Recently I have been asked about my methods for creating dummy data, coding styles, coding habits, how to …. well, just about every aspect of how I like to code in vRO. In fact, how I like to code in vRO is how I like to code in...
Something that I have had to do a lot of is working on subscription event based vRO workflows and ABX actions. The frustrating thing can be that you want to be able to develop in vRO using the vRA payload, without having to constantly ask vRA to create...
Note: The download package has been updated with a new version of the action. The action now includes the workflow id, the path to the workflow and the current workflow execution token id to help tally logs sent to a webservice with an execution context on the server....
MockSmart is a simple to use, Ubuntu based appliance that enables you to mock REST based API responses. In fact, you can quickly mock any REST based api and consume it from any of your favourite automation products or development environments. As long as it can make REST...
Note: Please ensure you have read Part One and Part Two in this series before continuing Recap In Part Two we Reader Activity Review 1. We successfully created our first action. 2. We configured the input for the action. 3. We configured our output, or return value for...
Note: Please ensure you have read Part One in this series before continuing Recap In Part One we Reader Activity Review 1. Became familiar with the Microsoft Graph API. 2. Tested the API using the Graph Explorer. 3. Became familiar with the Graph API Reference guide. 4. Registered...
Recently I have been working on projects where I have been asked to automate actions within Office365. An example of this is to create a new user. Thankfully, Microsoft have the great Microsoft.Graph API that helps with this. Did you know that the Graph API has been...
Recently I have been doing some work with Microsoft Orchestrator again. One of the tasks I have been working on has been to write some custom code to introduce missing action functionality. Whilst I have been writing this code in C# in Visual Studio, it needs to be...
I love using Configuration Elements in VMware vRO to store repetitive information. What I don’t like is making multiple calls to get information back or making a call which pulls back a load of data that I then have to man handle through my flow to where I...
I was lucky enough to partake in a podcast recently with colleagues Sam Perrin and Stuart Robinson of Xtravirt. If you want to learn more about automation then please check it out! This episode outlines: What is automation? The common reasons businesses are automating business processes. Some of...