Table 1‑1. Plug-ins Installed With Orchestrator (Continued)
Plug-In Purpose Configuration
SSH Provides an implementation of the Secure Shell v2 (SSH-2)
protocol. Allows remote command and le transfer
sessions with password and public key-based
authentication in workows. Supports keyboard-
interactive authentication. Optionally, the SSH plug-in can
provide remote le system browsing directly in the
Orchestrator client inventory.
See “Congure the SSH Plug-In,” on
page 55.
XML A complete Document Object Model (DOM) XML parser
that you can implement in workows. Alternatively, you
can use the ECMAScript for XML (E4X) implementation in
the Orchestrator JavaScript API.
None
Mail Uses Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send email
from workows.
Set the default values for the
EmailMessage object to use.
See “Dene the Default SMTP
Connection,” on page 65.
Net Uses the Jakarta Apache Commons Net Library. Provides
implementations of the Telnet, FTP, POP3, and IMAP
protocols. The POP3 and IMAP protocols is used for
reading email. In combination with the Mail plug-in, the
Net plug-in provides complete email sending and
receiving capabilities in workows.
None
Workow documentation Provides workows that you can use to generate
information in PDF format about a workow or a
workow category.
None
Enumeration Provides common Enumerated Types that can be used in
workows by other plug-ins.
None
HTTP-REST Enables management of REST Web services through an
interaction between vRealize Orchestrator and REST hosts.
See “Conguring the HTTP-REST
Plug-In,” on page 75.
SOAP Lets you manage SOAP Web services by providing
interaction between vRealize Orchestrator and SOAP
hosts.
See “Conguring the SOAP Plug-
In,” on page 81.
AMQP Lets you interact with Advanced Message Queuing
Protocol (AMQP) servers also known as brokers.
See “Conguring the AMQP Plug-
In,” on page 87.
SNMP Enables vRealize Orchestrator to connect and receive
information from SNMP-enabled systems and devices.
None
Active Directory Provides interaction between vRealize Orchestrator and
Microsoft Active Directory.
See “Conguring the Active
Directory Plug-In,” on page 99.
Dynamic Types Lets you dene dynamic types and create and use objects
of these dynamic types.
See Chapter 18, “Using the Dynamic
Types Plug-In,” on page 103.
Multi-Node Contains workows for hierarchical management,
management of Orchestrator instances, and scale-out of
Orchestrator activities.
See Chapter 20, “Using the Multi-
Node Plug-In,” on page 117.
PowerShell Lets you manage PowerShell hosts and run custom
PowerShell operations.
See Chapter 19, “Using the
PowerShell Plug-In,” on page 105.
Plug-In Components
Each plug-in is a DAR le package. The DAR les are stored in /var/lib/vco/app-server/plugins on the
Orchestrator Appliance. The components of each plug-in, such as workow categories and API modules,
use dierent naming conventions.
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