Month: March 2020

Install & Configure vCD Management Pack in vROPs via API

Manish Jha

In this post, I will walk through the steps of installing vCD Management Pack in vROPS via API. Installation of the management pack is leveraged via vROPS CaSA API. The adapter configuration is done via regular suite-api. 

What is vROps CaSA API?

CaSA stands for Cluster and Slice Administration. The CaSA API manages the internal working of vRealize Operations Manager and runs on a standalone vFabric tcServer. CaSA API can be explored directly from vROPs by typing https://<vrops-fqdn>/casa/api-guide.html

Install and Configure vCD Management Pack & Adapter

1: Upload vCD Management Pack: First we need to upload vCD MP to vROPs via POST call. 

Note: I am executing all API calls via Postman. If you have never used postman to upload files to the server, then please read this post for instructions.

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Configuring vCenter Adapter in vROPs via API

Manish Jha

In this post we will learn how to install Management Packs in vROPs via API. 

For vCenter we don’t have to install any management pack as its shipped with vROPs by default and we just have to create vCenter credentials and configure adapter. Below steps can be followed to configure VC adapter.

1: Obtain Session Token: vROPs session token is obtained via POST call. 

Sample Output:

The token id obtained in output is passed as “Authorization: vRealizeOpsToken token_value” header in all subsequent GET and POST calls.… Read More