Node vRealize

A node.js client library to communicate with the vRealize REST API.

Installation

npm install node-vrealize

Available methods

Please note that all the methods of the node-vRealize module return Promises.

vRO

Categories (new NodeVRealize().vro.categories)

• method exportOne(categoryObj, password) where categoryObj is of the following type if importing a root category:

  {
    name: 'name',
    description: 'desc',
    type: 'type'
  }

  or is of the following type if importing a child category:

  {
    parentId: 'parentId',
    name: 'name',
    description: 'desc',
    type: 'type'
  }

• method importOne()
• method getCategoryIdFromAbsolutePath(categoryAbsolutePath, categoryType=[WorkflowCategory | ConfigurationElementCategory | ResourceElementCategory | ScriptModuleCategory], password)
• method getFromCategoryType(categoryType=[WorkflowCategory | ConfigurationElementCategory | ResourceElementCategory | ScriptModuleCategory], isRoot, password)
• method getOne(categoryId, password)
• method getLeafCategoryId(currentCategoryId, categoryPath, password)
• method deleteOne(categoryAbsolutePath, categoryType=[WorkflowCategory | ConfigurationElementCategory | ResourceElementCategory | ScriptModuleCategory], password)

Actions (new NodeVRealize().vro.actions)

• method importOne(actionId, password)
• method exportToModuleName(moduleName, actionPath, password)
• method importFromModuleName(moduleName, password) where moduleName is the fully qualified name of a module or the starting matching string of a module name (i.e. "io.test/network" or "io.test")

Workflows (new NodeVRealize().vro.workflows)

• method importOne(workflowId, password)
• method exportOne(categoryId, workflowPath, password)

Configurations (new NodeVRealize().vro.configurations)

• method importOne(configurationId, password)
• method exportOne(categoryId, configurationPath, password)

Resources (new NodeVRealize().vro.resources)

• method exportOne(categoryId, resourcePath, password)

vRA

Identity (new NodeVRealize().vra.identity)

• method getToken(tokenId)
• method isTokenAuthorized()

Catalog (new NodeVRealize().vra.catalog)

• method getAllCatalogItems()
• method getCatalogItemByName(name)
• method getRequestsByCatalogItemName(catalogItemName, filterMethod [, limit=1000])
• method submitRequest(deploymentOptions) where options is a JSON object:
  • blueprintName: the name of the blueprint
  • templateData
• method sendRequestViaUrl(url, data)
• method getRequest(options) where options is a JSON object:

  • id: the id of the request

  • raw: true|false

    if true, returns a single string IN_PROGRESS|PENDING_PRE_APPROVAL|SUBMITTED|SUCCESS|FAILED

    if false, returns the verbose vRa JSON object (THIS IS THE DEFAULT)

• method getRequests()
• method getCatalogItemTemplate(url)
• method getResources(limit=1000)
• method getResourceByName(resourceName)
• method getResourceById(resourceId)
• method getResourceActions(resourceName)
• method getResourceActionTemplate(resourceId, resourceActionId)
• method getResourceActionRequests(actionOptions) where actionOptions is a JSON object:
  • resourceName
  • actionName
• method submitResourceAction(actionOptions) where actionOptions is a JSON object:
  • resourceName
  • actionName

Content (new NodeVRealize().vra.content)

• method getFromTenant(tenantId [, limit=1000])
• method exportPackage(contentZipPath, resolutionMode=[SKIP | OVERWRITE])
• method createPackage(packageName, tenantId, contents)
• method getPackageById(packageId)
• method deletePackage(packageId)

Approval (new NodeVRealize().vra.approval)

• method getAllApprovalPolicies()
• method getApprovalPolicyById(approvalPolicyId)
• method createApprovalPolicy(approvalPolicyJson)
• method updateApprovalPolicy(approvalPolicyId, approvalPolicyJson)

Advanced Designer (new NodeVRealize().vra.advancedDesigner)

• method getAllSubscriptions()
• method getSubscriptionById(subscriptionId)
• method createSubscription(createSubscriptionJson)
• method deleteSubscription(subscriptionId)

Usage

Retrieve a token and use it for later purposes

var NodevRealize = require( 'node-vrealize')
var https = require( 'https')
 
var nodeVRealize = new NodevRealize()
 
// Adjust the configuration variables to your own environment
nodeVRealize.config.hostname = 'localhost'
nodeVRealize.config.tenant = 'commerce'
nodeVRealize.config.username: 'username',
nodeVRealize.config.password: 'password',
nodeVRealize.config.tenant: 'tenant',
nodeVRealize.config.token: null,
nodeVRealize.config.agent = new https.Agent({
  host: 'localhost',
  port: '4443',
  path: '/',
  rejectUnauthorized: false
})
 
nodeVRealize.identity.getTokenId()
.then(method (token) {
  // Handle the retrieved token
})
.catch(method (error) {
  // Handle the Error
})
 
// the vRA instance will use the token previously set in the config
nodeVRealize.vra.catalog.getRequestsByCatalogItemName('CentOS VM')
.then(method (response) {
  // Do something
})
.catch(method (error) {
  // Handle error
})

LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017

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