vRO 6.0 / Powershell Integration

[TheVMinator]

Does anyone have a guide for setting up orchestrator 6.0 with a Windows 2012 Powershell Host?

Looking for something like this

  http://professionalvmware.com/2014/08/powershell-plug-in-for-vco-part-1-installation/

except for use with a Windows 2012 powershell host and also takes into account any nuances/new features/differences with version 6.0 of orchestrator

Than ks!

[tschoergez]

Check out this great blog article series: http://kaloferov.com/blog/category/vmware/vco/powershell-plugin/

Cheers,

Joerg

[TheVMinator]

In my case, I don't really need to use multi-hop authentication at this point, I just have two VMs:

1:  A vRO appliance

2: a powershell host

I just need to set up WinRM on the 2012 host and vRO 6.0 to work together.  I'm looking to get this setup and configuration distilled into as simple a process as possible...

[SpasKaloferov · Accepted solution]

HI,

you can still use this blog post, just skip the steps about credssp:

Using CredSSP with the vCO PowerShell Plugin

http://kaloferov.com/blog/using-credssp-with-the-vco-powershell-plugin/

• Configure WinRM and user token delegation (CredSSP).<<< Perform
  Configure Windows Credential Delegation using the Credential Security Service Provider (CredSSP) mo...<<< can skip if you don't need credSSP
• Configure Windows service principal names (SPN’s) for  WinRM  <<< Perform
• Grant WinRM service access to the private key of valid certificate <<< Perform
  Edit the Kerberos Domain realm on the vCO Appliance (Optional/Scenario specific)<<< Perform if you want to add the powershell host with domain credentials and execute commands with domain credentials. Almost every use case does.
  Testing CredSSP  <<< can skip if you don't need credSSP
• Methods to add credSSP to your script<<< can skip if you don't need credSSP
  • Use ConvertTo-SecureString in the PowerShell code.
  • Use the Add CredSSP to a Powreshell Script vROC workflow
• Configure PowerShell execution policies and allow execution of files downloaded from internet (Opti... <<< Environment spesicif

Best Regards,

Spas Kaloferov

[TheVMinator]

ok thanks!