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Get Rubrik VM through vRealize Orchestrator

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:07:51 +0000

Part four of this series will show you how to lookup a VM in the Rubrik Hybrid Cloud appliance through the REST API by using vRealize Orchestrator. If you’d rather just download the plugin and get using it, check out the link to Github to get the plugin and don’t forget to check out Nick Colyer’s post over at systemsgame.com about how to use it.

Download the Plugin from Github

NOTE: The first version of this code has been refactored and migrated to Github in Rubrik’s Repository since the time of this initial writing

Rubrik API Logins through vRealize Orchestrator

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:00:17 +0000

Part three of this series focuses on how Nick Colyer and I built the authentication piece of the plugin so that we could then pass commands to the Rubrik appliance. An API requires a login just like any other portal would. Since this is a a REST API, we actually need to do a “POST” on the login resource to get ourselves an authentication token.

Download the Plugin from Github

NOTE: The first version of this code has been refactored and migrated to Github in Rubrik’s Repository since the time of this initial writing

vRealize Orchestrator REST Hosts and Operations for Rubrik

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:30:30 +0000

In part one of this series, we went over some basics about what REST is and the methods involved in it. In this post, we’ll add a REST host and show you how to add some REST Operations. To begin, we need to add a REST host. In plain terms, this is simply a host that will be accepting an API call. In this case, we’re adding the Rubrik Hybrid Cloud Appliance as our REST host.

Getting Started with vRealize Orchestrator and Rubrik's REST API

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:00:02 +0000

What’s this REST thing everyone keeps talking about?

“Oh, don’t worry, we have a REST API.”

“It’s just a simple REST call.”

At one point I was hearing these phrases and would get very frustrated. If REST is so commonplace or so simple to use, then why did I not know how to do it? If this sounds like you, then keep reading. I work for a company called “Ahead” as a consultant and they recently got a Rubrik Hybrid Cloud Appliance in their lab but my colleague Nick Colyer and I noticed that they didn’t have any vRealize Orchestrator Plugins for it. We decided to build these on our own, with the help of Chris Wahl and publish them for the community to use.

Getting Started with vRealize Orchestrator and Rubrik's REST API

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:00:02 +0000

What’s this REST thing everyone keeps talking about?

“Oh, don’t worry, we have a REST API.”

“It’s just a simple REST call.”