A short collection of blogs, people and other resources that I have found helpful for VMware Automation/Orchestration related work.
If you feel something should be added to this list, please let me know! @sam_perrin (opens in a new tab).
VMware API References/Resources
- Developer Documentation (opens in a new tab) - Contains lots of additional links.
- PowerCLI Reference (opens in a new tab)
- VMware {code} (opens in a new tab)
- VMware {code} Blog (opens in a new tab)
- vSphere Automation API (6.7) (opens in a new tab)
- vSphere Automation API (7.0) (opens in a new tab)
- vCenter MOB (Managed Object Browser) - web based app available to vCenter that allows you to examine objects that exist on the server, populated with runtime information and can help reveal the underlying structures of the object model.
- To access the MOB
- In a Web browser, navigate to the FQDN or IP address of your vCenter Server and add
/mobto the end:https://vcenter-fqdn-ip/mob - Enter the user account and password for the system when prompted.
- Using the MOB to Explore the Object Model (opens in a new tab)
vRealize Automation (vRA) / vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)
- vRA8 - Resource Type Scheme (opens in a new tab)
- vRA8 - Cloud template expression syntax in vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly (opens in a new tab)
- vRA8 - How to use expressions to make vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly blueprint code more versatile (opens in a new tab)
- vRA8 - How user input can customize a cloud template in vRealize Automation (opens in a new tab)
- vRA8 - What variables and expressions can I use when binding pipeline tasks in vRealize Automation Code Stream (opens in a new tab)
- vRA7 - Custom Properties Reference (opens in a new tab)
- vRA7 - Life Cycle Extensibility (opens in a new tab)
- vRA7 - vRealize Automation EBS Lifecycle States & Events (opens in a new tab)
- VMware Cloud Management Blog (opens in a new tab)
- vroapi.com (opens in a new tab)
People (most links to Twitter where possible)
- Mark Brookfield (opens in a new tab)
- Gary Flynn (opens in a new tab)
- Katherine Skilling (opens in a new tab)
- Paul Davey (opens in a new tab)
- Christopher Lewis (opens in a new tab)
- Dana Gertsch (opens in a new tab)
- Simon Conyard (opens in a new tab)
- Sam McGeown (opens in a new tab)
- Michael Poore (opens in a new tab)
- Gavin Stephens (opens in a new tab)
