 3 profiles. The &lt;tt&gt;Prod&lt;/tt&gt; profile will cover the network connections of the internal VMs, while &lt;tt&gt;DMZ1&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;DMZ2&lt;/tt&gt; profiles can provide networks for the public VMs. It is important to note that each VM with the same connection combination must use a single network profile, containing all the matching networks required to connect to.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/profile_prod.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/profile_dmz1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/profile_dmz2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;About the profile selection process: the Provisioning Service can select &lt;tt&gt;Prod&lt;/tt&gt; profile for the internal VMs, and can select from &lt;tt&gt;DMZ1&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;DMZ2&lt;/tt&gt; for public VMs. Within &lt;tt&gt;Prod&lt;/tt&gt; profile there are two networks that can connect to &lt;em&gt;lan&lt;/em&gt; zone: net1-pr-nsxt-ls and net2-pp-nsxt-ls. &lt;em&gt;mgt&lt;/em&gt; zone is only available via net3-mg-nsxt-ls. Also, within the DMZ profiles, only a single network can be selected. Let&#39;s see how these options are presented.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;Event Broker Subscription&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;EBS is the super glue of Aria Automation: it allows us to subscribe to a particular event and run arbitrary code once it is triggered. In order to create IPAM integration and network selections for our IaaS cloud template, we need to use the &lt;em&gt;Network Configure&lt;/em&gt; (network.configure) event topic for VM creation and &lt;em&gt;Compute Post Removal&lt;/em&gt; (compute.removal.post) event topic for VM deletion. Both topics require workflows with the usual &lt;tt&gt;inputProperties&lt;/tt&gt; input. The following outputs are available for &lt;tt&gt;Network Configure&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/ebs_output.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Important! Make sure to create the EBS with &lt;em&gt;blocking&lt;/em&gt; settings, otherwise the return values are not used in the deployment process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many attributes of network configuration can be overriden in this deployment phase. For the sake of simplicity we will set only &lt;tt&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;addresses&lt;/tt&gt;, the others will be configured on the network level (CIDR, gateways, DNS servers, etc.). They could also be provided by the IPAM solution, though.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/network_settings.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;event-data&#34;&gt;Event Data&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create a workflow that is triggered at &lt;tt&gt;Network Configure&lt;/tt&gt; topic with the &lt;tt&gt;inputProperties&lt;/tt&gt; input and print out the input variable value to see what we need to process:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;When we request 2x2 VMs (count = 2) we&#39;ll see 2 runs of the workflow. The output of the first run:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;internal&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;endpointId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;d098094c-5e88-4428-bcca-83e5ab6e9f6b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;externalIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;internal-342&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;                                      &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;internal-343&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;                                       &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;blueprintId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;d2ce10f3-6671-4588-9bf7-9d4b47085865&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tags&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;project&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Prod1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;customProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;flavor&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;small&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;neglectPowerOffVms&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;false&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;image&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;photon&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;zone_overlapping_migrated&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;true&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;count&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;                                        &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;two&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VMs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;requested&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;project&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ffab9ffd-a072-4617-bbb4-54101b3b5dd1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;flavorMappingName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;small&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;isSimulate&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;false&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;networkProfileIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;3aca5c1f-443f-42fa-9b4b-66e853ad11f3&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;              &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;selected&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;3aca5c1f-443f-42fa-9b4b-66e853ad11f3&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;               &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;selected&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentTypeId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;requestId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;3bdde4cf-3b12-4b43-90d8-7ccf2c47b1b6&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;deploymentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;fa4b9df4-9664-474a-a3f2-056db527e6e3&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;zoneId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;d8666ddd-804e-4587-a37e-58b72708743d&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;networkSelectionIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                    &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                  &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;NIC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c2168e8f-62aa-45e2-9dd9-502d22359214&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;6bf0d8fb-6f39-4a43-b5d9-56a371030171&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                  &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;NIC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dd65009b-3900-46ee-a6a2-d3226d755f4b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                    &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                  &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;NIC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c2168e8f-62aa-45e2-9dd9-502d22359214&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;6bf0d8fb-6f39-4a43-b5d9-56a371030171&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                  &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;NIC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;46&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dd65009b-3900-46ee-a6a2-d3226d755f4b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;47&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;48&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;49&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;50&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ffab9ffd-a072-4617-bbb4-54101b3b5dd1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;51&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;52&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c084c3cb-2506-4477-b738-6debd7ac3827&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;53&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;483de42b-6a13-437e-90f9-e1e7a9cbc158&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;54&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;55&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second run output is simpler, as the public VMs have only a single interface:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;public&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;endpointId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;d098094c-5e88-4428-bcca-83e5ab6e9f6b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;externalIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;public-344&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;                                        &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;public-345&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;                                         &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;blueprintId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;d2ce10f3-6671-4588-9bf7-9d4b47085865&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tags&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;project&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Prod1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;customProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;flavor&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;small&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;neglectPowerOffVms&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;false&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;image&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;photon&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;zone_overlapping_migrated&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;true&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;count&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;                                        &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;two&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VMs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;requested&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;project&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ffab9ffd-a072-4617-bbb4-54101b3b5dd1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;flavorMappingName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;small&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;isSimulate&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;false&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;networkProfileIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;14727fec-33cf-437d-8a20-91dcffef2717&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;              &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;selected&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;14727fec-33cf-437d-8a20-91dcffef2717&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;               &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;selected&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentTypeId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;requestId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;3bdde4cf-3b12-4b43-90d8-7ccf2c47b1b6&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;deploymentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;fa4b9df4-9664-474a-a3f2-056db527e6e3&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;zoneId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;d8666ddd-804e-4587-a37e-58b72708743d&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;networkSelectionIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                    &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                  &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;NIC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;a9ec7502-5fb6-45fc-9f99-13f946a28b8f&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                    &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;VM&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;                                                  &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;NIC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;a9ec7502-5fb6-45fc-9f99-13f946a28b8f&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;//&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;matching&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;profile&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ffab9ffd-a072-4617-bbb4-54101b3b5dd1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;e3a981a0-80fa-4b39-9c06-7c4d021b5f08&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c1a79ccf-4600-4bb2-9ff9-5babdd63df40&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;46&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;47&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;matching-networks-against-ipam&#34;&gt;Matching networks against IPAM&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to get further information about the matching networks and find them in IPAM to make the allocation or deallocation. Using the IaaS API we can get the needed data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Aria API we use the &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation011?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The EBS system user does not have Cloud Assembly access and won&#39;t be able to read IaaS API, so we create a service user for that purpose with Read permissions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/apiuser.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and create a vRA endpoint within vRO:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/vra_endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To collect the network information of the sample subnet &lt;tt&gt;6bf0d8fb-6f39-4a43-b5d9-56a371030171&lt;/tt&gt; we can run the following code:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;findHostsByType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vra-onprem&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;apiuser&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// find the vRA endpoint to use
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraEntitiesFinder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getFabricNetworks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id eq 6bf0d8fb-6f39-4a43-b5d9-56a371030171&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The output:
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;DynamicWrapper (Instance) : [VraFabricNetwork]-[class com.vmware.o11n.plugin.vra_gen.FabricNetwork_Wrapper] -- VALUE : class FabricNetwork {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    owner: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    links: {cloud-accounts=class Href {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;        hrefs: [/iaas/api/cloud-accounts/d098094c-5e88-4428-bcca-83e5ab6e9f6b]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;        href: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    }, network-domain=class Href {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;        hrefs: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;        href: /iaas/api/network-domains/c9932000429de93c72785683eb33e47d74936aaa
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    }, self=class Href {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        hrefs: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;        href: /iaas/api/fabric-networks/6bf0d8fb-6f39-4a43-b5d9-56a371030171
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    }, region=class Href {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;        hrefs: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;        href: /iaas/api/regions/850e477a-8d22-43bb-9a2e-f80aa1daafb6
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    }}
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    externalRegionId: Datacenter:datacenter-2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    description: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    externalId: DistributedVirtualPortgroup:dvportgroup-49872
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    orgId: 360bc331-1360-4d76-8000-aae9f7491989
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    tags: [class Tag {
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;        value: lan
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;        key: zone
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    }]
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    createdAt: 2023-08-15
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    ipv6Cidr: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;    cloudAccountIds: [d098094c-5e88-4428-bcca-83e5ab6e9f6b]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;    isDefault: null
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;    customProperties: {}
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    name: net1-pr-nsxt-ls
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;    isPublic: null
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;    cidr: 10.32.101.0/24
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;    id: 6bf0d8fb-6f39-4a43-b5d9-56a371030171
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;    updatedAt: 2023-12-11
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;}&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As hightlighted, we can search in IPAM by network name, network CIDR or even by tags if we want.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;phpipam-functions&#34;&gt;phpIPAM Functions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&#34;https://phpipam.net/api/api_documentation/&#34;&gt;phpIPAM documentation&lt;/a&gt; explains how to use this IPAM solution via API. We&#39;ll need an app_id and a user in phpIPAM. To receive and send data via the API a token must be received and included in further REST client calls. We implement this with 2 functions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getIPAMtoken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;POST&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/user/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentType&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;application/json&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;400&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;throw&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;phpIPAM token error:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;IPAMrequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentType&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;application/json&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setHeader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;phpipam-token&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;try&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;catch&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;throw&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;phpIPAM request error:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The REST host is registered with Basic Authentication:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/resthost.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can search for a subnet by CIDR on &lt;tt&gt;/api/app_id/subnets/cidr/{subnetCIDR}&lt;/tt&gt;, and allocate an IP on &lt;tt&gt;/api/app_id/addresses/first_free/{subnetId}&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;expected-workflow-output&#34;&gt;Expected workflow output&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The IP allocation workflow can return quite a few parameters, we chose to implement 2 of them: setting the IP addresses by &lt;tt&gt;addresses&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.32.102.34&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.32.103.31&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.32.102.35&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.32.103.32&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;and selecting the target network by &lt;tt&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c2168e8f-62aa-45e2-9dd9-502d22359214&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dd65009b-3900-46ee-a6a2-d3226d755f4b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c2168e8f-62aa-45e2-9dd9-502d22359214&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dd65009b-3900-46ee-a6a2-d3226d755f4b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;putting-ip-allocate-code-all-together&#34;&gt;Putting IP Allocate code all together&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s see the IP allocate workflow code. We have 3 nested loops: the outer is looping through the VMs, the next one is looping through the NICs and the inner one is looping through the networks and trying to get an IP. If the IP is granted, we quit the inner loop, otherwise we try the other networks selected in the network profile.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We assume that only a single IPAM network is found for a specific CIDR.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;findHostsByType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vra-onprem&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;apiuser&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// find the vRA endpoint to use
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getHosts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hostid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hostid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)})&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;phpIPAM&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamToken&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getIPAMtoken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addresses&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Processing VM &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;externalIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addresses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;([]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;([]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicIndex&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;NIC&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraEntitiesFinder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getFabricNetworks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id eq &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Checking network &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;IPAMrequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/subnets/cidr/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cidr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;subnetId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Subnet &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cidr&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; found in IPAM with ID &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;subnetId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;IPAMrequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/addresses/first_free/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;subnetId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;POST&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;                                  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;externalIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]});&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;201&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Reserved IP &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addresses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmIndex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;([&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;break&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;No free IP found&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Subnet &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fabricNetwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cidr&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; not found in IPAM&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;---&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;46&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;47&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkSelectionIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;48&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addresses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;ip-release&#34;&gt;IP Release&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Releasing is much simpler. The EBS workflow is run by VM and we need only the IPs from the inputProperties:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;addresses&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.32.102.34&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.32.103.31&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;internal[0]&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;err&#34;&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The code (no workflow outputs):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getHosts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hostid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hostid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)})&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;phpIPAM&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamToken&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getIPAMtoken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addresses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;IPAMrequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/addresses/search/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addressId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;IP &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; found in IPAM with ID &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addressId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;IPAMrequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ipamToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/addresses/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addressId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;DELETE&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Released IP &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Could not release IP &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; (&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;IP &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; not found in IPAM&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In less than 100 lines of code we could implement a fully functional phpIPAM integration:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-ipam-in-vro/addresses.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind this is just a sample code, not production ready (for the sake of simplicity). Error handling needs to be enhanced.
Download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.phpipam&lt;/em&gt; package containing the workflows from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Get pyodbc working within Aria Automation Orchestrator</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-pyodbc/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-pyodbc/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Using the Python module pyodbc with unixODBC to connect to an MS SQL Server database&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#preface&#34;&gt;Preface&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#photon-os-4&#34;&gt;Photon OS 4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#install-dependencies-on-the-local-vm&#34;&gt;Install dependencies on the local VM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#test-pyodbc-functionality-on-the-local-vm&#34;&gt;Test pyodbc functionality on the local VM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#packaging-into-an-orchestrator-action&#34;&gt;Packaging into an Orchestrator action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#trying-the-action&#34;&gt;Trying the action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#final-thoughts&#34;&gt;Final thoughts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;preface&#34;&gt;Preface&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;pyodbc is an open source Python module that makes accessing ODBC databases simple. Aria Automation Orchestrator provides Python runtime environment that can be extended with additional modules. However, pyodbc requires some packages on the host OS to function properly, and we found these components are missing from the underlying container image so pyodbc does not work out of box.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our goal is to fill the gaps and make this module working.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;photon-os-4&#34;&gt;Photon OS 4&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During my initial attempts of to run pyodbc code I received some weird error messages from the Python runtime. I followed the official documentation on how to &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.11/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-CC6DEEF1-49E8-4881-82A6-FA10DC0135E8.html&#34;&gt;Create a ZIP package for Python runtime extensibility actions&lt;/a&gt;, but still received this error:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;ModuleNotFoundError: No module named &#39;pyodbc&#39;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After searching on Stackoverflow I realized my problem might be having a different Python runtime version locally. I also found out that I&#39;ll have to install some additional OS packages, so decided to install the same OS and continue the preparations on this virtual machine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The container images providing Python runtime based on Photon OS. To get the exact version and packages installed, let&#39;s run the following code:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;cat /etc/photon-release&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tdnf --disablerepo=* info|grep &amp;#39;Name          :&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;environ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-pyodbc/rpmlist.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s install this build &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS#downloading-photon-os-40-rev2&#34;&gt;Photon OS 4.0 Rev2&lt;/a&gt; and login to the VM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;install-dependencies-on-the-local-vm&#34;&gt;Install dependencies on the local VM&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first goal is to figure out what needs to be installed and configured to run pyodbc with Microsoft ODBC driver 18. Following the &lt;a href=&#34;https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server&#34;&gt;official documentation&lt;/a&gt; we need to install unixODBC and msodbcsql18 packages. Unfortunately the latter is not released for Photon OS but we try which binary works for us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s start with unixODBC and add zip package too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;tdnf -y install unixODBC zip
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then install MS ODBC for SLES15 (this is what I found working).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;mkdir unixODBC
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/sles/15/prod/Packages/m/msodbcsql18-18.3.2.1-1.x86_64.rpm -O --output-dir unixODBC
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;ACCEPT_EULA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;Y tdnf install --nogpgcheck -y unixODBC/msodbcsql18-18.3.2.1-1.x86_64.rpm 
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To install pip we need to download the installer first, as it is not available in Photon repos.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -sS https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e0/63/b428aaca15fcd98c39b07ca7149e24bc14205ad0f1c80ba2b01835aedde1/pip-23.3-py3-none-any.whl -O
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;python pip-23.3-py3-none-any.whl/pip install --no-index pip-23.3-py3-none-any.whl
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now we can install pyodbc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;pip install pyodbc
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;test-pyodbc-functionality-on-the-local-vm&#34;&gt;Test pyodbc functionality on the local VM&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try to connect to our MS SQL server and run a query.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;pyodbc&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SERVER&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;mssql.cloud.lab&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;DATABASE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;test&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;USERNAME&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;sa&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;PASSWORD&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;P@ssw0rd&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;connectionString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};SERVER={SERVER};DATABASE={DATABASE};UID={USERNAME};PWD={PASSWORD};TrustServerCertificate=yes;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;pyodbc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;connect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;connectionString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SQL_QUERY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;SELECT * FROM myObjects;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SQL_QUERY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;fetchall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The driver works, displaying the myObjects database table of our &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-1/&#34;&gt;Custom Resource Type&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-pyodbc/testODBC.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;packaging-into-an-orchestrator-action&#34;&gt;Packaging into an Orchestrator action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to make sure all the dependencies are installed on the Python container as well. For that we&#39;ll copy the dependencies onto the runtime environment and use some OS commands introduced in &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vro8-run-helm/&#34;&gt;my previous post on Helm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Based on the RPM list the following packages are missing: &lt;tt&gt;unixODBC, libstdc++, glibc-iconv&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Let&#39;s download them, with pyodbc, on our Photon OS VM:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;tdnf reinstall -y --downloadonly --downloaddir unixODBC --disableexcludes unixODBC libstdc++ glibc-iconv
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;pip install --no-cache-dir pyodbc --target&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;unixODBC/lib
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s extend our test Python script to install the packages prior to pyodbc usage. Only after the dependencies installation we can import pyodbc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ACCEPT_EULA=Y tdnf --disablerepo=* --nogpgcheck -y install ./unixODBC-2.3.9-1.ph4.x86_64.rpm ./msodbcsql18-18.3.2.1-1.x86_64.rpm ./glibc-iconv-2.32-11.ph4.x86_64.rpm ./libstdc++-10.2.0-2.ph4.x86_64.rpm&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;pyodbc&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SERVER&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;mssql.cloud.lab&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;DATABASE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;test&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;USERNAME&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;sa&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;PASSWORD&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;P@ssw0rd&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;connectionString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};SERVER={SERVER};DATABASE={DATABASE};UID={USERNAME};PWD={PASSWORD};TrustServerCertificate=yes;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;pyodbc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;connect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;connectionString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SQL_QUERY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;SELECT * FROM dbo.myObjects;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SQL_QUERY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cursor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;fetchall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;After we saved this in &lt;tt&gt;unixODBC/handler.py&lt;/tt&gt;, let&#39;s create the ZIP package to import the code into our Orchestrator action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;cd&lt;/span&gt; unixODBC
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;zip -r ../unixODBC.zip .
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;trying-the-action&#34;&gt;Trying the action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After creating the action let&#39;s try to run it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-pyodbc/pyodbc_logs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As we can see in the logs, the packages are installed and then pyodbc can read from the MS SQL Server database.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;final-thoughts&#34;&gt;Final thoughts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Altough the SQL plugin of Orchestartor is capable of connecting SQL Servers, we cannot use it in Python actions. Python has a huge library of modules suitable for a lot of usecases we may need: the above method allows to use databases via the ODBC connector within Python code.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.unixodbc.mssql&lt;/em&gt; package containing the code from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>Custom day 2 actions for Tanzu in Aria Automation</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-tanzu-day2/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-tanzu-day2/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Implementing a Kubernetes REST API client for Tanzu clusters&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#authentication-by-client-certificates-within-orchestrator-plugin&#34;&gt;Authentication by client certificates within Orchestrator plugin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#downloading-the-certificates-with-python&#34;&gt;Downloading the certificates with Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#kuberestclient-action&#34;&gt;kubeRestClient action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#sample-day-2-resource-action-create-namespace&#34;&gt;Sample day 2 resource action: Create Namespace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#testing-the-custom-action&#34;&gt;Testing the custom action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In my previous post on &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vro8-run-helm&#34;&gt;Running Helm in vRO&lt;/a&gt; we discussed that Aria Automation provides a certificate based authentication to the deployed Tanzu clusters via API at &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.mgmt.cloud.vmware.com/cmx/webjars/swagger-ui/index.html#/Kubernetes%20Clusters/getKubeConfig_1&#34;&gt;/cmx/api/resources/k8s/clusers/{id}/kube-config&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The same Kubeconfig can be downloaded on the GUI:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-tanzu-day2/download_kubeconfig.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We will use the access provided by the certificates in this Kubeconfig to connect to the Kubernetes REST API of the cluster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;authentication-by-client-certificates-within-orchestrator-plugin&#34;&gt;Authentication by client certificates within Orchestrator plugin&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The HTTP REST plugin of vRO is capable of using client certificates as authentication method. However, this feature is &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Orchestrator/8.11/com.vmware.vrealize.orchestrator-use-plugins.doc/GUID-35F459BF-7EE6-469C-A3BB-AE0AF0E774AC.html#considerations-for-transient-hosts-1&#34;&gt;not available for transient hosts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Transient hosts passed between workflow items as input/output might not work in all cases. Transient hosts rely on workflow cache, which doesn&#39;t work when asynchronous workflows are started, for example. Nested workflows might also fail.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Only GET and HEAD requests get redirected automatically. URL redirection uses the default strategy.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Host name verification is not supported.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Client certificate authentication is not supported.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I do not want to create persistent hosts in the plugin inventory as there may be a large number of clusters and this would lead a long list of host in the inventory, plus we have to make sure these hosts (with the certificates) are created and removed within the cluster lifecycle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;downloading-the-certificates-with-python&#34;&gt;Downloading the certificates with Python&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So let&#39;s switch to Python and see what needs to be done. In order to use client certificate authentication, we need to save the certificates into files and pass them to &lt;tt&gt;ssl&lt;/tt&gt; module context.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vro8-polyglot-token&#34;&gt;Getting token within vRO polyglot code&lt;/a&gt; I described a method to acquire a token to use with Orchestrator/Automation. We can also gather Automation external URL from Orchestrator configuration so no need to provide it as an input. &lt;em&gt;Please note this will not work in a multitenant environment where the actual Automation URL contains the tenant name.&lt;/em&gt; The Kubeconfig is in yaml format, but there is no yaml parsing module available by default in the Orchestrator implementation so we do a very basic string parsing to capture the certificates. We could import and place into a ZIP package the missing module but I wanted to keep the solution as simple as possible. Here is the code that prints the certificates within the Kubeconfig:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;urllib.parse&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;urlparse&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;base64&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;jsonOut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;dumps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;separators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;:&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Inputs were {0}&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;jsonOut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Authorization&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getToken&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;localhost&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;8280&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/vco/api/server-configuration/settings&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP status: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;server configuration settings: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;settings&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;loads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;urlparse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;settings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vco.csp.external.url&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPSConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SSLContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/cmx/api/resources/k8s/clusters/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;clusterId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/kube-config&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP status: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;raise&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ne&#34;&gt;Exception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Could not fetch Kubeconfig of cluster with id &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;clusterId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;. &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;line&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;splitlines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;():&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;line&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;partition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;certificate-authority-data&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39; &amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;client-certificate-data&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39; &amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;client-key-data&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39; &amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This code needs the ID of cluster within Automation, which we can get by Automation API:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;$ curl -ksS -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$access_token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;https://vra8.corp.local/cmx/api/resources/k8s/clusters&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;gt; jq -r &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;.content[]|[.id,.name]|@tsv&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;0f882cc4-8a84-4cf5-aa38-597e028d2a9d    tst
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;2fda385d-8b80-40e4-b277-be747804ff1a    t3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;f9f61b48-a11d-4eb8-ae34-cd895af5c765    r2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;2f0faa48-cd89-4831-801f-b0e690c27465    t1
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;f2dd9fe9-3f5e-4b45-a468-3f51cc2af14c    t2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;adad53a3-c090-44f0-8a65-e6313466cbc2    api5
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;An alternative method is to peek on the GUI and get the ID from the URL:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-tanzu-day2/cmx_id.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the output of the code, with the certificates printed:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-tanzu-day2/printCertificates.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;kuberestclient-action&#34;&gt;kubeRestClient action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s make some helper functions for the final action. The &lt;tt&gt;headers&lt;/tt&gt; parameter contains the Bearer token for authentication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The followin function gets the URL of Automation (see the limitations remark of this method in the previous section, not to be used in a multitenant environment):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;get_hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;localhost&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;8280&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/vco/api/server-configuration/settings&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;settings&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;loads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;urlparse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;settings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vco.csp.external.url&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This function gets the IP and port of Kubernetes control plane:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;get_address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPSConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SSLContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/cmx/api/resources/k8s/clusters/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;raise&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ne&#34;&gt;Exception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Could not find cluster with id &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;. &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;urlparse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;loads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;address&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next function saves the cluster client authentication certificates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;save_certs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPSConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SSLContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/cmx/api/resources/k8s/clusters/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/kube-config&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;raise&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ne&#34;&gt;Exception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Could not fetch Kubeconfig of cluster with id &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;. &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;line&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;splitlines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;():&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;line&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;partition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;certificate-authority-data&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/root/ca.crt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;w&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;write&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39; &amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;client-certificate-data&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/root/cert.crt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;w&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;write&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39; &amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;client-key-data&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/root/cert.key&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;w&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;write&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;strip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39; &amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The main function gathers input variables, identify kubernetes API address and saves the certificates, then calls K8S API with the provided input.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;urllib.parse&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;urlparse&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;base64&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;jsonOut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;dumps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;separators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;:&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Inputs were {0}&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;jsonOut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;clusterId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;method&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;path&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;path&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;payload&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;payload&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Authorization&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getToken&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;get_hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;address&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;get_address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;save_certs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;create_default_context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;cafile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/root/ca.crt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;load_cert_chain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;certfile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/root/cert.crt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;keyfile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/root/cert.key&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPSConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;port&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;payload&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;utf-8&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;    
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;&amp;gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;400&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;raise&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ne&#34;&gt;Exception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Error calling Kubernetes API of cluster with id &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;sample-day-2-resource-action-create-namespace&#34;&gt;Sample day 2 resource action: Create Namespace&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create a simple workflow with &lt;tt&gt;kubeRestClient&lt;/tt&gt; action that creates a namespace via K8S API.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First, we need to extract the Automation ID of the cluster:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_resourceProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;substr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;lastIndexOf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then call the REST client action:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;payload&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kind&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Namespace&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;apiVersion&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;v1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;metadata&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;namespace&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getModule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;com.test.tanzu&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;kubeRestClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;clusterId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;POST&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/api/v1/namespaces&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;payload&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Define a resource action with the workflow:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-tanzu-day2/resourceAction.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;testing-the-custom-action&#34;&gt;Testing the custom action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try to create a new namespace:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-tanzu-day2/success.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;$ &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;KUBECONFIG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;~/Downloads/t1 kubectl get ns
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;NAME                           STATUS   AGE
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;default                        Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;kube-node-lease                Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;kube-public                    Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;kube-system                    Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;ns1                            Active   6m38s
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;vmware-system-auth             Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;vmware-system-cloud-provider   Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;vmware-system-csi              Active   20d
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try to create the same namespace again:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-tanzu-day2/failure.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This time it failed as the namespace already exists.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The presented action is capable of interacting with the managed Tanzu Kubernetes cluster via its REST API, allowing to build further automation workflows (day 2 actions, Event Broker Subscriptions, etc.) in an easy way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.tanzu&lt;/em&gt; package containing the sample workflow and actions from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Getting token within vRO polyglot code</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-polyglot-token/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-polyglot-token/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to get a token and call Aria Automation API from Python, JavaScript, or PowerShell code&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#python&#34;&gt;Python&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#context-token&#34;&gt;Context, Token&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#calling-orchestrator-api&#34;&gt;Calling Orchestrator API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#calling-automation-api&#34;&gt;Calling Automation API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#javascript-nodejs&#34;&gt;JavaScript (NodeJS)&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#context-token-1&#34;&gt;Context, Token&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#calling-orchestrator-api-1&#34;&gt;Calling Orchestrator API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#async-await-to-the-rescue&#34;&gt;Async, Await to the rescue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#calling-automation-api-1&#34;&gt;Calling Automation API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#powershell&#34;&gt;PowerShell&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#context-token-2&#34;&gt;Context, Token&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#calling-automation-api-2&#34;&gt;Calling Automation API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#multitenancy&#34;&gt;Multitenancy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#security-permissions&#34;&gt;Security, Permissions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Besides the default JavaScript (ES5) language Aria Automation Orchestrator allows writing code in Python, JavaScript (NodeJS), and PowerShell (called polyglot scripting). Unlike ES5 JS, these languages do not have built-in support to use Orchestrator features, ie. configuration elements, other actions, plugins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To access Orchestrator or Automation, these actions (or scriptable tasks) need to call REST API directly. For that a token is required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update: a new section is added about the permissions related to the acquired token&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;python&#34;&gt;Python&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;context-token&#34;&gt;Context, Token&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s see what we have in the context of Python runtime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;item&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;item&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;item&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printContext_py.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;tt&gt;getToken&lt;/tt&gt; function defined here, let&#39;s call it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getToken&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printToken_py.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That looks like an access token, let&#39;s try it!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;calling-orchestrator-api&#34;&gt;Calling Orchestrator API&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When we printed the context, we saw that we have the key &lt;tt&gt;vcoUrl&lt;/tt&gt; defined, its value is &lt;tt&gt;http://localhost:8280/vco&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a &amp;quot;loopback&amp;quot; address where we can call Orchestrator API directly. The following code collects data of server configuration via REST API.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getToken&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Authorization&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;localhost&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;8280&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/vco/api/server-configuration/settings&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP status: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;server configuration settings: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;    
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/callVROapi_py.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We added the token to the request headers and the call worked perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;calling-automation-api&#34;&gt;Calling Automation API&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try to use the same token and see if it works with Automation API as well. Calling Automation API we need the FQDN of the (tenant) Automation instance, so we add this as an input to the action with the &lt;tt&gt;path&lt;/tt&gt; of the API call.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/vraAPI_inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the code we disable certificate verification.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getToken&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Authorization&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;http&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;HTTPSConnection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vraHost&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SSLContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# ignore cert errors&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;path&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;conn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getresponse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP status: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;res&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ascii&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;response data: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;    
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s call the action with the path &lt;tt&gt;/deployment/api/billing-metrics&lt;/tt&gt; to gather some billing data.
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/callVRAapi_py.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can conclude that the token is working with Automation API as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;javascript-nodejs&#34;&gt;JavaScript (NodeJS)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;context-token-1&#34;&gt;Context, Token&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s see what we have in the context of the NodeJS runtime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;exports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;undefined&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printContext_js.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;tt&gt;getToken&lt;/tt&gt; function again, let&#39;s call it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;exports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;undefined&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printToken_js.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hmm, this is not good (yet). NodeJS is asynchronous so we need to &amp;quot;consume&amp;quot; the &lt;a href=&#34;https://javascript.info/promise-basics&#34;&gt;Promise&lt;/a&gt; to &amp;quot;resolve&amp;quot; and collect the result.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;exports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;undefined&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printToken2_js.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Much better!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;calling-orchestrator-api-1&#34;&gt;Calling Orchestrator API&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&#39;ll use the same &amp;quot;loopback&amp;quot; address to call Orchestrator as with Python before. As we are running multiple API calls, we&#39;ll do &lt;a href=&#34;https://javascript.info/promise-chaining&#34;&gt;promise chaining&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;exports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// console.log(token);
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;                    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;requestOptions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fetch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vcoUrl&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/api/server-configuration&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;requestOptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/callVROapi_js.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;async-await-to-the-rescue&#34;&gt;Async, Await to the rescue&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We do not need asynchronous API calls against Aria API so would be nice to have a more &amp;quot;traditional&amp;quot; way of calling these URLs. Modern JavaSript provides a simplified &lt;em&gt;syntax&lt;/em&gt; to wait for Promises: &lt;tt&gt;async&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;await&lt;/tt&gt;. The runtime still works asynchronously, but the code is easier to write and understand. We need to add the &lt;tt&gt;&lt;u&gt;async&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/tt&gt; keyword into the handler function definition to allow &lt;tt&gt;await&lt;/tt&gt; in the function body:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;exports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;async&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// console.log(token);
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;requestOptions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fetch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vcoUrl&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/api/server-configuration&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;requestOptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The same outpout procuded, but I prefer this code above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/callVROapi2_js.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;calling-automation-api-1&#34;&gt;Calling Automation API&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We add the same inputs (vraHost, path) to the action as to the Python implementation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/vraAPI_inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We use the the simplified syntax and ignore certificate errors again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;process&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;env&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;0&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// disable cert verification
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;exports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;async&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;callback&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;requestOptions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;token&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fetch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;requestOptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The output of Metrics API:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/callVRAapi_js.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We got some warnings for the certificate but received the billing information via Automation API.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;PowerShell&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;context-token-2&#34;&gt;Context, Token&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s see what we have in the context of the PowerShell runtime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printContext_ps1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I almost gave up here, as did not see any getToken function. However, if I try to call it, it is there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/printToken_ps1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;calling-automation-api-2&#34;&gt;Calling Automation API&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We add the same inputs (vraHost, path), but change the output to Properties:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/vraAPI_inputs_ps1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s skip checking certificates :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$token&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getToken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;@{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Bearer $token&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$uri&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;path&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Invoke-RestMethod&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Uri&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$uri&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$headers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-SkipCertificateCheck&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;ConvertTo-Json&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Compress&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$response&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The output of Metrics API:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-polyglot-token/callVRAapi_ps1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;multitenancy&#34;&gt;Multitenancy&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I could not test if Automation multitenancy allows using the token within all tenants besides the default one. I let you test it and leave a comment if you have some results.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;security-permissions&#34;&gt;Security, Permissions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that the token created of the running user&#39;s context, so its permissions inherited from the running user. API calls allowed for the user will work: but if RBAC does not allow a certain call, the response will be forbidden. Make sure to either grant permissions to the running user to access the requested resource, or run the action/workflow&#39;s scriptable task by a user permitted to make the call.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankush-sethi-11s/&#34;&gt;Ankush sethi&lt;/a&gt; for raising the point.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.gettoken&lt;/em&gt; package containing the code from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>Running Helm in vRO</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-run-helm/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-run-helm/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Running Helm directly from Aria Automation Orchestrator, as a resource action&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#running-cli-applications-from-orchestrator&#34;&gt;Running CLI applications from Orchestrator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#running-a-linux-binary-on-the-container&#34;&gt;Running a Linux binary on the container&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#invoke-helm-action&#34;&gt;Invoke Helm action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#installing-helm-charts-on-a-tanzu-cluster-from-aria-automation-as-a-resource-day-2-action&#34;&gt;Installing Helm charts on a Tanzu cluster from Aria Automation, as a resource (day 2) action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#helper-action-choose-an-available-chart&#34;&gt;Helper action: choose an available chart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#preparing-the-cluster&#34;&gt;Preparing the cluster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#running-the-day-2-action&#34;&gt;Running the day 2 action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#final-thoughts&#34;&gt;Final thoughts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aria Automation provides native integration to Tanzu Kubernetes clusters. The following resource actions are available out of box:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply YAML&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Delete&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scale Worker Nodes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Update VM Class&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade Kubernetes Version&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also we can download a Kubeconfig file, allowing full admin access to the provisioned cluster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this post we&#39;ll create a new resource action capable of running Helm and installing charts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;running-cli-applications-from-orchestrator&#34;&gt;Running CLI applications from Orchestrator&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The usual way of running commands from Orchestrator is logging into an external host (Linux via SSH or Windows via PowerShell-remoting). This is easy to setup but an additional component needs to be maintained.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Orchestrator is also capable of running commands on Orchestrator server host operating system, but this is disabled by default for security reasons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Orchestator 8 introduced new languages to create scripts: Node.js, Python and Powershell. The scripts written in these languages are run in containers. Each language has its own set of default libraries (&lt;a href=&#34;https://cloudblogger.co.in/2022/03/08/list-of-all-available-python-modules-in-vro/&#34;&gt;Python&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&#34;https://cloudblogger.co.in/2022/05/25/list-of-powershell-modules-in-vro-8-x/&#34;&gt;PowerShell&lt;/a&gt;), but the list &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-powershell/&#34;&gt;can be extended by a zip bundle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whatever is put into this zip file, extracted to &lt;tt&gt;/run/vco-polyglot/function&lt;/tt&gt; directory. We add the helm binary to the zip file to place it onto the container.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;running-a-linux-binary-on-the-container&#34;&gt;Running a Linux binary on the container&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is important to note that the container is Linux based, so we need to download the Linux CLI tool of Helm. My first language choice was PowerShell as it is designed to run commands (PowerShell is a shell). However, I checked the memory consumption and Python was less memory hungry. Python can invoke shell commands so we can use it as a &amp;quot;shell&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The files extraced to &lt;tt&gt;/run/vco-polyglot/function&lt;/tt&gt; are read-only and not executable, so we cannot run them directly. We need to set the eXecutable flag, but this is not possible in this read-only directory. So first we copy the binary to the root filesystem and make it exectutable:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;install -m 755 helm /usr/bin&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;helm&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;done&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s save this file as &lt;tt&gt;handler.py&lt;/tt&gt;, and copy the helm binary next to it, and make a .zip package of the two files named &lt;tt&gt;run_helm.zip&lt;/tt&gt;. Then we create a new action, set the Runtime environment to Python and the Type to Zip, and attach the zip file. If we run the action, we can see Helm CLI output:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/run_helm.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;invoke-helm-action&#34;&gt;Invoke Helm action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following Python code is capable of running multiple Helm commands within the same action run (only the command options are required). It also prints the standard output and standard error messages, and captures the command return code. This will allow us some basic error handling (stopping at the first error). To install charts, Helm needs a kubeconfig file, which is provided as an input to the action and saved on the container filesystem. The output of the last command is returned as the action result.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;shlex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;subprocess&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;run_command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;install -m 755 helm /usr/bin&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;run_command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;mkdir -m 750 /root/.kube&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kubeconfig length: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;len&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kubeconfig&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;flush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;bp&#34;&gt;True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;kubeconfig&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;/root/.kube/config&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;w&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;kubeconfig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;write&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kubeconfig&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;kubeconfig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;close&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;run_command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;chmod 600 /root/.kube/config&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stdout&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;parameters&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;run_command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;helm &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stdout&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stdout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;utf-8&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;rstrip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;returncode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;raise&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ne&#34;&gt;Exception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Command &amp;#39;helm &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39; failed: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stderr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;utf-8&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;rstrip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;run_command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.usage_in_bytes&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stdout&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;run_command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;# RUN COMMAND # &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;flush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;bp&#34;&gt;True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;subprocess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;run&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;shlex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;split&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;command&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;capture_output&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;bp&#34;&gt;True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;# RETURN CODE # &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;returncode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;flush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;bp&#34;&gt;True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stdout&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;sa&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;# STDOUT #&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stdout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;utf-8&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;rstrip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;flush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;bp&#34;&gt;True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stderr&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;sa&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;# STDERR #&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;stderr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;utf-8&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;rstrip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;flush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;bp&#34;&gt;True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;result&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inputs are defined, and memory limit is increased to avoid OOM:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/invoke_helm.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s run it by adding the parameter &lt;tt&gt;env&lt;/tt&gt; to get Helm environment variables within the container:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/helm_env.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Error handling (without Kubeconfig) of &lt;tt&gt;helm list&lt;/tt&gt; command (Helm error message is thrown):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/helm_list.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;installing-helm-charts-on-a-tanzu-cluster-from-aria-automation-as-a-resource-day-2-action&#34;&gt;Installing Helm charts on a Tanzu cluster from Aria Automation, as a resource (day 2) action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to communicate with the target cluster we need a Kubeconfig file. Luckily not only the Service Broker GUI user is provided with such a file, but we can download it from Aria Automation via the &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.mgmt.cloud.vmware.com/cmx/webjars/swagger-ui/index.html#/Kubernetes%20Clusters/getKubeConfig_1&#34;&gt;CMX service API&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/getkubeconfig.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This code will get the link to the config file:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_resourceProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;kubeconfigLink&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;__kubeconfigLink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next code fetches the config file in the name of the running user (having access to this resource, because running the day 2 action) via REST API (using vRA plugin):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createHostForCurrentUser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRestClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;kubeconfigLink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;responseContent&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// HTTP.OK, HTTP.CREATED, HTTP.UPDATED  
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;200&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;201&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;204&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;throw&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;responseContent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;kubeconfig&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;responseContent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then we prepare the Helm command parameters to run by the action: adding a local repo, and installing a chart with a release name into the required namespace (all are input variables):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parameters&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;repo add util https://util.dev.local/charts/ --insecure-skip-tls-verify&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;install &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;release&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;chart&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; --insecure-skip-tls-verify -n &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;namespace&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create a resource action with the workflow:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/day2action.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;helper-action-choose-an-available-chart&#34;&gt;Helper action: choose an available chart&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We hard-coded our util repo so why not provide the user with the available charts in it. We reuse our Invoke Helm action. This time we do not need a Kubeconfig for listing, so this will be simple:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;searchResult&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getModule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;com.test.helm&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;invoke_helm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;no kubeconfig required&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;repo add util https://util.dev.local/charts/ --insecure-skip-tls-verify&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;search repo util -o json&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;charts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;searchResult&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;charts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;chart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;chart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;});&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make &lt;tt&gt;chart&lt;/tt&gt; input a dropdown, and set the action to provide the list of options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/value_options.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;preparing-the-cluster&#34;&gt;Preparing the cluster&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before we can install a chart, we need the policies to allow the cluster administrator user (the user in Kubeconfig) to create deployments, as by default:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vmware-vsphere-with-tanzu/GUID-CD033D1D-BAD2-41C4-A46F-647A560BAEAB.html&#34;&gt;Using Pod Security Policies with Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Effect of Default PodSecurityPolicy on Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following behavior is enforced for any Tanzu Kubernetes cluster:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A cluster administrator can create privileged pods directly in any namespace by using his or her user account.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A cluster administrator can create Deployments, StatefulSets, and DaemonSet (each of which creates privileged pods) in the kube-system namespace.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Without creating a ClusterRoleBinding, we will get errors like&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;Error creating: pods &amp;quot;day2-hello-7dd74674bd-gxzwv&amp;quot; is forbidden: PodSecurityPolicy: unable to admit pod: []&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So let&#39;s create a ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding (taken from &lt;a href=&#34;https://rguske.github.io/post/vsphere-7-with-kubernetes-supercharged-helm-harbor-tkg/&#34;&gt;Robert Guske&#39;s post&lt;/a&gt;) by the following yaml file:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;apiVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;ClusterRole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;metadata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;psp:privileged&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;rules&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;apiGroups&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;policy&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;podsecuritypolicies&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;verbs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;use&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resourceNames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;vmware-system-privileged&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;apiVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;ClusterRoleBinding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;metadata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;all:psp:privileged&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;roleRef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;ClusterRole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;psp:privileged&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;apiGroup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;rbac.authorization.k8s.io&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;subjects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;system:serviceaccounts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;apiGroup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;rbac.authorization.k8s.io&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;running-the-day-2-action&#34;&gt;Running the day 2 action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is how the input form looks like:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/action_input.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The run in Service Broker:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-run-helm/install_success.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s test the hello application.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;$ &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;export&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;KUBECONFIG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;~/Downloads/t2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;$ kubectl --namespace api get svc
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;NAME         TYPE        CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;S&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;    AGE
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;day2-hello   ClusterIP   10.96.48.130   &amp;lt;none&amp;gt;        8080/TCP   27m
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;$ kubectl --namespace api port-forward service/day2-hello 8080:8080 &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;gt;/dev/null &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;Hello, World!
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;2023-09-24 21:21:39.177979545 +0000 UTC
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The application installed by Helm sucessfully.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;final-thoughts&#34;&gt;Final thoughts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Orchestrator containers running polyglot functions are not designed for the purpose we used them, but it was a fun experiment. I hope you find the sample useful and may come up with new ideas how to use this method.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.helm&lt;/em&gt; package containing the workflows and actions from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - Schema update</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-2/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-2/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to change the schema of a custom resource type&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#custom-resource-schema&#34;&gt;Custom Resource Schema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#recap-of-the-previous-post&#34;&gt;Recap of the previous post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#scenario-1-add-a-new-property&#34;&gt;Scenario 1: add a new property&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#extend-the-dynamic-type&#34;&gt;Extend the dynamic type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#update-the-custom-resource-type-and-the-cloud-template&#34;&gt;Update the custom resource type and the cloud template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#existing-deployment-resources&#34;&gt;Existing deployment resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#scenario-2-add-a-new-input&#34;&gt;Scenario 2: add a new input&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#create-myobject-workflow-modifications&#34;&gt;Create myObject workflow modifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#update-the-custom-resource-type-and-the-cloud-template-1&#34;&gt;Update the custom resource type and the cloud template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#stay-tuned&#34;&gt;Stay tuned&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;custom-resource-schema&#34;&gt;Custom Resource Schema&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When we create a Custom Resource type based on an Orchestrator Dynamic Type, the schema of the type is automatically generated. This schema defines the inputs to create the object and the properties to present on the object. We may have to modify those later on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.7/rn/vrealize-automation-87-release-notes/index.html#What&#39;s%20New&#34;&gt;vRealize Automation 8.7&lt;/a&gt; introduced schema modification of ABX based Custom Resources, but it was unavailable for vRO-based CRTs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Without an announcement, (from) vRA 8.8 we can update the schema of CRTs based on Orchestrator Dynamic Types. This is a significant enhancement: prior to that change we had to delete the CRT (along with the deployments) and recreate the type to make any changes to its schema.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A walk-through of how to do this update follows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;recap-of-the-previous-post&#34;&gt;Recap of the previous post&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-1&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - The Easy Way&lt;/a&gt; we examined how to define the namespace, the Dynamic Type and the required workflows. Then we created the Custom Resource Type and a Cloud Template based on that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this second part we assume the steps in the previous post are completed, we have the Dynamic Type, the CRT and the CT created.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;scenario-1-add-a-new-property&#34;&gt;Scenario 1: add a new property&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;extend-the-dynamic-type&#34;&gt;Extend the dynamic type&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We may realize that we missed to represent an important property of the custom resource. For example we created a BackupPolicy type with name, frequency and start time. Then we need the retention time too, so we decide to add that to the custom type after defining and using the type.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s extend our myObject with the timestamp of the creation time. So our first scenario we introduce changes only in the output, not on the input side.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First we need to modify the Dynamic Type (see UpdateType myObject workflow):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;updateType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/Library/Dynamic Types/images/item-16x16.png&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastrefreshed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;weight&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;created&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;We need to extend our database schema with the column called &lt;tt&gt;&amp;quot;created&amp;quot;&lt;/tt&gt; and return this new property in the &lt;tt&gt;Find by Id&lt;/tt&gt; workflow:
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// convert ActiveRecord to HashMap
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;column&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getFieldNames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;column&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;column&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;makeObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastrefreshed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toISOString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;weight&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;created&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;warn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Number of objects found with id &amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;makeObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;MISSING&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastrefreshed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;weight&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;created&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, update the &lt;tt&gt;Create myObject&lt;/tt&gt; workflow to save creation time in the database:
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nextUUID&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;date&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;executeCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;INSERT INTO myObjects (id,name,weight,created) VALUES &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;(&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;,&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Math&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;round&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toISOString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// call Find by Id
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toSource&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;update-the-custom-resource-type-and-the-cloud-template&#34;&gt;Update the custom resource type and the cloud template&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s refresh the workflow inventory in Cloud Assembly (Start Data Collection):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/datacollection.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Open the custom resource schema by clicking on the Properties tab, add the new property and click Update:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/update.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then create a new deployment. Here is the new custom resource object:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/myObject_1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The database table:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/table.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;existing-deployment-resources&#34;&gt;Existing deployment resources&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If we open a deployment created prior to our modifications, we can see the new property but its value is empty:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/myObject_old.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Altough, if the represented &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; object has the required value (for example we can get the BackupPolicy retention by an API call), then the new property can display the additional property. Let&#39;s test this with adding a value to our database table:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/table2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The deployment resource is now showing the correct value:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/myObject_refreshed.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You may have to refresh the object with the day 2 action described in the previous post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;scenario-2-add-a-new-input&#34;&gt;Scenario 2: add a new input&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We may realize that we miss an inportant input parameter to create the custom resource object. For example, we want to get the region where the BackupPolicy is defined in, because it is included in the naming convention of the policies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the sample myObject type, let&#39;s add a new input called &lt;tt&gt;comment&lt;/tt&gt; that will be included in the name of the object within brackets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;create-myobject-workflow-modifications&#34;&gt;Create myObject workflow modifications&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to introduce a new input &lt;tt&gt;&amp;quot;comment&amp;quot;&lt;/tt&gt; to the workflow, and add it to the input &lt;tt&gt;&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;&lt;/tt&gt; before creating the record:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;executeCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;INSERT INTO myObjects (id,name,weight,created) VALUES &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;(&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; - (&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;)&amp;#39;,&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Math&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;round&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toISOString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;No other vRO modifications are needed now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;update-the-custom-resource-type-and-the-cloud-template-1&#34;&gt;Update the custom resource type and the cloud template&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Refresh the workflow inventory in Cloud Assembly (Start Data Collection), and modify the custom resource schema: add the new property:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/update2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Add a new input into the cloud template and map it to the new property:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;myObject_1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Custom.myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.name}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.weight}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.comment}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the new input form when deploying:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/newinputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Resulting table entry:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/table3.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and the deployment resource:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-2/myObject_2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Real-world changes often require modification both adding a new property to the custom resource type, and adding a new input for creation. This case you need to combine the two scenarios above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find the sample workflows at GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
com.dynamictypes.myobject-2.package includes the modifications for Scenario 1, and com.dynamictypes.myobject-3.package for Scenario 2.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;stay-tuned&#34;&gt;Stay tuned&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the next post we&#39;ll discuss how to onboard and offboard existing resources into/from deployments without actually modifying them.&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Aria Automation Custom Resource Types - The Easy Way</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-1/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-custom-resources-1/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to define custom resource types in vRA8 easily&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#aria-automation-custom-resources&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#defining-a-new-type---the-usual-approach&#34;&gt;Defining a new type - the usual approach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#defining-a-new-type---a-simplified-approach&#34;&gt;Defining a new type - a simplified approach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#the-demo-type-myobject&#34;&gt;The demo type: myObject&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#find-by-id-workflow&#34;&gt;Find By Id workflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#binding-workflows&#34;&gt;Binding workflow(s)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#crud-workflows&#34;&gt;CRUD workflows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#cloud-assembly-custom-resource&#34;&gt;Cloud Assembly Custom Resource&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#refresh-custom-resource-data&#34;&gt;Refresh custom resource data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#to-be-continued&#34;&gt;To be continued&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Creating &lt;em&gt;Custom Resources&lt;/em&gt; based on Orchestrator Dynamic Types can be confusing for the first time. In this post I present a sample type to demonstrate a minimal functional implementation, that you can adapt to your usecase.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;aria-automation-custom-resources&#34;&gt;Aria Automation Custom Resources&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to create our own representation of objects, vRA allows us to define Custom Resource Types. We can either use ABX actions or vRO to implement the CRUD operations. If we choose vRO, we can either reuse existing types (that are availabe in the Inventory), or define our own by using the Dynamic Types plugin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This plugin has been part of Orchestrator for a long time, but it&#39;s documentation is very short. One can find couple of excellent blog posts on its usage. I found &lt;a href=&#34;https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2022/02/cr-vro-aws-eks.html&#34;&gt;Martin Petkov&#39;s post&lt;/a&gt; excellent: not only he implements a real world complex usecase (EKS) in detail, but also explains some of the confusing details of Dynamic Types plugin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;defining-a-new-type---the-usual-approach&#34;&gt;Defining a new type - the usual approach&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To follow most of the guides available we start with defining a Namespace (by running Library / Dynamic Types / Configuration / Define Namespace) and generating stub workflows (by running by running Library / Dynamic Types / Configuration / Define Type). We&#39;ll get the following workflows (for namespace myNS and type name myType1):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Find All myNS-myType1&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Find myNS-myType1 By Id&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Find Relation myNS-myType1&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Has myNS-myType1 Children In Relation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can create further types that behave like folders, subfolders or leaf nodes. By defining relations between them, we can build up a nice hierarchical, browsable object tree in vRO inventory:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/inventory.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;defining-a-new-type---a-simplified-approach&#34;&gt;Defining a new type - a simplified approach&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To implement Aria Automation &lt;em&gt;Custom Resource Type&lt;/em&gt; we do not have to create these folder(s) and relations. Let&#39;s see when are these workflows run and which one(s) can we omit writing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;WF&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Trigger&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Find All myNS-myType1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;This one is run in vRO if the input type is DynamicTypes:myNS.myType1 to seach and find objects based on input.&lt;br&gt;Also, when we run Server.findAllForType(&amp;quot;DynamicTypes:myNS.myType1&amp;quot;, query) to search for our objects, &lt;em&gt;Find All&lt;/em&gt; is being called.&lt;br&gt;We can safely skip implementing this.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Find myNS-myType1 By Id&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;We need this to create custom resource objects.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Find Relation myNS-myType1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Used for vRO inventory hierarchy, not needed.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Has myNS-myType1 Children In Relation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Used for vRO inventory hierarchy, not needed.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, in order to make our custom resource working, we only have to write the &lt;em&gt;Find By Id&lt;/em&gt; workflow. By this we can save a lot of time and development effort (but we lose the ability to browse our objects in vRO inventory).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-demo-type-myobject&#34;&gt;The demo type: myObject&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With dynamic type objects (vRO) / custom resources (vRA) we represent exernal objects in Aria inventories. These resource instances cache the information of the &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; objects they represent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For demonstration purposes we&#39;ll use database table records as objects to be represented by a dynamic type. It is easy to implement and test. For real world scenarios custom resources can model loadbalancer virtualhosts, virtual desktops, backup policies etc. Anything we want to manage and display. It is important to keep in mind that dynamic type objects are only mirroring information of external entitites (we do not need to store them in a database). In our demo case, these external objects are the database records.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The database table has the following shema:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;id (nvarchar (50))&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;name (nvarchar (50))&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;weight (int)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/table.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s define a simple dynamic type called &lt;tt&gt;myObject&lt;/tt&gt; with the following attributes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;id (mandatory)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;name (mandatory)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;lastrefreshed (custom attribute, timestamp)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;weight (custom attribute, number)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;DefineType myObject&lt;/tt&gt; workflow:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;defineNamespace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;defineType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/Library/Dynamic Types/images/item-16x16.png&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastrefreshed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;weight&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new type appears in vRO inventory:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/myObject.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;find-by-id-workflow&#34;&gt;Find By Id workflow&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to get our new type working, we need to implement &lt;tt&gt;Find myNS-myObject By Id&lt;/tt&gt; workflow. In our demo scenario this is a very simple SQL query. Real world cases typically involve (possibly) several API calls or command invocations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Workflow inputs are &lt;tt&gt;type&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;id&lt;/tt&gt;, output is the myObject instance found. The database is stored in the workflow variable &lt;tt&gt;db&lt;/tt&gt; in our case.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;requested type: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;requested id: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;try&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;readCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;SELECT * FROM myObjects WHERE id=&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;catch&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;warn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// convert ActiveRecord to HashMap
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;column&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getFieldNames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;column&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;column&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;makeObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastrefreshed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toISOString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;weight&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;record&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;else&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;warn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Number of objects found with id &amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;records&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;makeObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;MISSING&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastrefreshed&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;weight&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toSource&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;We do an SQL SELECT by id, and set the properties of our dynamic type object based on the result. Best practice is to return a dummy object even if the query failed. This will come handy when we integrate our dynamic type as a custom resource in Cloud Assembly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;DynamicTypesManager.makeObject()&lt;/tt&gt; creates the in-memory object that represents the external entity (a DB record, here). We set the the &lt;tt&gt;lastrefreshed&lt;/tt&gt; property to the current timestamp to mark the creation time of the dynamic object. This is not necessary but useful when checking objects in Service Broker.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;binding-workflows&#34;&gt;Binding workflow(s)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to bind the workflow(s) to the dynamic type. We implemented &lt;em&gt;Find by Id&lt;/em&gt; only, so we bind only this workflow using its id (see Bind methods myObject workflow):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;bindTypeFinderMethods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;c2b54c5e-e1c3-4cb8-8ec7-788dd7bd49c5&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;vRO inventory view:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/myObjectDetails.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;crud-workflows&#34;&gt;CRUD workflows&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make our dynamic type available in Aria Automation, we need to make the Create, Update and Destroy workflows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;Create myObject&lt;/tt&gt; workflow reads inputs &lt;em&gt;name&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;weight&lt;/em&gt;, generate a unique ID and insert a new record into the database. We call the &lt;tt&gt;Find by Id&lt;/tt&gt; workflow by &lt;tt&gt;DynamicTypesManager.getObject()&lt;/tt&gt; to return the dynamic type object as an output.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nextUUID&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;executeCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;INSERT INTO myObjects (id,name,weight) VALUES &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;(&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;,&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Math&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;round&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;DynamicTypesManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myNS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// call Find by Id
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toSource&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;tt&gt;Update myObject&lt;/tt&gt; workflow will not do anything besides logging the object. We create it for future uses as it cannot be added/changed after the Custom Resource Type defined.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;tt&gt;Destroy myObject&lt;/tt&gt; workflow will remove the relevant database record and return success.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Destroying: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toSource&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;());&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;executeCustomQuery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;DELETE FROM myObjects WHERE id=&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;actionResult&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;cloud-assembly-custom-resource&#34;&gt;Cloud Assembly Custom Resource&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Cloud Assembly / Design / Custom Resources make a new type myObject:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/crt.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Properties Schema is automatically created based on the Create workflow inputs and the dynamic type properties:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;object&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;number&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;object&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;namespace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;namespace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;lastrefreshed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;lastrefreshed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;computed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;required&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Create a cloud template with the new custom resource type:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;myObject_1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Custom.myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.name}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;weight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.weight}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The resulting deployment:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/deployment.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And the new record:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/table2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;refresh-custom-resource-data&#34;&gt;Refresh custom resource data&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By default vRA runs &lt;tt&gt;Find by Id&lt;/tt&gt; every 6 hours to refresh cached data:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/refresh.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To force refreshing data we can create a dummy day 2 action &lt;em&gt;Refresh&lt;/em&gt;. This action does not have to do anything, we&#39;ll only log the inputs (Log myObject workflow):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_resourceProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;myObject: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;myObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add it as an additonal action to the custom resource:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/day2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After using the day 2 action, we can see the lastrefreshed attribute is updated. We have updated the database manually, and weight property is reflecting the new value after re-reading the external object. Please note that the custom attribute defined by the input provided at creation time did not change.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-custom-resources-1/deployment2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;to-be-continued&#34;&gt;To be continued&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the next part we&#39;ll examine how to change the dynamic type definition and the custom resource schema. You can find the sample workflows at GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Aria Automation Deployment Scale Out</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-scaleout-1/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-scaleout-1/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to scale out a VM deployment in vRA8&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#scaling-out-by-deployment-update-previous-approach&#34;&gt;Scaling out by deployment update (previous approach)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#scaling-out-by-iaas-api&#34;&gt;Scaling out by IaaS API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#iaas-api---create-machine&#34;&gt;IaaS API - Create machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#day-2-action&#34;&gt;Day 2 action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The number of virtual machines in a vRA7 deployment could be easily increased by the built in &lt;em&gt;Scale Out&lt;/em&gt; action. Unfortunately this functionality is still missing from Aria Automation (at least up to version 8.10).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this post I present a custom Day 2 action that can substitute for the old deployment action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;scaling-out-by-deployment-update-previous-approach&#34;&gt;Scaling out by deployment update (previous approach)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The number of VMs in a deployment can be defined by the &lt;tt&gt;count&lt;/tt&gt; property. To add a new VM we can run the &lt;em&gt;Update&lt;/em&gt; deployment action and change the inputs. Here is a simple cloud template for demonstration purposes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;default&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;zone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;enum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;lan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;dmz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.count}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;flavor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;small&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;templateprop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;value2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;zone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.zone}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;zone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${input.zone}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;${resource.net0.id}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;assignment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;static&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;net0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networkType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;constraints&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;zone:${input.zone}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the Update form:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/update-form.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the user can change any input, not only add new machines. In our case, changing the Zone input would reconfigure VM networking, which is an undesired side-effect. To prevent that, we&#39;d need to create a custom Day 2 action and hide this input, then calling the &lt;em&gt;Update&lt;/em&gt; action via REST API. Not very easy to make.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If we add any disks to an existing VM by the &lt;em&gt;Add Disk&lt;/em&gt; action, we&#39;ll face additional problems. Let&#39;s see what happens to this deployment:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/deployment.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Update Plan writes that a new VM is to be added, and our disk is to be &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/update-plan.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This sounds bad. In vRA 8.5, the &lt;em&gt;Update&lt;/em&gt; action actually &lt;u&gt;did delete the extra disk(s)&lt;/u&gt; not present on the cloud template. This is certainly not what we want. In vRA 8.10 the situation is improved, but still not nice:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/delete-disk.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The automation tries to delete the disk, but since it is attached to a VM, it fails, thus the whole &lt;em&gt;Update&lt;/em&gt; action fails. The new virtual machine is created, but the user sees an error that should not happen:&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;Only disk with status AVAILABLE can be deleted, as it is not attached by any VM.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/update-failed.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When we try to delete the deployment, we&#39;ll see the same error message again, and our extra disk is not deleted:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/delete-deployment-failed.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;scaling-out-by-iaas-api&#34;&gt;Scaling out by IaaS API&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can use Aria Automation REST API to initiate new VM creation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/iaas-api.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For vRA REST API I prefer &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation011?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;. It is easy to use and no need to deal with authentication tokens.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We create a service user &lt;tt&gt;apiuser&lt;/tt&gt; with Cloud Assembly Administrator role (required for IaaS API):&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/apiuser-role.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then create a vRA endpoint within vRO:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/vra-endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then create the &lt;em&gt;Scale Out&lt;/em&gt; workflow with a single &lt;tt&gt;count&lt;/tt&gt; input of type &lt;tt&gt;number&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/scale-out.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is only one JavaScript scriptable task in it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Requesting &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; machines.&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_resourceProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;findHostsByType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vra-onprem&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;admin&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// find the vRA endpoint to use
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;interface&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraEntitiesFinder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getMachineNetworkInterfaces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;interface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kr&#34;&gt;interface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;toString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;match&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;sr&#34;&gt;/\/iaas\/api\/networks\/(\S+)/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// extract network Id
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;IaaS Network Id: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraMachine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraEntitiesFinder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getMachine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraMachine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; found.&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineService&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createInfrastructureClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createMachineService&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraMachineSpecification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineCount&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;count&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;deploymentId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;__deployment_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;projectId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;flavor&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;flavor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicAttachmentSpecification&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraNetworkInterfaceSpecification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicAttachmentSpecification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;net0&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicAttachmentSpecification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;networkId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicAttachmentSpecification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addAddressesItem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// for choosing right subnet
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addNicsItem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nicAttachmentSpecification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraMachine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// copy tags
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addTagsItem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineService&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createMachine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machineSpec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Create machine request has been successfully completed with machine id &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;iaas-api---create-machine&#34;&gt;IaaS API - Create machine&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some code is copied from the sample workflow in &lt;tt&gt;/Library/vRealize Automation 8.x and Cloud Services/Infrastructure/Machines/Create Machine&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to collect the following information to create the new VM:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VM name (this is only a prefix)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;number of VMs to create&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;image&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;flavor&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;network Id to attach the VM&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;deployment Id to place the new VM into&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The System context contains the current VM&#39;s attributes, so we can collect the image name, flavor name and deployment Id easily. For the network Id we call another IaaS API &lt;tt&gt;/iaas/api/machines/&amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;/network-interfaces&lt;/tt&gt; by using &lt;tt&gt;VraEntitiesFinder.getMachineNetworkInterfaces()&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By &lt;tt&gt;VraEntitiesFinder.getMachine()&lt;/tt&gt; we collect the existing VM&#39;s tags and pass them to &lt;tt&gt;machineService.createMachine()&lt;/tt&gt;, so the new VM will have the same tags.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;W.r.t. IP address allocation, the new VM gets its IP address from the same IPAM solution (phpIPAM in our case). We need to specify some IP address in the same subnet, so we simply pass the existing VM&#39;s address (no collision will happen, just a required input to make the allocation logic happy).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;day-2-action&#34;&gt;Day 2 action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s define the Day 2 action:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/day2-action.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The input form is simple:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/scale-out-input.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even with an added disk, we do not see errors when scaling out:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/scale-out-history.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The resulting deployment topology, the new VM has the same tags:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/deployment2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;... and we can delete the deployment without problems:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-scaleout-1/delete-deployment2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to make sure the &lt;em&gt;Scale Out&lt;/em&gt; workflow matches our cloud template. If we have custom properties, additional networks, etc. then the submitted &lt;tt&gt;VraMachineSpecification&lt;/tt&gt; must reflect that. In that sense the solution is not a universal replacement of vRA7 Scale Out functionality, but eliminates issues we had with the previous implementation based on deployment &lt;em&gt;Update&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Aria Automation Orchestrator Tips: Maximize editor area</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-screen-real-estate/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-screen-real-estate/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to make the code editor bigger&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#hide-and-resize-some-elements&#34;&gt;Hide and resize some elements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#javascript-bookmarklets&#34;&gt;JavaScript bookmarklets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Orchestrator HTML5 based editor uses a lot of screen space around the scriptable task editor. This makes the editor almost unusable on smaller screens. Here is my notebook displaying 12 lines code (after some scrolling).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-screen-real-estate/vro8_gui.jpg&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;hide-and-resize-some-elements&#34;&gt;Hide and resize some elements&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&#34;https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Automation/vRO-8-hide-inputs-and-outputs-while-editing-a-scriptable-task/m-p/2930781/highlight/true#M25948&#34;&gt;this forum solution&lt;/a&gt; I created some Javascript code that hides elements of the GUI and maximizes a few div&#39;s. Now I can see 33 lines of code on the same screen:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-screen-real-estate/vro8_gui_hidden.jpg&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;javascript-bookmarklets&#34;&gt;JavaScript bookmarklets&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the code to paste into a new bookmark to hide elements:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;javascript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(()=&amp;gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;parameter-pills&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;taskDetailsStackview&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;app-main-header&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementById&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hidden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;};&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementsByClassName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;subnav&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hidden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementsByClassName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;schema-tab&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;height&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;100%-20&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementById&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;workflowEditor&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;height&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;100%&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementById&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;editorContent&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;height&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;100%&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here is the code to save if you want to unhide elements:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;javascript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(()=&amp;gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;parameter-pills&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;taskDetailsStackview&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;app-main-header&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementById&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hidden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;};&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getElementsByClassName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;subnav&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hidden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;})();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may get the same results with browser plugins, but I&#39;m on a restricted workstation and cannot install anything. This solution is universal as no additional SW is required. I have to click on the bookmarklet every time I navigate to a new script, but it makes the editor much more usable for me.&lt;/p&gt;
        
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      <title>Aria Automation Orchestrator Tips: JavaScript GOTO</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro-javascript-goto/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro-javascript-goto/</guid>
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          &lt;p&gt;How to exit or jump in JavaScript code within a scriptable task&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#sample-action-code-create-a-configuration-element&#34;&gt;Sample action code: create a configuration element&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#scriptable-task-reimplementation&#34;&gt;Scriptable task (re)implementation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#javascript-ttbreaktt-to-the-rescue&#34;&gt;JavaScript &lt;tt&gt;break&lt;/tt&gt; to the rescue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Orchestrator actions behave like JavaScript functions: it is very easy to exit an action by using the keyword &lt;tt&gt;return&lt;/tt&gt;. On the other hand, scriptable tasks written in JavaScript does not allow to use &lt;tt&gt;return&lt;/tt&gt; to finish the execution of the current task. This can make the code unnecessary more complex and harder to read. In this post I&#39;ll demonstrate a possible syntax solution to jump out of the code immediately (similar to GOTO).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;sample-action-code-create-a-configuration-element&#34;&gt;Sample action code: create a configuration element&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For demonstration purposes we&#39;ll write a simple code to create a new configuration element in a given folder. Orchestrator has a built-in function to make a new element: &lt;tt&gt;Server.createConfigurationElement(category, name);&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br&gt;This function either creates an empty configuration element in the category (folder) with the given name, or throws an error if the element already exists. To avoid the error, we can get the configration elements in a folder: get the category object by &lt;tt&gt;Server.getConfigurationElementCategoryWithPath(category);&lt;/tt&gt; and enumerate the elements in the category object attribute &lt;tt&gt;configurationElements&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create an action called &lt;tt&gt;createConfig&lt;/tt&gt; with inputs &lt;tt&gt;category&lt;/tt&gt; and &lt;tt&gt;name&lt;/tt&gt; that&#39;ll return &lt;tt&gt;true&lt;/tt&gt; if a new configuration element was created or &lt;tt&gt;false&lt;/tt&gt; if the element already present.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cat&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getConfigurationElementCategoryWithPath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;configurationElements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Config element already existed: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Config element did not exist, creating: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createConfigurationElement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;msg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;msg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can easily jump out of the code by returning false if we find a configuration element with the name requested. (We added a simple function message() for later use.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;scriptable-task-reimplementation&#34;&gt;Scriptable task (re)implementation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s see how we can rewrite the same code as scriptable task.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cat&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getConfigurationElementCategoryWithPath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;configurationElements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Config element already existed: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Config element did not exist, creating: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createConfigurationElement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;msg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;msg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As you can see, we used the output variable &lt;tt&gt;created&lt;/tt&gt; to allow running the second half of the code, when we could not find the configuration element. The code is harder to read and follow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;javascript-ttbreaktt-to-the-rescue&#34;&gt;JavaScript &lt;tt&gt;break&lt;/tt&gt; to the rescue&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JavaScript &lt;tt&gt;break&lt;/tt&gt; statement terminates the current loop, switch, or label statement and transfers program control to the statement following the terminated statement - according to the &lt;a href=&#34;https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/break&#34;&gt;language refefence&lt;/a&gt;. Let&#39;s create a labeled block and jump (GOTO) after the block. This will allow us to immediately exit from the current scriptable task, similar to the first implementation within an action:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;main&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cat&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getConfigurationElementCategoryWithPath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;each&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;cat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;configurationElements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Config element already existed: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;break&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;main&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Config element did not exist, creating: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createConfigurationElement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;created&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;msg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;msg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We do not have to use a (possibly) huge &lt;tt&gt;if(){}&lt;/tt&gt; block here. If our code logic is more complex, we can save even more nested &lt;tt&gt;if&lt;/tt&gt;&#39;s as we can jump out of the &lt;tt&gt;main&lt;/tt&gt; labeled block at any time, just like in an action with the &lt;tt&gt;return&lt;/tt&gt; statement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is important to note that function definitions must be done outside of the labeled block. In this simple example we exit the scriptable task as the block is the last (non-function definition) code, but we could write additional statements after the block. Also, we can use nested labeled blocks if necessary and control code execution even further.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although JavaScript does not have a GOTO statement, with the above syntax sugar you can make your code simpler. I hope you liked the idea and find it useful.&lt;/p&gt;
        
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      <title>vRO8 Dump Workflow Logs</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-dump-workflow-logs/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-dump-workflow-logs/</guid>
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          &lt;p&gt;How to get and filter workflow logs from vRO8 via API&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-api&#34;&gt;vRO API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#the-code&#34;&gt;The Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#running-it-standalone&#34;&gt;Running it standalone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRealize Orchestrator version 8 logs include workflow item names a separate log entries. Let&#39;s compare the output of the same workflow with the legacy version 7 client:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-dump-workflow-logs/vro8vro7compared.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While this extra information is useful when debugging to find the exact location of code running, it makes reading the log harder. You may or may not like the new interface.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vro-api&#34;&gt;vRO API&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&#34;https://developer.vmware.com/apis/1174&#34;&gt;vRealize Orchestrator API&lt;/a&gt; provides a REST API to interact with vRO. The &lt;a href=&#34;https://developer.vmware.com/apis/1174#/Workflow%20Run%20Service&#34;&gt;Workflow Run Service&lt;/a&gt; allows us to get workflow logs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to know the Id of the workflow (workflowId) and the executionId to get the logs. Below is a sample output of&lt;br&gt;&lt;tt&gt;curl -sSk -H &#39;Content-Type: application/json&#39; -H &amp;quot;Authorization: Bearer $access_token&amp;quot; &#39;https://vra8.corp.local/vco/api/workflows/a64af743-a5c5-4420-96d3-5dbf83a27b71/executions/6333c049-9abc-4ea1-955b-8ac942a127f0/syslogs&#39; | jq .&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;{
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;logs&amp;#34;: [
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;entry&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;system&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;short-description&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;__item_stack:/item1&amp;#34;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-07-28T08:33:50.319+00:00&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp-val&amp;#34;: 1658997230319,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;severity&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;info&amp;#34;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;entry&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;system&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;short-description&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;0&amp;#34;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-07-28T08:33:50.321+00:00&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp-val&amp;#34;: 1658997230321,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;severity&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;info&amp;#34;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;entry&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;system&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;short-description&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;__item_stack:/item3&amp;#34;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-07-28T08:33:52.326+00:00&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp-val&amp;#34;: 1658997232326,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;severity&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;info&amp;#34;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;    {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;entry&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;system&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;short-description&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;__item_stack:/item1&amp;#34;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-07-28T08:33:52.331+00:00&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp-val&amp;#34;: 1658997232331,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;severity&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;info&amp;#34;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;    },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;    ...
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;        {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;entry&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;origin&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;system&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;short-description&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;Completed.&amp;#34;,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-07-28T08:34:10.448+00:00&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;time-stamp-val&amp;#34;: 1658997250448,
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;46&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;severity&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;warning&amp;#34;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;47&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;48&lt;/span&gt;    },&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are options to fine-tune this query with contitions. We&#39;ll use two conditions, one will filter by severity the other by timestamp:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;tt&gt;conditions=severity=info&lt;/tt&gt; will get all logs above info level (info, warning, error)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;tt&gt;conditions=timestamp&amp;gt;1658997232331&lt;/tt&gt; will get all logs after 2022-07-28T08:33:52.331+00:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&#39;ll also limit the number of logs fetched with a single request to avoid API overloading:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;tt&gt;maxResult=100&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-code&#34;&gt;The Code&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I chose Python as I plan to run the same code from vRO and standalone. The inputs are vRO hostname, username, password, workflowname (full path), severity and executionId. Severity is info by default, and executionId is the last execution if omitted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;urllib&lt;/tt&gt; is used as it is available in vRO Python by default, no additional package installation required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First we search for the workflow by name, and check (later) the containing folder to make sure we query the correct one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;wfLinks&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;doReq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/vco/api/catalog/System/Workflow?conditions=name=&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;quote&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;workflowname&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;link&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;If no executionId provided, we search for the latest one:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;executionLinks&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;doReq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/vco/api/catalog/System/WorkflowExecution/?maxResult=1&amp;amp;sortOrders=-startDate&amp;amp;conditions=workflowId=&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;workflow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;link&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The main loop will check if the workflow is still running (this will allow to follow the logs ) and if there are any logs to print left. It will poll the running workflow every second for new log entries. Not running (completed, cancelled) workflow logs are fetched and printed (by 100 entries).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;while&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;state&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;running&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;timestamp&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;lasttimestamp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;timestamp&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;lasttimestamp&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;lasttimestamp&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;getLogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;workflow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;executionId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;severity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;timestamp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;state&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;doReq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/vco/api/workflows/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;workflow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/executions/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;executionId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;state&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;state&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;running&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;ow&#34;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;timestamp&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;lasttimestamp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sleep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.vro.python&lt;/em&gt; package containing the workflow from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Make sure to adjust workflow variables to your environment (hostname, credentials).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See the output below. We prefix each log entry with the timestamp, severity and workflow item number to preserve useful information:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-dump-workflow-logs/output.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;running-it-standalone&#34;&gt;Running it standalone&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The motivation to create a standalone Python program is to follow long-running workflow output live. The vRO workflow above does logging in a single Python scriptable task, and will provide logs once the task is finished, at once. We might break it into multiple steps to dump logs from time to time, but we&#39;d introduce the default workflow item number logging problem again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We keep the default &lt;tt&gt;handler()&lt;/tt&gt; function but will feed it from command line arguments &lt;tt&gt;argv&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;main&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;():&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;try&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;hostname&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;argv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;username&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;argv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;password&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;argv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;workflow&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;sys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;argv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;color_warn&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\033&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;[93m&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;color_fail&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\033&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;[91m&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;color_end&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\033&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;[0m&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running the code in console also allows us some coloring:
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-dump-workflow-logs/standalone.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The code can be downloaded from &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-python/blob/main/followVROlogs.py&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-python/blob/main/followVROlogs.py&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The &lt;em&gt;com.vro.python&lt;/em&gt; package containing the workflow is available at: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
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      <title>vRA8 XaaS Custom Destroy Workflow</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to run a workflow at XaaS deployment deletion to free resources&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#plain-ol-vro-workflows&#34;&gt;Plain ol&#39; vRO workflows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#our-demonstation-xaas-a-simple-ipam&#34;&gt;Our demonstation XaaS: a simple IPAM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vra-api&#34;&gt;vRA API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#access-deployment-api-from-vro&#34;&gt;Access Deployment API from vRO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#xaas-destroy-workflow&#34;&gt;XaaS destroy workflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;Event Broker Subscription&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;XaaS (Anything as a Service) is a great way to automate IT assets in vRA. But if your target objects are not natively supported by vRA/vRO, then making a create -&amp;gt; decommission lifecycle is not that easy. You can map a vRO object to a vRA custom resource, or use ABX with user defined schema to define a custom resource.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you choose vRO object mapping, you either need to use existing vRO inventory objects (provided by plugins), or you need to create a new object type by using Dynamic Types or write a new plugin from scratch. None of them are easy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you choose ABX with schema definition, you need to write ABX actions (Python/NodeJS/PowerShell scripts) and you cannot modify the schema after creation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;plain-ol-vro-workflows&#34;&gt;Plain ol&#39; vRO workflows&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRO workflows can be added to Service Broker (as a content source) and be run directly, resulting in a deployment. However, these deployments have no lifecycle operations, deleting simply removes the deployment from the list of resources provisioned (vRA7 called it &lt;em&gt;Dismiss&lt;/em&gt; action). Our goal is to make vRA to call a destroy workflow that frees the resources created/reserved by the deploy workflow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This will result in an easier to maintain solution: no need to create custom resources and we can reuse existing vRO workflows to mimic service decommission.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;our-demonstation-xaas-a-simple-ipam&#34;&gt;Our demonstation XaaS: a simple IPAM&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The demo IPAM solution can do two things: reserve IP address(es) from a subnet, and free up a reserved IP address. No other information is stored so it is not production ready... The objects we&#39;d like to manage are the addresses themselves. Two lifecycle operations are available: allocate and release.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The reserved addresses are stored in vRO resource elements (by subnet) so there are no external dependencies to setup and test this XaaS:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/resource_elements.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
(In the example above the following IPs are reserved: 10.0.1.1, 10.0.1.4, 10.0.1.5)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Three workflows provide the functions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define new subnet&lt;br&gt;creates a new vRO resource element to store IP addresses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IP Allocation&lt;br&gt;allocates one or more addresses from the chosen subnet, registers in the resource element and returns the reserved address(es)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IP Release&lt;br&gt;removes an address from the reserved list (resource element)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First import com.xaas.destroy.package from &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt; into vRO, and create a content source in Service Broker:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/new_content_source.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Share the content source to a project:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/content_sharing.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catalog items:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/catalog.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Start with defining your subnets (creating the empty resource elements):&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/new_subnet.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New IP request:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/new_ip_req.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Result of requesting 2 IPs:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/result.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The catalog item &lt;em&gt;IP release&lt;/em&gt; is very simple with only one input: the address to remove from the list of allocated IPs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vra-api&#34;&gt;vRA API&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRealize Automation REST API provides access to deployment data via the Deployment API:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -s -k -H &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-Type: application/json&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$access_token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://vra8.corp.local/deployment/api/deployments/7de98f11-a490-4dc1-8f6f-da20ff638fce?expand=resources&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; jq .
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The response contains workflow inputs and outputs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;7de98f11-a490-4dc1-8f6f-da20ff638fce&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;IP for NAS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;orgId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;673be853-8004-4216-95ad-3cb32e6754ab&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;catalogItemId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ea45a47f-ce9b-34e5-84d0-4b11738d9f4d&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;blueprintId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;inline-blueprint&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2022-05-09T14:14:48.910894Z&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;createdBy&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;ownedBy&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastUpdatedAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2022-05-09T14:15:14.472976Z&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;lastUpdatedBy&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;inputs&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;count&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;subnet&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.0.1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;33e98713-0902-4024-b023-6c4ffd802f53&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resources&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;id&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;11d054d3-f70c-4d4e-abad-259d7d872618&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;workflow&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vro.workflow&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;properties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;outputs&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;IPs&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Array/string&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;              &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.0.1.2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;              &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;10.0.1.3&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_orgId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;string&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;673be853-8004-4216-95ad-3cb32e6754ab&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_userName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;string&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;string&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;33e98713-0902-4024-b023-6c4ffd802f53&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_requestId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;string&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;26c22be8-b4eb-4cb9-bf2a-338e88b6c28e&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;46&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;47&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_deploymentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;48&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;string&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;49&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;7de98f11-a490-4dc1-8f6f-da20ff638fce&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;50&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;51&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;52&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;IP Allocation&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;53&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;54&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2022-05-09T14:15:00.276046Z&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;55&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;state&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;OK&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;56&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;57&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;58&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;status&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;CREATE_SUCCESSFUL&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;59&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;access-deployment-api-from-vro&#34;&gt;Access Deployment API from vRO&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For vRA REST API we use the &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation011?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We create a service user &lt;tt&gt;apiuser&lt;/tt&gt; that is able to read any deployment.&lt;br&gt;First we define a new role:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/new_role.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then assign the service user (it was granted Organization Member and Service Broker User roles previously) to this role providing the extra permission:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/assign_user.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and create a vRA endpoint within vRO:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/vra_endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now &lt;tt&gt;apiuser&lt;/tt&gt; can read any deployment via API. Here is how we extract the IP addresses from the workflow output:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;findHostsByType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vra-onprem&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;apiuser&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRestClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/deployment/api/deployments/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;deploymentId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;?expand=resources&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP response code: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;content = &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;addresses&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;outputs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;outputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;IPs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;xaas-destroy-workflow&#34;&gt;XaaS destroy workflow&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we create an EBS workflow to release all addresses found in the deployment output. Being an EBS all inputs are provided via the &lt;tt&gt;inputProperties&lt;/tt&gt; input parameter. The above code (Get deployment info) collects the addresses and all we have to do is call the &lt;em&gt;IP Release&lt;/em&gt; workflow to each address.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/ebs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;Event Broker Subscription&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We want to run the destroy workflow only for &lt;em&gt;IP Allocation&lt;/em&gt; deployments, so we identify the UUID of the catalog item:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/catalog_item.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now define the EBS. The event topic is &lt;em&gt;Deployment requested&lt;/em&gt; and we run the destroy workflow only if the request is &lt;tt&gt;DESTROY_DEPLOYMENT&lt;/tt&gt; and the catalog item UUID identified matches:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-xaas-custom-destroy-workflow/new_ebs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following logs are produced at deleting the IP Request deployment:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  1&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:18.584 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item1
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  2&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:18.586 +02:00 INFO inputProperties = {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  3&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;requestType&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;CATALOG&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  4&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;catalogItemVersion&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  5&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;blueprintVersion&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  6&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;description&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  7&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;contextId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;51667ebf-7440-42b9-95f0-15428b7a78a7&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  8&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;eventType&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;DESTROY_DEPLOYMENT&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;  9&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;userName&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 10&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;blueprintId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;inline-blueprint&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 11&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;userId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;DEV.local:2c2bce76-279b-4aba-98c6-a55d00f5ee1b&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 12&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;orgId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;673be853-8004-4216-95ad-3cb32e6754ab&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 13&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;catalogItemId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;ea45a47f-ce9b-34e5-84d0-4b11738d9f4d&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 14&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;deploymentId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;7de98f11-a490-4dc1-8f6f-da20ff638fce&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 15&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;requestInputs&amp;#34;: {},
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 16&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;id&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;a0b70060-7aaf-422d-a2ff-54f179fa3e17&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 17&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;projectName&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;Prod1&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 18&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;failureMessage&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 19&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;33e98713-0902-4024-b023-6c4ffd802f53&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 20&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;status&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 21&lt;/span&gt;}
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 22&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:18.591 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 23&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.415 +02:00 INFO HTTP response code: 200
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 24&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.416 +02:00 INFO content = {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 25&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;id&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;7de98f11-a490-4dc1-8f6f-da20ff638fce&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 26&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;name&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;IP for NAS&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 27&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;orgId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;673be853-8004-4216-95ad-3cb32e6754ab&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 28&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;catalogItemId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;ea45a47f-ce9b-34e5-84d0-4b11738d9f4d&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 29&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;blueprintId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;inline-blueprint&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 30&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-05-09T14:14:48.910894Z&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 31&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;createdBy&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 32&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;ownedBy&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 33&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;lastUpdatedAt&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-05-09T15:04:16.691521Z&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 34&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;lastUpdatedBy&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 35&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;inputs&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 36&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;count&amp;#34;: 2,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 37&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;subnet&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;10.0.1&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 38&lt;/span&gt;  },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 39&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;33e98713-0902-4024-b023-6c4ffd802f53&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 40&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;resources&amp;#34;: [
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 41&lt;/span&gt;    {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 42&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;id&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;11d054d3-f70c-4d4e-abad-259d7d872618&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 43&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;name&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;workflow&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 44&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;vro.workflow&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 45&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;properties&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 46&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;outputs&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 47&lt;/span&gt;          &amp;#34;IPs&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 48&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;Array/string&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 49&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: [
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 50&lt;/span&gt;              &amp;#34;10.0.1.2&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 51&lt;/span&gt;              &amp;#34;10.0.1.3&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 52&lt;/span&gt;            ]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 53&lt;/span&gt;          },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 54&lt;/span&gt;          &amp;#34;__metadata_orgId&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 55&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;string&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 56&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;673be853-8004-4216-95ad-3cb32e6754ab&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 57&lt;/span&gt;          },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 58&lt;/span&gt;          &amp;#34;__metadata_userName&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 59&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;string&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 60&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;kuklis&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 61&lt;/span&gt;          },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 62&lt;/span&gt;          &amp;#34;__metadata_projectId&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 63&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;string&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 64&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;33e98713-0902-4024-b023-6c4ffd802f53&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 65&lt;/span&gt;          },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 66&lt;/span&gt;          &amp;#34;__metadata_requestId&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 67&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;string&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 68&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;26c22be8-b4eb-4cb9-bf2a-338e88b6c28e&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 69&lt;/span&gt;          },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 70&lt;/span&gt;          &amp;#34;__metadata_deploymentId&amp;#34;: {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 71&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;type&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;string&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 72&lt;/span&gt;            &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;7de98f11-a490-4dc1-8f6f-da20ff638fce&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 73&lt;/span&gt;          }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 74&lt;/span&gt;        },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 75&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;resourceName&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;IP Allocation&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 76&lt;/span&gt;      },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 77&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;2022-05-09T14:15:00.276046Z&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 78&lt;/span&gt;      &amp;#34;state&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;OK&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 79&lt;/span&gt;    }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 80&lt;/span&gt;  ],
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 81&lt;/span&gt;  &amp;#34;status&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;DELETE_INPROGRESS&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 82&lt;/span&gt;}
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 83&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.422 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 84&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.435 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item4
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 85&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.447 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 86&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.464 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item1
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 87&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.466 +02:00 INFO Allocated at the moment: 1,2,3,4,5
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 88&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.467 +02:00 INFO Releasing 10.0.1.2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 89&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.473 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 90&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.496 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item5
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 91&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.509 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item0
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 92&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.515 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 93&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.525 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item4
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 94&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.539 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 95&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.550 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item1
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 96&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.552 +02:00 INFO Allocated at the moment: 1,3,4,5
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 97&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.553 +02:00 INFO Releasing 10.0.1.3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 98&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.559 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 99&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.578 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item5
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;100&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.593 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3/item0
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;101&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.598 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item3
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;102&lt;/span&gt;2022-05-09 17:04:19.603 +02:00 INFO __item_stack:/item0
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the logs you can see releasing both allocated addresses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Implementing your own destroy EBS is easy especially if you already have the vRO workflows to release the resources. It is a lightweight solution compared to Custom Resources.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;em&gt;com.xaas.destroy.package&lt;/em&gt; containing the sample workflows from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
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    <item>
      <title>vRA8 Datastore Custom Placement Logic</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to implement custom placement logic for vSphere datastores&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#tags&#34;&gt;Tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vra-api&#34;&gt;vRA API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-action-to-select-ds-with-largest-free-space&#34;&gt;vRO action to select DS with largest free space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vra-cloud-template&#34;&gt;vRA Cloud Template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#let-the-user-choose&#34;&gt;Let the user choose!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#the-end&#34;&gt;The End.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our customer has multiple datastores allocated for private cloud usage: any of them can be used. We applied tagging (&lt;tt&gt;storage:vra8&lt;/tt&gt;) to mark available storage for provisioned VMs. vRA8 started to utilize the first datastore but the customer would like to balance the usage, not just filling the first datastore completely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;tags&#34;&gt;Tags&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can use constraint tags to control the placement logic. Static tags can limit the choices but will not balance the utilization. The idea is to produce the tags dynamically - based on our placement usage (largest free space available). Here is a sample tagging strategy with two available datastores:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/ds.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vra-api&#34;&gt;vRA API&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRealize Automation REST API provides access to datastore inventory via the IaaS API. We can easily query available datastores (filtering the tagged ones):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -s -k -H &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-Type: application/json&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$access_token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://vra.corp.local/iaas/api/fabric-vsphere-datastores?\$filter=tags.item.key+eq+&amp;#39;ds&amp;#39;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; jq .
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The response contains the assigned tags and available free space:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;61&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;createdAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2021-11-09&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;62&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;updatedAt&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;2022-03-28&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;63&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;organizationId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;6427df80-6711-46dd-9dbc-1c6207edc3e8&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;64&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;orgId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;6427df80-6711-46dd-9dbc-1c6207edc3e8&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;65&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;_links&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;66&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;cloud-accounts&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;67&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;hrefs&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;68&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/cloud-accounts/7509914b-0aef-406a-9ca4-ada87398758b&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;69&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;70&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;71&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;self&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;72&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;href&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/fabric-vsphere-datastores/18832413-89e7-4d1f-9aa2-abc1552ef341&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;73&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;74&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;region&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;75&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;href&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/regions/c35bb6ee-7c95-4dbd-aa4e-200999ad3518&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;76&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;77&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;78&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;79&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;80&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;totalElements&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;81&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;numberOfElements&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;82&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vro-action-to-select-ds-with-largest-free-space&#34;&gt;vRO action to select DS with largest free space&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For vRA REST API we use the &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation011?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the user does not have Cloud Assembly access (average users will not have) then won&#39;t be able to read IaaS API, so we create a service user for that purpose with Read permissions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/apiuser.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and create a vRA endpoint within vRO:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/vra_endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we are ready to make our action, with a string input &lt;tt&gt;tagKey&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;findHostsByType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vra-onprem&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;apiuser&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;?$filter=tags.item.key+eq+%27&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tagKey&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;%27&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Datastore filter: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRestClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/fabric-vsphere-datastores&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;{}&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP response code: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datastores&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;sort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;parseInt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;parseInt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datastores&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datastores&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tagKey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Via the &lt;tt&gt;apiuser&lt;/tt&gt; endpoint we query the IaaS API, filtering out the datastores tagged with &lt;tt&gt;tagKey&lt;/tt&gt;. Then we sort the result by free space available and get the tag value of the first (largest) datastore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following logs are produced with the input &lt;tt&gt;&amp;quot;ds&amp;quot;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;2022-03-28 13:42:28.565 +02:00 INFO (com.test.storage/getStorageTag) Datastore filter: ?$filter=tags.item.key+eq+%27ds%27
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;2022-03-28 13:42:29.423 +02:00 INFO (com.test.storage/getStorageTag) HTTP response code: 200
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;2022-03-28 13:42:29.425 +02:00 INFO (com.test.storage/getStorageTag) [
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;  {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;name&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;cloud_test_01&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;freeSizeGB&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;3962&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;tags&amp;#34;: [
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;      {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;key&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;ds&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;ds1&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;      },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;      {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;key&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;storage&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;vra8&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    ]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;name&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;cloud_test_02&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;freeSizeGB&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;3175&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &amp;#34;tags&amp;#34;: [
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;      {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;key&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;ds&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;ds2&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;      },
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;      {
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;key&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;storage&amp;#34;,
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;        &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;: &amp;#34;vra8&amp;#34;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;      }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;    ]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;  }
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;2022-03-28 13:42:29.426 +02:00INFO(com.test.storage/getStorageTag) {&amp;#34;key&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;ds&amp;#34;,&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;ds1&amp;#34;}
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The last line shows the chosen tag (key/value pair).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vra-cloud-template&#34;&gt;vRA Cloud Template&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create our cloud template to use the action:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;cpu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;default&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;vCPU(s)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;memory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;integer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;memory (GB)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;default&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;datastore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;$dynamicDefault&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;/data/vro-actions/com.test.storage/getStorageTag?tagKey=ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;readOnly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;datastore tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;linuxvm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;rhel8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;cpuCount&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${input.cpu}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;totalMemoryMB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${input.memory * 1024}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;storage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;constraints&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;ds:${input.datastore}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${resource.Cloud_vSphere_Network_1.id}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;assignment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;static&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;Cloud_vSphere_Network_1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;networkType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;existing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;constraints&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;env:dev&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The highlighted rows show how to get the tag value and add as a storage constraint to make vRA choose our desired datastore:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/selected_tag.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;let-the-user-choose&#34;&gt;Let the user choose!&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If we want a dropdown to allow the user to select, we need to modify the action to return Properties with key-value pairs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;dropdown&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;VraHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;findHostsByType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vra-onprem&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;apiuser&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;?$filter=tags.item.key+eq+%27&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tagKey&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;%27&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Datastore filter: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRestClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/fabric-vsphere-datastores&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;{}&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;HTTP response code: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;debug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datastores&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;sort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;parseInt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;parseInt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datastores&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;datastores&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;forEach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;filter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tagKey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;dropdown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; (&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;ds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;freeSizeGB&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34; GB)&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;dropdown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The resulting template interface:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-datastore-custom-placement/dropdown.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-end&#34;&gt;The End.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can implement other selection logic as well, based on the largest free space available method above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.storage&lt;/em&gt; package containing the actions from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>vRA8 logs &amp; troubleshooting</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-logs-troubleshooting/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-logs-troubleshooting/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Where to find log files, searching tips and how to make logging more verbose&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#where-are-the-logs&#34;&gt;Where are the logs&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#container-console-logs&#34;&gt;Container console logs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#container-log-files&#34;&gt;Container log files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-scripting-log&#34;&gt;vRO scripting log&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#troubleshooting-cases&#34;&gt;Troubleshooting cases&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#securityexception---cannot-execute-request&#34;&gt;SecurityException: : : Cannot execute request&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#iaas-api-empty-result&#34;&gt;IaaS API empty result&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#but-i-want-more-logs-trace&#34;&gt;But I want more logs! (TRACE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;where-are-the-logs&#34;&gt;Where are the logs&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;container-console-logs&#34;&gt;Container console logs&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 appliance runs application components within containers using Kubernetes as an orchestrator. We are interested in namespace called &lt;tt&gt;prelude&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt; ~ &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# kubectl get namespaces&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;NAME              STATUS   AGE
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;default           Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;ingress           Active   4d1h
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;kube-node-lease   Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;kube-public       Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;kube-system       Active   20d
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;openfaas          Active   4d1h
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;openfaas-fn       Active   4d1h
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;openfaas-ip       Active   4d1h
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;prelude           Active   4d1h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Console logs are not very useful:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt; ~ &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# kubectl -n prelude logs pod/provisioning-service-app-67b8fd5d48-5wv5c --since=1m --all-containers=true -f&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2022-02-23T22:22:53.271+0000&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;info&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;gc,start       &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; GC&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;758&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; Pause Young &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;Allocation Failure&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2022-02-23T22:22:53.278+0000&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;info&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;gc,heap        &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; GC&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;758&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; PSYoungGen: 521568K-&amp;gt;480K&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;522752K&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2022-02-23T22:22:53.278+0000&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;info&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;gc,heap        &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; GC&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;758&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; ParOldGen: 550433K-&amp;gt;550657K&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;1933312K&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;...
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;container-log-files&#34;&gt;Container log files&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 container log file directories are mounted from the filesystem of the appliance to allow easy access. The directory is &lt;tt&gt;/var/log/services-logs/&lt;/tt&gt; and that is symlinked to &lt;tt&gt;/services-logs/&lt;/tt&gt; to save some typing. The directory structure is created according to the Kubernetes hierarchy of the deployments: &lt;tt&gt;/services-logs/prelude&lt;/tt&gt; contains logs related to the &lt;tt&gt;prelude&lt;/tt&gt; namespace:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt; ~ &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# find /services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/ -name &amp;#39;*.log&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/console-logs/provisioning-service-app.log
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/console-logs/provisioning-service-dependencies.log
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/file-logs/provisioning-service-app.log
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can view/search these files if we know which component logs we are interested in. Otherwise a brute-force search helps to find the relevant log files:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt; ~ &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# find /services-logs/prelude -name &amp;#39;*.log&amp;#39; | xargs grep -l &amp;#34;No subnet found with subnet ranges that have available IP addresses for NIC with compute network&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/tango-blueprint-service-app/file-logs/tango-blueprint-service-app.log
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/file-logs/provisioning-service-app.log
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;vro-scripting-log&#34;&gt;vRO scripting log&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JavaScript logs are located at &lt;tt&gt;/data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/logs/scripting.log&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;troubleshooting-cases&#34;&gt;Troubleshooting cases&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some recent problems I encountered and could solve with the help of these log files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;securityexception---cannot-execute-request&#34;&gt;SecurityException: : : Cannot execute request&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After upgrading a vRA 8.2 appliance to 8.5 we got a very short error message of failing IaaS deployments:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-logs-troubleshooting/securityexception.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A quick search revealed which log file to take a look at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-fallback&#34; data-lang=&#34;fallback&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 [ ~ ]# find /services-logs/prelude/ -name &amp;#39;*.log&amp;#39; | xargs grep -l &amp;#39;SecurityException&amp;#39;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/file-logs/provisioning-service-app.log
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Checking the log file gave further insight into the problem:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;tt&gt;
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: https://nsx-t.corp.local/policy/api/v1/infra/realized-state/enforcement-points/default/virtual-machines?sort_ascending=true&amp;query=vm233 invocation failed with &#34;javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target&#34;&lt;/tt&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We had to re-trust the certificate of NSX-T Cloud Account and the issue is gone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;iaas-api-empty-result&#34;&gt;IaaS API empty result&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We use the IaaS API call &lt;tt&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://vra8.corp.local/iaas/api/images&#34;&gt;https://vra8.corp.local/iaas/api/images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/tt&gt; to fetch available image mappings. All of a sudden the result became empty altough we had quite a few images made available. No error messages, just an empty response with status code 200. Let&#39;s search for the API call:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-fallback&#34; data-lang=&#34;fallback&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 [ ~ ]# find /services-logs/prelude -name &amp;#39;*.log&amp;#39; | xargs grep -l &amp;#39;/iaas/api/images&amp;#39;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;/services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/file-logs/provisioning-service-app.log
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&#39;s the provisioning service app log again! After investigating the log file the following error message was found:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;ERROR provisioning [host=&#39;provisioning-service-app-c874966b6-scw8h&#39; thread=&#39;xn-index-queries-10&#39; user=&#39;apiuser&#39; org=&#39;5f70a3eb-2f49-4ba8-997c-6567d2970968&#39; trace=&#39;9c595930-1dd2-4987-a73b-bd9c6d35bef5&#39; parent=&#39;&#39; span=&#39;fabcd061-f900-4c63-8fae-478e6f30b0c8&#39;] c.vmware.admiral.host.ProvisioningHost.log:453 - Exception while converting resource /provisioning/resources/image-profiles/5f70a3eb-2f49-4ba8-997c-6567d2970968-03690a96-e630-42d2-8af2-fa9e5d829680 of type: [class com.vmware.iaas.api.model.multicloud.ImageMapping]: java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.vmware.xenon.common.WrappedDeferredResultException: com.vmware.xenon.common.ServiceHost$ServiceNotFoundException: Service not found: http://10.244.0.33:8282/resources/images/d3f4a777ce1f267c0c03b4d98aedf9352f5e756c&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After checking the image mappings we found that one of the template was missing from vSphere and caused the an exception resulting in an empty result. When the mapping was restored, the API call result went back to normal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;but-i-want-more-logs-trace&#34;&gt;But I want more logs! (TRACE)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 is a Spring Boot Java application. We can increase the log level (mostly defaulting to DEBUG) by adjusting JVM options. For that we have to modify the deployment YAML (this is unsupported, DO AT YOUR OWN RISK):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt; ~ &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# kubectl -n prelude edit deployment provisioning-service-app&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under &lt;tt&gt;JAVA_OPTS&lt;/tt&gt; add the a new line with &lt;tt&gt;TRACE&lt;/tt&gt; logging level:
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;JAVA_OPTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;sd&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;sd&#34;&gt;            -Dlogging.level.root=TRACE
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;sd&#34;&gt;            -Dhttps.proxyHost=$(JAVA_PROXY_HOST)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save and exit, then wait for the pod to restart:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;root@vra8 &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt; ~ &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# watch kubectl -n prelude get pods&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now you&#39;ll get a &lt;strong&gt;lot&lt;/strong&gt; of entries in file logs, i.e.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;2022-02-23T23:51:16.055Z TRACE provisioning [host=&#39;provisioning-service-app-67b8fd5d48-5wv5c&#39; thread=&#39;xn-index-queries-16&#39; user=&#39;&#39; org=&#39;&#39; trace=&#39;b1ffea52-ffd4-467b-9e85-c0a603c5a52f&#39; parent=&#39;&#39; span=&#39;a0192eaf-3de9-467e-bbdb-1c1b7eb3e07f&#39;] c.v.x.s.rdbms.PostgresQueryConverter.convert:144 - Convert: SELECT * FROM change_owner_task_state WHERE ((task_info -&amp;gt;&amp;gt; &#39;stage&#39; = ANY(ARRAY[&#39;CREATED&#39;,&#39;STARTED&#39;])) AND (owner_node_id IS NOT NULL AND NOT COALESCE(owner_node_id = &#39;830cd592-cda8-4aab-a171-10dd9fb072e9&#39;, FALSE)))&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Make sure to remove extra logging once you&#39;re done with invenstigation as it can impact performance and disk usage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;summary&#34;&gt;Summary&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hope I could give some ideas and motivation to check vRA log files for troubleshooting purposes: you may be able to fix your problem without contacting support.&lt;/p&gt;
        
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      <title>vRO8 Import Workflow</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-import-workflow/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vro8-import-workflow/</guid>
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          &lt;p&gt;How to import legacy workflow files into vRO8&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#api-definition&#34;&gt;API definition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#import-using-cli&#34;&gt;Import using CLI&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#multipart-content-type&#34;&gt;Multipart Content-type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#import-using-vro&#34;&gt;Import using vRO&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#the-inputs&#34;&gt;The inputs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#mimeattachment-issues&#34;&gt;MimeAttachment issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#sending-the-file-to-vro-rest-api-using-python&#34;&gt;Sending the file to vRO REST API using Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRealize Orchestrator version 8 does not provide a way to export or import individual workflows via the GUI. If you have some legacy workflows on your hard disk and would like to import them into your shiny new vRO8 instance, you need to create a package on a legacy vRO7 system, export it and import the package into vRO8. Let&#39;s see if we can do it easier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;api-definition&#34;&gt;API definition&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&#34;https://developer.vmware.com/apis/1174&#34;&gt;vRealize Orchestrator API&lt;/a&gt; provides a REST API to interact with vRO. The &lt;a href=&#34;https://developer.vmware.com/apis/1174#/Content%20Service&#34;&gt;Content Service&lt;/a&gt; allows us to import a workflow. According to the specification the workflow is sent to &lt;tt&gt;/content/workflows/{categoryId}&lt;/tt&gt; as a Multipart Content-type. &lt;a href=&#34;https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2387&#34;&gt;RFC 2387&lt;/a&gt; describes the details of this Content-type.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to know the Id of the folder (WorkflowCategory). The following Javascript code will print it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;folder&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Server&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getWorkflowCategoryWithPath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;test/import&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getObjectId&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;folder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;There it is:
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;2021-10-31 21:02:06.118 +01:00 INFO __item_stack:/item1
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;2021-10-31 21:02:06.122 +01:00 INFO 8a7480e57c8e421d017cd78e673619f1
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;2021-10-31 21:02:06.126 +01:00 INFO __item_stack:/item0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;import-using-cli&#34;&gt;Import using CLI&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Spring sample in the API documentation gives some hints how to format the Multipart data to post: the part representing the workflow should be called &lt;tt&gt;&amp;quot;file&amp;quot;&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;tt&gt;curl&lt;/tt&gt; we can upload a workflow to vRO with the following command, knowing the Workflow Category Id (target folder). In case a workflow with the same workflow Id exists, we overwrite it. The name of the object within the multipart data is specified by &lt;tt&gt;file=&lt;/tt&gt;. The actual file content is loaded by using the @ symbol.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -k -u &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;cfgadmin:VMware123!&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-Type: multipart/form-data&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://vra8.corp.local/vco/api/content/workflows/8a7480e57c8e421d017cd78e673619f1?overwrite=true&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-F &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;file=@HelloWorld.workflow&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The result:
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-import-workflow/helloworld.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;multipart-content-type&#34;&gt;Multipart Content-type&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s check what data did &lt;tt&gt;curl&lt;/tt&gt; send to upload the file:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -k -u &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;cfgadmin:VMware123!&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-Type: multipart/form-data&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://vra8.corp.local/vco/api/content/workflows/8a7480e57c8e421d017cd78e673619f1?overwrite=true&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-F &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;file=@HelloWorld.workflow&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; --trace-ascii -
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Highlighted are: the Content-type, boundary value and the Content-Disposition Headers:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;...
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;0000: POST /vco/api/content/workflows/8a7480e57c8e421d017cd78e673619f1
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;0040: ?overwrite=true HTTP/2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;0058: Host: vra8.corp.local
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;0070: authorization: Basic Y2ZnYWRtaW46Vk13YXJlMTIzIQ==
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;00a3: user-agent: curl/7.68.0
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;00bc: accept: */*
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;00c9: content-length: 1202
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;00df: content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--------------------
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;011f: ----4a56c5c66e96749e
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;0135:
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&amp;lt;= Recv SSL data, 5 bytes (0x5)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;0000: ....9
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;== Info: Connection state changed (MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS == 250)!
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;=&amp;gt; Send SSL data, 5 bytes (0x5)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;0000: ....!
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;=&amp;gt; Send SSL data, 5 bytes (0x5)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;0000: .....
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;=&amp;gt; Send data, 1202 bytes (0x4b2)
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;0000: --------------------------4a56c5c66e96749e
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;002c: Content-Disposition: form-data; name=&amp;#34;file&amp;#34;; filename=&amp;#34;HelloWorl
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;006c: d.workflow&amp;#34;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;0079: Content-Type: application/octet-stream
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;00a1:
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;00a3: PK........V._S................workflow-info.....0......!......pS
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;00e3: .....%=iQrrI&amp;lt;|{...C.n-.k.n.\.C........&amp;gt;....J.i..p..t.....s.%3.K.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;0123: \|Z.Z..,LU.#....D.......l.)....PK......t...z...PK........V._S...
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;0163: .............workflow-content.U.n.@.=.~...H..8..J..Tu....$...Nj.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;01a3: .+N....s.&amp;#39;.c;UJ.h..}...3..p..&amp;lt; E.....@..s....t.....f.1.!.3LU{.k
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;01e3: ...{.O0...V.Y..&amp;amp;D...2.3...-....p9..[!.G.H...TVn....6.Zrm..t8.&amp;gt;..
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;0223: 1...J&amp;lt;V..+.q.+F.e...m.*&amp;#39;F.uF&amp;amp;....,-/.7.{Y..Kj.^...KMb..OO.=.*...
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;0263: ..f...&amp;#34;.9.D*....?.....]=....*+.31=.&amp;#39;fL....G..w\.....G.&amp;#34;+.:_y..~.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;02a3: U.&amp;lt;B..3..P.P.ie...tL..{.k.u....3}.../..T.G....Nk;...|..K(..&amp;lt;.Q.n
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;02e3: q.....EB..J.F....&amp;gt;.3NyVN.&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;.^.;...;...O .ce..u..:-.IF.J...*o#+.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;0323: ..%j}...?.V..q.....0!.......~=]G..8......T..%.....6.NY...a}z.v..
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;0363: f...9c.;...]....R...9TD.;M.m.|..{dN..^..&amp;#34;..f..z..FG3...mK~.!.j..
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;03a3: C.^.C%.j....]l....I....i.T}.{...K../...eO.......N.O...g..K{..a..
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;03e3: PK....++c.......PK..........V._S....t...z.....................wo
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;0423: rkflow-infoPK..........V._S..++c.........................workflo
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;0463: w-contentPK..........y...P.....
&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;0484: --------------------------4a56c5c66e96749e--
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The actual file data is a ZIP file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;import-using-vro&#34;&gt;Import using vRO&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;the-inputs&#34;&gt;The inputs&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To automate the workflow import with vRO, we need to load a the file and send its content via vRO REST API, using the Multipart Content-type format examined above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;tt&gt;MimeAttachment&lt;/tt&gt; type allows us to upload files to vRO. We also want to select the folder to import the workflow into, we can use the &lt;tt&gt;WorkflowCategory&lt;/tt&gt; type for that input:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-import-workflow/import_inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the Input Form designer let&#39;s change the display type of the WorkflowCategory type to Tree Picker to get a nice tree browser.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-import-workflow/import_form.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This will result in the following form:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-import-workflow/import_run.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vro8-import-workflow/select_category.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;mimeattachment-issues&#34;&gt;MimeAttachment issues&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&#34;https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/59725&#34;&gt;Cumulative Update for vRealize Orchestrator 7.5&lt;/a&gt; ResolvedList describes a problem with binary data represented by MimeAttachment:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Previously instances of MimeAttachment provided only a property &amp;quot;content&amp;quot; which returns/accepts a string. This causes issues with non-textual data as the bytes are interpreted as String and the content is malformed. A new JavaScript type is exposed to the scripting api - ByteBuffer. It can be initialised from a base64 string or from an existing ByteBuffer. Instances of MimeAttachment now have a new get/set propety &amp;quot;buffer&amp;quot; which returns/accepts a ByteBuffer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I could not find any examples on how to use this new &lt;tt&gt;buffer&lt;/tt&gt; property of &lt;tt&gt;ByteBuffer&lt;/tt&gt; type (and the &lt;tt&gt;content&lt;/tt&gt; property gives an HTTP 500 error on the API). If you know how to use it, please leave a comment at the bottom!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;sending-the-file-to-vro-rest-api-using-python&#34;&gt;Sending the file to vRO REST API using Python&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRO8 with vRA/vRealize Suite Advanced/vCloud Suite Advanced or Enterprise license is capable of running Python, NodeJS and PowerShell scripts as well. Let&#39;s try Python!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If we print the MimeAttachment object in Python, we&#39;ll see the following output:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;2021-10-31 23:54:57.647 +01:00 INFO [HelloWorld.workflow,application/octet-stream,991]
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;2021-10-31 23:54:57.648 +01:00 INFO UEsDBBQACAgIAFaxX1MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANAAAAd29ya2Z...
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first line contains the filename and Content-type, the second line contains the base64 encoded file content. We&#39;ll use this information to extract the information from the object.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I reused Doug Hellmann&#39;s implementation of Multipart Content type available at &lt;a href=&#34;https://pymotw.com/3/urllib.request/&#34;&gt;Python 3 Module of the Week&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-python&#34; data-lang=&#34;python&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;io&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;mimetypes&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;urllib&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;uuid&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kn&#34;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;base64&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nf&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# Create the form with simple fields&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;form&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;MultiPartForm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# Add the file&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;add_file&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;file&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;file&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;split&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;][&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:],&lt;/span&gt;       &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# &amp;#39;HelloWorld.workflow&amp;#39;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;fileHandle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;io&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;BytesIO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;base64&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;b64decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;file&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;split&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;])))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# Build the request, including the byte-string&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# for the data to be posted.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;bytes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vcoUrl&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/api/content/workflows/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;categoryId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;?overwrite=true&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;add_header&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-type&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;get_content_type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;add_header&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Authorization&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Bearer &amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getToken&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]())&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;SERVER RESPONSE:&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;# disable SSL verification&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;urlopen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ssl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SSLContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;decode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;utf-8&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;class&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nc&#34;&gt;MultiPartForm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;context[&amp;quot;vcoUrl&amp;quot;]&lt;/tt&gt; provides the internal vRO REST API URL &lt;tt&gt;http://localhost:8280/vco&lt;/tt&gt;, and the &lt;tt&gt;getToken()&lt;/tt&gt; function will acquire a valid token against the API.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;wrap-up&#34;&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;tt&gt;MimeAttachment&lt;/tt&gt; is a useful vRO type, when we need to process a file. Python can be used to communicate back to vRO using the loopback URL (&lt;tt&gt;context[&amp;quot;vcoUrl&amp;quot;]&lt;/tt&gt;) and a token provided by the &lt;tt&gt;getToken()&lt;/tt&gt; function.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.test.python&lt;/em&gt; package containing the workflow from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>vRA8 External Inputs and Input Property Groups</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Hiccups and possible solutions using dynamic input dropdowns&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#cloud-templates-with-dynamic-vro-selection-inputs&#34;&gt;Cloud Templates with dynamic vRO selection inputs&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#a-very-simple-cloud-template&#34;&gt;A (very) simple Cloud Template&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-action-returning-properties&#34;&gt;vRO action returning Properties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-action-returning-array-of-properties&#34;&gt;vRO action returning Array of Properties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#workaround&#34;&gt;Workaround&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-actions-in-an-input-property-group&#34;&gt;vRO actions in an Input Property Group&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#a-cloud-template-with-input-property-group&#34;&gt;A Cloud Template with Input Property Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#adjusting-the-custom-form&#34;&gt;Adjusting the Custom Form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#bonus-reordering-the-property-group-list&#34;&gt;Bonus: Reordering the Property Group list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.4.2/rn/vRealize-Automation-842-releasenotes.html#new-vrealize-automation-82-patch-1-1&#34;&gt;8.4.2 added support&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.4/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-C96E54B4-2366-45AB-9E2C-8884A8945FF0.html&#34;&gt;use vRO actions for dynamic external values&lt;/a&gt; to define properties in property groups, and &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.5.1/rn/vmware-vrealize-automation-851-release-notes/index.html#whats-new&#34;&gt;8.5.1 added support&lt;/a&gt; to define &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.5/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-5E57E22B-725E-4B1D-A6CC-3BAE54498C19.html&#34;&gt;Cloud Templates with dynamic vRO inputs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In my previous post I&#39;ve discussed &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/custom-form-dropdown-external-source&#34;&gt;dynamic dropdowns with Custom Forms&lt;/a&gt;, now let&#39;s take a look on how we can adapt the approach to Cloud Templates and Property Groups. Although the support of Property Groups were introduced earlier, I&#39;ll start with the latter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;cloud-templates-with-dynamic-vro-selection-inputs&#34;&gt;Cloud Templates with dynamic vRO selection inputs&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can use vRO actions to define the default value and a selection list with possible values to select from.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the list action returns an Array of String, the dropdown just works fine: the user selected label will be passed to the input variable as value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For a different label of the values passed within Custom Forms, we could use two return types: Properties and Array of Properties. The main difference was that Properties represent a hashmap that is unsorted, while the Array is always sorted. The latter is useful if we want to display a long list and some ordering is needed for the user to locate the desired item quickly. This has been presented in the &lt;a href=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/post/custom-form-dropdown-external-source&#34;&gt;previous blog entry&lt;/a&gt; already.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;a-very-simple-cloud-template&#34;&gt;A (very) simple Cloud Template&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our sample Cloud Template has only a single input: a string. The provided name is the owner of the VM provisioned, and we assign the tag &lt;tt&gt;owner:username&lt;/tt&gt; to the VM:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;cpuCount&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;totalMemoryMB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;folderName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;vra8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${input.owner}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To make the input value dynamic, we have to create a vRO action with a return value. The &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.5/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-5E57E22B-725E-4B1D-A6CC-3BAE54498C19.html&#34;&gt;Cloud Assembly template example&lt;/a&gt; documentation describes only the (single) Properties option, let&#39;s take a look at both approaches to provide enumerated input selections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;vro-action-returning-properties&#34;&gt;vRO action returning Properties&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For demonstration purposes we&#39;ll use the &lt;a href=&#34;http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/&#34;&gt;JSONPlaceholder&lt;/a&gt; service to get some sample data. For key we use the &lt;em&gt;username&lt;/em&gt; field, and for value (label) the &lt;em&gt;name&lt;/em&gt; field. The name of the  action is &lt;tt&gt;getUsersUnsorted&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createTransientHostFrom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dynamicRequest&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;url&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/users&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;forEach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;username&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Cloud Assembly, select in Cloud Template editor the &lt;em&gt;Inputs&lt;/em&gt; tab, and click on the input named &lt;em&gt;owner&lt;/em&gt;. Now within &lt;em&gt;More Options&lt;/em&gt; we can assign the action by selecting &lt;em&gt;External source&lt;/em&gt; and choosing &lt;tt&gt;getUsersUnsorted&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/select_input_action.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Cloud Template code will include the action now highlighted:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;$dynamicEnum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;/data/vro-actions/com.vra.dropdown/getUsersUnsorted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;cpuCount&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;totalMemoryMB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;folderName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;vra8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${input.owner}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try out our dropdown in Service Broker:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/service_broker_test_unsorted.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This list appears, but unsorted. The tag is assigned correctly:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/vm_tagged1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;vro-action-returning-array-of-properties&#34;&gt;vRO action returning Array of Properties&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we return an ordered list to make our dropdown prettier. The name of the  action is &lt;tt&gt;getUsersSorted&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createTransientHostFrom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;RESTHostManager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dynamicRequest&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;url&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/users&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;forEach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;({&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;username&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;sort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;users&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Cloud Template Inputs tab choose &lt;tt&gt;getUsersSorted&lt;/tt&gt; as &lt;em&gt;External source&lt;/em&gt;, or modify the template code:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;$dynamicEnum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;/data/vro-actions/com.vra.dropdown/getUsersSorted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nn&#34;&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can quicly test the result in Cloud Assembly too (without releasing the new version to Service Broker), with the &lt;em&gt;Test&lt;/em&gt; button:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/testing_photon.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Looks good so far, the names are sorted alphabetically. But after submitting the test value, the following error message displayed:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;color:red&#34;&gt; Value &#39;Delphine&#39; is not in list of valid values [&amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;label&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;value&amp;quot;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Altough we&#39;ve selected an item from the dropdown, it is not accepted as a valid input! The same happens in Service Broker. Looks like the validation logic cannot use our second action, despite the fact it was correctly displayed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;workaround&#34;&gt;Workaround&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s revert our changes to the Cloud Template by selecting the &lt;tt&gt;getUsersUnsorted&lt;/tt&gt; again as &lt;em&gt;External source&lt;/em&gt;. This will fix the validation issue, and we can levereage Custom Forms to improve the user experience by sorting the dropdown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After creating the default Custom Form, we can see the Value options are copied from the Cloud Template:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/custom_form.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By &lt;ins&gt;re-selecting the action&lt;/ins&gt; &lt;tt&gt;getUsersSorted&lt;/tt&gt; in the Custom Form, we can override the action providing an unsorted list. After enabling the Custom Form on the catalog item, the user list is sorted and the chosen value is accepted:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/service_broker_test_sorted.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/service_broker_inprogress.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vro-actions-in-an-input-property-group&#34;&gt;vRO actions in an Input Property Group&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I found the same limitation applies to properties within an Input Property Group: altough actions returing Array of Properties can be selected as external source of values, and the labels are displayed correctly on the form, the selected value cannot be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So we create the Property Group with the &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; property and external values action &lt;tt&gt;getUsersUnsorted&lt;/tt&gt; returning a (single) Properties object. The user interface is very similar to the &lt;a href=&#34;#vro-action-returning-properties&#34;&gt;Cloud Template Input definition&lt;/a&gt; form. Let&#39;s define one more property in the group:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/properties.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;a-cloud-template-with-input-property-group&#34;&gt;A Cloud Template with Input Property Group&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We remove the &lt;tt&gt;owner&lt;/tt&gt; input from the Cloud Template and assign the Input Property Group:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/input_property_group.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The resulting Cloud Template (the referenced Property Group and properties are hightlighted):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;formatVersion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photonpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;object&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;$ref&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;/ref/property-groups/photonInputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Cloud.vSphere.Machine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;photon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;cpuCount&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;totalMemoryMB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;m&#34;&gt;1024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;folderName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;vra8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${input.photonpg.owner}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;${input.photonpg.department}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;adjusting-the-custom-form&#34;&gt;Adjusting the Custom Form&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s delete the previous Custom Request Form to start from scratch. By customizing the custom form again, the Schema Elements (our Input Property Group) is added to the canvas. If we click on the Property Group, on the &lt;em&gt;Values&lt;/em&gt; tab we can see the individual property names and labels, but we cannot override the input selection options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/property_group_values.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a workaround we export the form as YAML and edit it manually. Within the &lt;tt&gt;schema&lt;/tt&gt; section we replace the default action (copied from the Cloud Template) with the action &lt;tt&gt;getUsersSorted&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photonpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Photonpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dataType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;complex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;fields&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dataType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;isMultiple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;valueList&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;com.vra.dropdown/getUsersSorted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;scriptAction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;parameters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dataType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;isMultiple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;valueList&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;acc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Accounting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;dev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Developers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;isMultiple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our form with the nice, ordered list:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/service_broker_test_property_group.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and the deployment inputs are accepted:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/service_broker_inprogress_pg.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;bonus-reordering-the-property-group-list&#34;&gt;Bonus: Reordering the Property Group list&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The GUI does not provide a way to reorder the inputs within an Input Property Group on the Custom Form. You could delete and re-add the fields but the action assignments are lost then. However, we can export the Custom Form as YAML and manually reorder the display order of the properties. Just cut&#39;n&#39;paste them in YAML &lt;tt&gt;schema&lt;/tt&gt; section:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-yaml&#34; data-lang=&#34;yaml&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;photonpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Photonpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dataType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;complex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;fields&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dataType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;isMultiple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;valueList&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;acc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Accounting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;dev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;Developers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;hl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;dataType&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;isMultiple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;valueList&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;com.vra.dropdown/getUsersSorted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;scriptAction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;parameters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;w&#34;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;l&#34;&gt;owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After importing the modified file, the inputs are displayed in the rearranged order:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-external-inputs-and-input-property-groups/service_broker_reordered.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You may ask why to bother with the dynamic actions on the Cloud Template Inputs (either directly or via Property Groups), why not just use them on the Custom Forms as before? The answer is validation: in case the user submits a request via REST API (where Custom Form is not in use), vRA can still check if the input valid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -s -k -H &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-Type: application/json&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$access_token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;https://vra8.corp.local/catalog/api/items/3dd31701-d9c1-3f3d-8656-0d87acb6258e/request&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-d &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;{&amp;#34;deploymentName&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;test5&amp;#34;,&amp;#34;inputs&amp;#34;:{&amp;#34;photonpg&amp;#34;:{&amp;#34;department&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;dev&amp;#34;,&amp;#34;owner&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;NoSuchUser&amp;#34;}},&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;22a712bc-5c9e-4784-a55c-0b3719134190&amp;#34;,&amp;#34;bulkRequestCount&amp;#34;:1,&amp;#34;reason&amp;#34;:null}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; jq .
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;vRA will refuse the request by validating the inputs against the vRO actions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;message&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Validation failed with: $.inputs.photonpg.owner: Value &amp;#39;NoSuchUser&amp;#39; is not in list of valid values [\&amp;#34;Bret\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Moriah.Stanton\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Kamren\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Elwyn.Skiles\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Karianne\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Leopoldo_Corkery\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Delphine\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Maxime_Nienow\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Samantha\&amp;#34;, \&amp;#34;Antonette\&amp;#34;]&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;statusCode&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;400&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;errorCode&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;24002&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.vra.dropdown&lt;/em&gt; package containing the sample actions from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
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      <title>Rename Azure NIC in vRA8</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-rename-nic/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-rename-nic/</guid>
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          &lt;p&gt;How to configure network interface name using event broker subscription&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#subject&#34;&gt;Subject&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#new-iaas-api&#34;&gt;New IaaS API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#extensibility-vro-workflow&#34;&gt;Extensibility: vRO workflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vra-event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;vRA Event Broker Subscription&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#check-the-result&#34;&gt;Check the result&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;subject&#34;&gt;Subject&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 (up current version 8.5) does not support to set the name of network inteface in Azure, the default naming scheme apply (&lt;tt&gt;subnetname-&lt;suffix&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;). It is hard to see by name which NIC belongs to which virtual machine:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-rename-nic/default-naming.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;new-iaas-api&#34;&gt;New IaaS API&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vRealize-Automation/8.5/rn/vmware-vrealize-automation-85-release-notes.html&#34;&gt;vRealize Automation 8.5 Release Notes&lt;/a&gt; mentions an IaaS API addition that allows us to change selected parameters via &lt;tt&gt;/iaas/api/machines/{id}/network-interfaces/{nicId}&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Changing the name is supported, but only before provisioning, we need to call the API in Compute provision (&lt;tt&gt;compute.provision.pre&lt;/tt&gt;) phase. We&#39;ll use an extensibility EBS to trigger a vRO workflow. This workflow calls the IaaS API to change the name attribute. Here is a sample payload available via &lt;tt&gt;inputProperties&lt;/tt&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;addresses&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;cloudvm[0]&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;endpointId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;277a3feb-ec8e-4de3-82e7-60b7024ae9c7&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;externalIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;cloudvm-34&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;blueprintId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;43449016-b9a7-4640-bdb8-4520ce6a86e1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tags&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceNames&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;cloudvm-34&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;customProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;flavor&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;small&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;azureManagedDiskType&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Standard_LRS&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;image&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;az_rhel7&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceGroupName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;testRG&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;countIndex&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;0&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;count&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;project&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;a0ca29a2-4594-4281-b473-a490a16b92f8&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;flavorMappingName&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;small&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;componentTypeId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Cloud.Azure.Machine&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;requestId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;fe924e4a-8cd8-4921-8790-4446045683e5&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;macAddresses&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;kc&#34;&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;deploymentId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;992dea79-d0e1-41bd-a716-4fa017b04496&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;zoneId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;5e31fcab-e8d5-433c-8c6f-9a1816054600&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;projectId&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;a0ca29a2-4594-4281-b473-a490a16b92f8&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;subnetIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;0f54c3f8-25ab-45bd-8dfb-6ce24eaacd4d&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;resourceIds&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;f47b4051-f000-43de-963b-d9a5acbac495&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;tt&gt;resourceIds&lt;/tt&gt; array contains the VM id. We need to identify the network interface id, the IaaS API can provide it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -s -k -H &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Content-Type: application/json&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$access_token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;https://vra8.corp.local/iaas/api/machines/f47b4051-f000-43de-963b-d9a5acbac495&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; jq &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;._links[&amp;#34;network-interfaces&amp;#34;]&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the output we have the path of the NIC wee need to use:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;hrefs&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/machines/f47b4051-f000-43de-963b-d9a5acbac495/network-interfaces/6ab905bc-7ff1-4639-981f-dbbec4a93949&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id=&#34;extensibility-vro-workflow&#34;&gt;Extensibility: vRO workflow&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For vRA REST API we use the &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation-1?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-rename-nic/vra-endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following sample workflow will modify the NIC name to &lt;tt&gt;&lt;vmname&gt;-nic&lt;/tt&gt;. The &lt;tt&gt;inputProperties&lt;/tt&gt; contains the EBS payload, and &lt;tt&gt;vraHost&lt;/tt&gt; is the VRA:Host endpoint. We need to specify the new API version 2021-07-15 to enable this functionality.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vraHost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRestClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;/iaas/api/machines/&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceIds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;GET statusCode: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;contentAsString&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;_links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;network-interfaces&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;hrefs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;forEach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nic_link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;createRequest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;PATCH&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;nic_link&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;?apiVersion=2021-07-15&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;{&amp;#34;name&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;inputProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceNames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;mi&#34;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;-nic&amp;#34;}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;restClient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;execute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;PATCH statusCode: &amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;statusCode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can download the &lt;em&gt;com.azure.utils&lt;/em&gt; package containing the workflow from GitHub: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vro8-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vra-event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;vRA Event Broker Subscription&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we create an EBS for the workflow:
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-rename-nic/ebs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is important to make the EBS blocking so that vRA waits for the workflow run and the change made.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;check-the-result&#34;&gt;Check the result&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After deploying a new Azure VM, the NIC name matches the VM name:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-rename-nic/custom-naming.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>Increase vRA8 session timeout</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-session-timeout/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-session-timeout/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to change vRealize Automation 8 session timeout to make your users happier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vRealize-Automation/8.5/rn/vmware-vrealize-automation-85-release-notes.html&#34;&gt;vRealize Automation 8.5 Release Notes&lt;/a&gt; mentions an IaaS API addition that allows us to configure user session timeout via &lt;br&gt;&lt;code&gt;/iaas/api/configuration-properties&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After &lt;a href=&#34;https://code.vmware.com/docs/14025/vrealize-automation-8-5-api-programming-guide?h=vrealize%20automation/GUID-AC1E4407-6139-412A-B4AA-1F102942EA94.html&#34;&gt;acquiring the access token&lt;/a&gt; send the desired timeout value via the REST API, specifying the new API version:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;curl -k -s -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Content-Type: application/json&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; -H &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$access_token&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;https://vra8.corp.local/iaas/api/configuration-properties?apiVersion&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;2021-07-15 -X PATCH &lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;\
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;se&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-d &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;{&amp;#34;key&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;SESSION_TIMEOUT_DURATION_MINUTES&amp;#34;, &amp;#34;value&amp;#34;:&amp;#34;480&amp;#34;}&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The output shows the property, 8 hours should do 😉&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;key&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;SESSION_TIMEOUT_DURATION_MINUTES&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;value&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;480&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please note the change only applies to Service Broker and Cloud Assembly timeouts, but Orchestrator will still timeout after the hard-coded time.&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>vRA8 Azure integration with PowerShell</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-powershell/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-powershell/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;How to write additional resource actions in PowerShell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#deallocate-a-vm&#34;&gt;Deallocate a VM&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#development-environment&#34;&gt;Development Environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#connect-to-azure&#34;&gt;Connect to Azure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#stop_deallocateps1-script&#34;&gt;stop_deallocate.ps1 Script&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#package-the-code&#34;&gt;Package the Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-action&#34;&gt;vRO Action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro-workflow&#34;&gt;vRO Workflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#resource-action&#34;&gt;Resource Action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#run-the-action&#34;&gt;Run the Action&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#azure-status&#34;&gt;Azure status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#download&#34;&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 provides resource actions for Azure VMs out of box. Also, we can create custom actions by running vRO workflows. vRO8 supports PowerShell as scripting language, so we can use the Azure PowerShell modules to extend vRA8.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;deallocate-a-vm&#34;&gt;Deallocate a VM&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 can stop a VM but it is not deallocated, so charges still apply.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/stopped.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create a custom action to deallocate a virtual machine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;development-environment&#34;&gt;Development Environment&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As vRO8 runs PowerShell on Linux, I chose Linux (WSL, in fact) as the development and test platform. Windows should also work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;sudo apt install powershell
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now create a folder for the action and download the necessary modules (Az.Accounts will be downloaded as a dependency).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;mkdir -p deallocate/Modules
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;cd&lt;/span&gt; deallocate
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;pwsh -c Get-PSRepository
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;pwsh -c &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Save-Module -Name Az.Compute -Path ./Modules/ -Repository PSGallery&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;connect-to-azure&#34;&gt;Connect to Azure&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need the tenant ID, an application ID and secret to connect to Azure. I recommend to reuse the same Enterprise Application crecentials created for vRA8 Azure cloud account. See &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.4/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-F7656A16-6E21-4D5E-8F3A-AF38D365555F.html&#34;&gt;Configure Microsoft Azure for use with vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;stop_deallocateps1-script&#34;&gt;stop_deallocate.ps1 Script&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Create the following script in the &lt;code&gt;deallocate&lt;/code&gt; folder created earlier:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-powershell&#34; data-lang=&#34;powershell&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Import-Module&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Az.Accounts&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Import-Module&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;Az.Compute&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;handler&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$vmName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;vmName&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$rgName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;rgName&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$azTenantId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;azTenantId&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$azClientId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;azClientId&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$azClientSecret&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$inputs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;azClientSecret&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$secstr&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;New-Object&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-TypeName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Security&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;SecureString&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$azClientSecret&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;ToCharArray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;ForEach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Object&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$secstr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;AppendChar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$_&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$cred&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;New-Object&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-TypeName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Automation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;PSCredential&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-ArgumentList&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$azClientId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$secstr&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$resp_connectAzAccount&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Connect-AzAccount&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-ServicePrincipal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Credential&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$cred&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Tenant&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$azTenantId&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-ErrorAction&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Stop&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Connected Azure Subscription ID:&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Get-AzSubscription&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Stop-AzVM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-Verbose&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$vmName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-force&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-ResourceGroupName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$rgName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;-ErrorAction&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;n&#34;&gt;Stop&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Write-Host&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Successfully completed: $?&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$outputs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;@{}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nv&#34;&gt;$outputs&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inputs are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;vmName&lt;/code&gt; (name of the virtual machine to stop)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;rgName&lt;/code&gt; (Azure resource group name)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;azTenantId&lt;/code&gt; (Azure tenant ID)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;azClientId&lt;/code&gt; (Azure application/client ID)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;azClientSecret&lt;/code&gt; (Azure application/client secret)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Connect-AzAccount&lt;/code&gt; authenticates to Azure, then &lt;code&gt;Stop-AzVM&lt;/code&gt; stops and deallocates the VM. Any failures will result an exception thrown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;package-the-code&#34;&gt;Package the Code&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to create a zip file with the PowerShell script and its dependencies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;zip -r --exclude&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;*.zip -X stop_deallocate.zip .
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;vro-action&#34;&gt;vRO Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to create a new action with PowerShell runtime and import the zip file created. The entry point is stop_deallocate.handler (script name + function name):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/create_action.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, define the inputs as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/action_inputs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;vro-workflow&#34;&gt;vRO Workflow&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create a simple workflow that&#39;ll be called by vRA (no inputs or outputs are required).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/workflow.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We get the name of the VM from the context, Azure credentials are coming from configuration element attributes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;__metadata_resourceProperties&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;vmName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceProperties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;resourceName&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;resource-action&#34;&gt;Resource Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we define a resource action for Azure VMs. We can add a description about the action on the Edit Request Parameters form.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/action.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;run-the-action&#34;&gt;Run the Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now choose an Azure virtual machine and select the action &lt;em&gt;Stop and Deallocate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/action_dropdown.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt; &lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/action_form.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Workflow logs are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;INFO __item_stack:/item1
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;INFO __item_stack:/item2
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;INFO WARNING: The provided service principal secret will be included in the &amp;#39;AzureRmContext.json&amp;#39; file found in the user profile ( /root/.Azure ). Please ensure that this directory has appropriate protections.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;INFO Connected Azure Subscription ID:
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;INFO dddddddd-aaaaaaaaa-8888-ffffffffffff
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;INFO VERBOSE: Performing the operation &amp;#34;Stop&amp;#34; on target &amp;#34;cloudvm-508&amp;#34;.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;INFO Successfully completed: True
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;INFO __item_stack:/item0
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 id=&#34;azure-status&#34;&gt;Azure status&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-azure-powershell/deallocated.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;download&#34;&gt;Download&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Workflow, action and package can be downloaded: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vra8-azure&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vra8-azure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Using the same method we can define custom actions running Azure PowerShell commands available.&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>vRA Custom Form Dropdowns with External Source</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;3 ways to create dynamic dropdowns with vRO actions&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA form designer allows building custom forms for blueprints. One of the most common element is dropdowns. Dropdowns can list pre-defined, constant values or values can be provided by vRO actions (external source). These actions needs to return specific data types, otherwise they cannot be selected on the form designer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Custom forms are very similar on vRA7 and vRA8 platforms. The field Display type must be set to DropDown:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/display_type.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Value source the action must be selected:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/value_source.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The action must return any of the following types:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Array of String&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Properties&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Array of Properties&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;examples&#34;&gt;Examples&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We want to display the user a dropdown with 4 possible values: dev, tst, uat and prd.
Three different implementations are described below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;array-of-string&#34;&gt;Array of String&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the simplest method: the options are defined as plain array with the values:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// Return type: Array/string
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Array&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dev&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tst&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;uat&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;prd&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This action will produce the following dropdown. The items are in the order of the array: we can order them as we want (alphabetically, tier, ...).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/dropdown1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;properties&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Properties allow to define label for each value. The user selects the label, the field gets the value associated with the label. Useful for making the interface more user-friendly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// Return type: Properties
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dev&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Development&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tst&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Test&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;uat&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;UAT&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;prd&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Production&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;As Properties are not ordered, the items display unsorted:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/dropdown2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;array-of-properties&#34;&gt;Array of Properties&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Array of properties allow to define labels for values and order the items. This method combines the advantages of the first and second method.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// Return type: Array/Properties
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Array&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;({&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dev&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Development&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;({&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;tst&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Test&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;({&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;uat&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;UAT&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;push&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;Properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;({&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;prd&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;Production&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user will see the labels in the order of array elements:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/custom-form-dropdown-external-source/dropdown3.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
      </description>
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    <item>
      <title>Fake Context Wrapper for vRO actions</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/fake-context-wrapper/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/fake-context-wrapper/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;A possible method how to run vRO actions requiring System Context&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have some vRO actions using &lt;code&gt;System.getContext()&lt;/code&gt; to collect current running parameters ie. tenant, request id etc. They are mostly used on vRA custom forms to provide context sensitive dropdowns. The following cases are some examples when context is not available and the actions fail to run correctly:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;XaaS forms&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Running actions from vRO workflows directly, without vRA&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;automated testing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;possible-solutions&#34;&gt;Possible solutions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;duplicate&#34;&gt;Duplicate&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can copy the action, add the required context parameters as inputs and bind the input parameters. This will lead to code duplication and double maintain effort.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;refactor&#34;&gt;Refactor&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can move the code to another action with input parameters. Your original action will still fetch the context and call the new action providing the input via parameters. You can use the new action when no context is available directly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;action-wrapper-code&#34;&gt;Action wrapper code&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The third method, that I want to demonstrate, is about writing some wrapper code to create a fake context for the original action. This is useful when you do not want or cannot change the original action, but want to use it without duplication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;sample-action&#34;&gt;Sample action&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For demonstation purposes let&#39;s have a getOptions action with the output of sting array:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tenant&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;().&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;__asd_tenantRef&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tenant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tenant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;prod&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tenant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;PR1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;PR2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;D1&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;D2&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This can be used as an external source of a custom form dropdown: will provide different values for prod and non-prod tenants:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/fake-context-wrapper/dropdown.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The same code fails to get tenant name on an XaaS blueprint:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/fake-context-wrapper/dropdown-xaas.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;the-wrapper-code&#34;&gt;The wrapper code&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the wrapper action getOptionsWrapper with an input parameter &lt;code&gt;tenant&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// define context values
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;__asd_tenantRef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;tenant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// define object and functions
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fakeContext&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parameterNames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Object&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;keys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// override getContext()
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fakeContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getModule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;com.test.dropdowns&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getOptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The code overrides the &lt;code&gt;System.getContext()&lt;/code&gt; JavaScript function with a function returning fake context information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The input parameter can be bound in the XaaS form. Now it works fine:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/fake-context-wrapper/dropdown-wrapper.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A simple unit test workflow script with a similar code:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-javascript&#34; data-lang=&#34;javascript&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// define context values
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;__asd_tenantRef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dev&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// define object and functions
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fakeContext&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getParameter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;param&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;parameterNames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nb&#34;&gt;Object&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;keys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;// override getContext()
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;c1&#34;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getContext&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;function&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;fakeContext&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;kd&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getModule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;com.test.dropdowns&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;getOptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;();&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;s1&#34;&gt;&amp;#39;[&amp;#34;D1&amp;#34;,&amp;#34;D2&amp;#34;]&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;o&#34;&gt;!=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;nx&#34;&gt;options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class=&#34;k&#34;&gt;throw&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;getOptions action test failure&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        
      </description>
    </item>
    
    <item>
      <title>vRA8 Azure cloud account storage exception</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-storage-exception/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-azure-storage-exception/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Transparent HTTPS proxy causing troubles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An Azure cloud account is added in Cloud Assembly following &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.3/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-F7656A16-6E21-4D5E-8F3A-AF38D365555F.html&#34;&gt;Configure Microsoft Azure for use with vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It showed regions and storage accounts, could access flavors and images, but Compute resources had no Azure entries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The account reported a warning and showed data collection error:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;java.lang.IllegalStateException: Azure enumeration adapter &amp;#39;/provisioning/azure/storage-enumeration-adapter-v2&amp;#39; for &amp;#39;/resources/endpoints/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy&amp;#39;: FAILED with com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageException: 
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;	at com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageException.translateException(StorageException.java:87)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 3&lt;/span&gt;	at com.microsoft.azure.storage.core.ExecutionEngine.executeWithRetry(ExecutionEngine.java:220)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 4&lt;/span&gt;	at com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.CloudBlobClient.listContainersWithPrefixSegmented(CloudBlobClient.java:348)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 5&lt;/span&gt;	at com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.CloudBlobClient.listContainersSegmented(CloudBlobClient.java:261)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 6&lt;/span&gt;	at com.vmware.photon.controller.model.adapters.azure.enumeration.AzureStorageEnumerationAdapterServiceV2.lambda$getStorageContainersAndDisks$37(AzureStorageEnumerationAdapterServiceV2.java:1120)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 7&lt;/span&gt;	at com.vmware.photon.controller.model.resources.util.PhotonModelUtils.lambda$runInExecutor$20(PhotonModelUtils.java:1043)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 8&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt; 9&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:131)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:326)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:269)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:264)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.checkServerCerts(CertificateMessage.java:645)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.onCertificate(CertificateMessage.java:464)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.consume(CertificateMessage.java:360)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:392)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:444)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:422)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;24&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.dispatch(TransportContext.java:183)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:168)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1148)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1057)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:395)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:567)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1587)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1515)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:527)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:334)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;35&lt;/span&gt;	at com.microsoft.azure.storage.core.ExecutionEngine.executeWithRetry(ExecutionEngine.java:115)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;	... 9 more
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;37&lt;/span&gt;Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:439)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;39&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:306)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:264)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;41&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:313)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;42&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:222)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;43&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:129)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;44&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.checkServerCerts(CertificateMessage.java:629)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;45&lt;/span&gt;	... 26 more
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;46&lt;/span&gt;Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;47&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(SunCertPathBuilder.java:141)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;48&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:126)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;49&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:297)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;50&lt;/span&gt;	at java.base/sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:434)
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;51&lt;/span&gt;	... 32 more
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looks like it has certificate issues. At our environment a transparent HTTPS proxy is installed, its certificate needs to be installed in vRA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Upload the certificate to the vRA appliance and check it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;vracli certificate proxy --validate proxy.cer
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The output shows sha256 sum of the certificate:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-text&#34; data-lang=&#34;text&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;Certificate is signed by itself according to our internal policy
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;Certificate with sha256 sum: 50dfa6f5780f5d7341b2436b3253deb0812b29da28ef28446f8dfe34c558f cannot be validated as it is self-signed.
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;If you want to proceed with that certificate, please confirm the sha256 sum using parameter &amp;#39;--sha256&amp;#39; and the sha256 sum of the certificate.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Import the certificate and redeploy vRA services:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-bash&#34; data-lang=&#34;bash&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;vracli certificate proxy --set proxy.cer --sha256 50dfa6f5780f5d7341b2436b3253deb0812b29da28ef28446f8dfe34c558f
&lt;span class=&#34;ln&#34;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;/opt/scripts/deploy.sh
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        
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    <item>
      <title>vRA8 with ServiceNow External Approvals</title>
      <link>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-servicenow-approval/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>https://kuklis.github.io/cma/post/vra8-servicenow-approval/</guid>
      <description>
        
          &lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s use ServiceNow with vRealize Automation 8 as an external approval system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;toc&#34;&gt;
    &lt;H3&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/H3&gt;
    &lt;nav id=&#34;TableOfContents&#34;&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#history&#34;&gt;History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vra8-approval-system&#34;&gt;vRA8 approval system&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#limitations&#34;&gt;Limitations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#workaround&#34;&gt;Workaround&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#sequence&#34;&gt;Sequence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#policy&#34;&gt;Policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#servicenow&#34;&gt;ServiceNow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vro&#34;&gt;vRO&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#workflows&#34;&gt;Workflows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#download&#34;&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#vra&#34;&gt;vRA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;Event Broker Subscription&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#test-catalog-request&#34;&gt;Test Catalog Request&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;history&#34;&gt;History&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA7 approval system supports easy &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/7.6/com.vmware.vra.prepare.use.doc/GUID-67A61A9A-BF1D-4938-976C-A72DEED58163.html&#34;&gt;integration with external systems&lt;/a&gt; via event subscriptions. Event messages are created when approvals required and workflow subscriptions provide integration with external systems, such as ServiceNow or other service management platforms.&lt;br&gt;
Based on the workflow output requests are approved / rejected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vra8-approval-system&#34;&gt;vRA8 approval system&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;limitations&#34;&gt;Limitations&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vRA8 (up to 8.3) &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.3/vrealize-automation-transition/GUID-BFCAEA52-C996-4C5A-A0A7-08A029143C66.html&#34;&gt;does not support approvals via EBS&lt;/a&gt;, only vRA users can approve. Event broker subscriptions can be used to start a vRO workflow right after the requests submitted but potentially long-running workflows do not give any feedback to the user why the deployment takes so long.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;workaround&#34;&gt;Workaround&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To provide a better user experience we&#39;ll reuse the current approval policies. The idea is to set a service user as the approver, and approve the vRA request via REST API. We need a background process to wait for the external approval to happen and once the decision is made this process can let the vRA request go. This background process will be running on vRO as a scheduled workflow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&#39;ll run this external system polling workflow recurrently. This helps to avoid long-running workflows: we check if the external approval has happened and go back sleeping if it has not.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;sequence&#34;&gt;Sequence&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following diagram shows the steps in case of a deployment request.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/approval-sequence.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;policy&#34;&gt;Policy&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s create an approval policy in Service Broker for Deployment Create action. Approver is a service user:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/approval-policy.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;servicenow&#34;&gt;ServiceNow&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can register a developer ServiceNow instance at &lt;a href=&#34;https://developer.servicenow.com/&#34;&gt;https://developer.servicenow.com/&lt;/a&gt; if needed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need a catalog item that is not auto-approving. Ordering the catalog item results in a request that we&#39;ll wait to be approved. We will use a default demo catalog item for testing purposes: &lt;em&gt;VM Provisioning&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also a service user must be created for REST API. This user needs access to the chosen catalog item.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vro&#34;&gt;vRO&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need two REST endpoints. ServiceNow API uses Basic authentication, so we create a REST host providing the credentials as well:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/snow-endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For vRA REST API we use the &lt;a href=&#34;https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vmware-vrealize-orchestrator-plug-in-for-vrealize-automation-1?slug=true&#34;&gt;Orchestrator Plug-in for vRealize Automation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/vra-endpoint.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;workflows&#34;&gt;Workflows&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now import the integration package &lt;em&gt;com.servicenow.approval&lt;/em&gt; that will provide the workflows:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/vro-workflows.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Workflow Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Function&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Request Approval&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Open ServiceNow request and schedule polling workflow&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Catalog - VM Provisioning&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Request the catalog item (subflow)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Poll SNOW and Approve vRA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;The scheduled workflow checking ServiceNow and approving in vRA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Check Approval Status&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fetches the approval status of the request opened (subflow)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;download&#34;&gt;Download&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Workflows and package can be downloaded: &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/kuklis/vra8-servicenow-approval&#34;&gt;https://github.com/kuklis/vra8-servicenow-approval&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;vra&#34;&gt;vRA&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;event-broker-subscription&#34;&gt;Event Broker Subscription&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we create the EBS that&#39;ll trigger the workflow &lt;em&gt;Request Approval&lt;/em&gt;. Event topic is &lt;em&gt;Deployment Requested&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br&gt;
Event is fired before deployment is provisioned for both cloud template and catalog requests&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/vra-ebs.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We filter the event by type to ensure only deployment create will trigger it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;event.data.eventType == &amp;quot;CREATE_DEPLOYMENT&amp;quot;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;test-catalog-request&#34;&gt;Test Catalog Request&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s try the solution out in Service Broker. After submitting the request, we can see an approval is needed:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/vra-approval-pending.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Request is opened and pending for approval:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/snow-request.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once it is approved, the deployment completes:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/vra-deployment-success.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In case ServiceNow request is rejected, vRA deployment is also rejected:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src=&#34;https://kuklis.github.io/cma/cma/img/vra8-servicenow-approval/vra-deployment-rejected.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
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