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Table Of Contents
- Developing Web Views for VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Contents
- Developing Web Views for VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Web View Overview
- Weboperator Web View
- Web View Development Tasks to Perform in Orchestrator
- Create a Web View Skeleton
- Export a Web View as a Template
- Create a Web View from a Template
- Define a Web View Template as a Resource Element
- Create a Web View from a Resource Element Template
- Export Web View Files to a Working Folder
- Configure the Server for Web View Development
- Import Web View Files from a Working Folder
- Create a Web View Attribute
- Add a Resource Element to a Web View
- Disable Web View Development Mode
- Publish a Web View
- File Structure of a Web View
- Web View Home Page
- Web View Components
- Tapestry Web View Components
- Creating Tapestry Web View Components
- Orchestrator Tapestry Component Library
- vco:DisplayProperty Component
- vco:IfMemberOf Component
- vco:IncludeJavascript Component
- vco:IncludeStylesheet Component
- vco:IncludeWorkflowHeader Component
- vco:ListPane Component
- vco:Login Component
- vco:PageAccessControl Component
- vco:TaskAction Component
- vco:WebformContainer Component
- vco:WorkflowLink Component
- Accessing Server Objects from URLs
- Create a Simple Web View Using the Default Template
- Import the Default Web View Template
- Export the Virtual Machine Manager Web View to a Working Folder
- Provide Unique Component Names
- Configure the Server for Web View Development
- Edit the Virtual Machine Manager Web View Home Page
- Add a vco:ListPane Component to the Web View Home Page
- Define the Web View Attributes for the vco:ListPane Component
- Create a Web View Component to Display Virtual Machine Information
- Create a Web View Tab by Using the Menu Component
- Add Links to Run Workflows from a Web View by Using the vco:WorkflowLink Component
- Customize the Web View Interface
- Publish the Virtual Machine Manager Web View
- Index
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface by using the your Orchestrator configuration
username and password.
For example, go to https://orchestrator_server_DNS_name_or_IP_address:8283 or https://localhost:8283 in a
Web browser.
2 On the General tab click Advanced Configuration.
3 Deselect the Enable Web view development mode check box.
4 Click Apply changes.
5 On the Startup Options tab click Restart Service to restart the Orchestrator server in normal mode.
6 After the Orchestrator server restarts, right-click Virtual Machine Manager in the Web Views view of
the Orchestrator client, and select Edit.
7 Click Import from directory in the Elements tab in the Web view editor.
8 Select your working folder and click Import to import the updated files from your working directory to
the server.
9 Click Save and Close to exit the Web view editor.
10 Right-click the Virtual Machine Manager Web view and select Publish.
You imported the Virtual Machine Manager Web view from your working directory to the server and
published it.
NOTE If you install the Virtual Machine Manager Web view from the Orchestrator samples bundle, you
must edit the vmFolder attribute to point to a virtual machine folder in your vCenter Server before you
publish the Web view.
What to do next
You can open the Virtual Machine Manager Web view in a browser and use it to examine virtual machines
and run workflows.
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