Connecting to vCenter
In this recipe, we connect Orchestrator to vCenter. This will allow Orchestrator to access vCenter objects as well as vSphere Web Client users to access Orchestrator workflows. For an Orchestrator used with vRA, you need to use the endpoint configuration, see the How it works... section.
Getting ready
We need a running Orchestrator that needs to be registered with vSphere (SSO or vRA works as well).
Tip
If you are planning to use a customer SSL certificate for your Orchestrator, then exchange the certificate before you continue here. See the recipe Configuring the Orchestrator service SSL certificate in Chapter 2, Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration.
You should consider having a technical user that is able to log into vCenter ...
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