Installing and Provisioning Contrail VMware vRealize Orchestrator Plugin

Accessing vRO Control Center

1. To access vRO Control Center through a Web browser, navigate to the https://{vRO}:8283/vco-controlcenter URL.

   Note

   Replace {vRO} given in the URL with the host name of the deployed vRO Appliance.

   The host name is the IP address or the FQDN of the vRO node.

   The vCenter SSO service page is displayed.

   Figure 1: vCenter SSO service page

   

2. On the vCenter SSO service page, enter the User name and Password in the respective fields and click Login. See Figure 1.

   The Orchestrator Control Center home page is displayed.

   Figure 2: Orchestrator Control Center

   

Installing vRO Plugin

1. Upload vRO plugin package.

   To upload vRO plugin package:

   • From the Orchestrator Control Center home page, click Manage Plug-Ins under the Plug-Ins section.

     The Manage Plug-Ins page is displayed.

     Figure 3: Manage Plug-Ins page

     

     Note

     You can install a new plugin or manage an already installed plugin from the Manage Plug-Ins page.

     Note

     *.vmoapp or *.dar file format can be used. Also, the version in this example may be different from the version you have downloaded.

   • Click Browse in the Install plug-in pane and select the downloaded vRO plugin package file on your local system.

   • After you select vRO plugin package file, click Install to upload the vRO plugin package to the vRO server.

     The EULA page is displayed.

     Figure 4: EULA page

     

2. Install vRO plugin.

   After you upload the vRO plugin package, select Accept EULA on the EULA page and then click Install.

   Note

   If you use *.vmoapp file format, you are directed to the Accept EULA page before you proceed with the installation.

   If you use *.dar file format, you can directly proceed with installation.

   The vRO plugin is installed.

Accessing vRO Desktop Client

After you install the VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) plugin, download vRealize Orchestrator Client version 7.3.0 to access the vRO server.

To download and install the vRO desktop client application, click https://{vRO}:8281/vco/.

Figure 5: Getting Started with vRealize Orchestrator

You can download vRO desktop client applications for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems.

Connecting to vRO using the Desktop Client

You connect to the vRO server by using the vRO desktop client.

1. Start the vRO desktop client.

   The VMware vRealize Orchestrator Login page is displayed.

   Figure 6: VMware vRealize Orchestrator Login page

   

2. In the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Login page, enter Host name, User name, and Password.

   Note

   The Host name also includes the port number and must be in the {vRO}:8281 format.

3. Click Login to connect to the vRO server. See Figure 6.

Connecting to Contrail Controller

1. Navigate to the Contrail > Configuration folder in the workflow library. See Figure 7.

2. Select Create Contrail controller connection.

   Figure 7: Workflow Library

   

3. Click the Controller tab and enter the following information:

   • Connection name—a unique name to identify the connection

   • Controller host—host name of the Contrail Connector

   • Controller port—port used to access the Contrail Controller

   Figure 8: Controller Tab

   

4. Click the Credentials tab and enter the following credentials to manage the Contrail Controller:

   • User name—user name to access the Contrail Controller

   • User password—password to access the Contrail Controller

   • Authentication server—URL of the authentication server

   Figure 9: Credentials Tab

   

5. Click the Tenant tab to define tenant information.

   In the Tenant field, enter the name of the Contrail tenant.

   Figure 10: Tenant Tab

   

6. Click Submit to establish connection.

   Once you connect Contrail vRO to the Contrail Controller, you use Contrail workflows to make configuration changes to Contrail.

Deploying Contrail vRO Plugin

You can deploy the Contrail plugin in any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) compatible environment and load it on an active vRO instance.