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Free self-paced online JavaScript Training

By
Joerg Lew
– September 27, 2011Posted in: Get Started!

Preparing a “Getting Started Guide” for vCO I stumbled over a real pearl which cannot wait to be tested:

www.codecademy.com provides a free, self-paced online training for JavaScript starters. It teaches you the basics of JavaScript, like Variables, if-clauses and loops, in small lectures.


If you create an account (optional), the system remember your progress.

So, if you’re new to JavaScript, Codecademy is a quick way to get started!

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Get Started

By
Joerg Lew
– March 1, 2011Posted in: Get Started!
The VMware vCenter Orchestrator is automatically installed with vCenter. But before you can start, you have to do some configuration.
Following Infrastructure is needed:
  • resolvable hostname and IP-address
  • An LDAP-Directory or Active Directory, with credentials wich have the rights to browse the directory. And you need the common name (CN) of the groups where the vCO users and the vCO admins are located
  • Access to an empty database on a database server (MS SQL and Oracle are supported, for PostgreSQL and MySQL you have to do some further steps). If you want to use the MS SQL Express instance bundled with your vCenter, you also have to do some configuration steps
  • Hostname and some credentials to your vCenter server (a special vCenter user with administrator role is recommended)
To start workflows, browse around in the hundreds of existing elements and start developing your own stuff you can use the vCO-Client.
This is an java standalone application. You can find the installation file in the vco-folder of the vCenter-installation media.
If you want to install a 32-bit version of the client, you have to download it from VMware’s homepage (in the vCenter download section)
(Be sure to read through the discussion in the forums: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/280603 )
When you’re familiar with the vCO-client and the execution of existing workflows, you can start developing your own stuff.
For an ideas how to begin watch this video…

 

and see the “Create a self-service VM provisioning portal”-guide on
http://www.vcoteam.info/learn-vco/create-a-simple-vco-self-service-vm-provisioning-portal-part-1.html