vRA Workflows

These workflows are called automatically by vRA while processing a blueprint request. They are not intended to be run manually.

Note

vRealize Automation 7.6 has a vRO web client and a vRO legacy client that you can use to run the Infoblox IPAM workflows.
— You can run most of the workflows from the legacy client, which you can access from VMware vRealize Automation Appliance page -> vRealize Orchestrator Legacy Client.
— Infoblox supports running only the Setup Wizard workflow from the web client, which you can access from VMware vRealize Automation Appliance page -> vRealize Orchestrator Client. For more information, see Performing the Basic Plug-In Setup.

The Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware includes the following vRA workflows:

Workflow Type	Description
Administration workflows	The administration workflows are used to create custom property groups and property definitions in vRA. You can access the vRA administration workflows from <admin> –> Library –> Infoblox –> vRA –> Administration. These workflows include: Create/Update Property Definitions: Creates or updates property definitions that are used by the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for the integration with vRA. See Create/Update Property Definitions Workflow. Create Property Group: Creates an Infoblox-specific property group in vRealize Automation. See Create/Update Property Definitions Workflow.
Configuration workflows	The configuration workflows are used to create/update/verify/remove vRA Infrastructure Administration hosts (IaaS) and vRA hosts in the Inventory tab of the vRealize Orchestrator client. You can access the vRA configuration workflows from <admin> –> Library –> Infoblox –> vRA –> Configuration. These workflows include: Add an IaaS host wrapper: Adds an IaaS host to the vRO inventory. See Add an IaaS Host Wrapper Workflow. Add a vRA host wrapper: Adds a vRA host to the vRO inventory. See Add a vRA Host Wrapper Workflow. Update an IaaS host wrapper: Updates properties of the IaaS host instance. See Update an IaaS Host Wrapper Workflow. Update a vRA host wrapper: Updates properties of the vRA host instance. See Update a vRA Host Wrapper Workflow. Validate an IaaS host wrapper: Validates the connection to an IaaS host. See Validate an IaaS/vRA Host Wrapper Workflow. Validate a vRA host wrapper: Validates the connection to a vRA host. See Validate an IaaS/vRA Host Wrapper Workflow. Remove an IaaS host wrapper: Removes an IaaS host from the vRO inventory. See Remove IaaS/vRA Host Wrapper Workflow. Remove a vRA host wrapper: Removes a vRA host from the vRO inventory. See Remove IaaS/vRA Host Wrapper Workflow.
Installation workflows	These are workflows used during the deployment of the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In. You can access these workflows from <admin> –> Library –> Infoblox –> vRA –> Installation, Installation –> IPAM registration, and Installation –> vRO customization. These workflows include: Setup Wizard: Performs basic Plug-In setup after the Plug-In is installed. See Performing the Basic Plug-In Setup. Register IPAM Endpoint: Calls the endpoint-configuration-service API to register the “Infoblox” endpoint type under the “IPAM” category in vRealize Automation. Once this endpoint type is registered, you can add IPAM endpoint instances in vRA. Deregister IPAM Endpoint: Removes the previously registered Infoblox IPAM type of endpoint in vRealize Automation. Install vRO customization wrapper: Installs the vRO customization, which includes the customization of workflow stubs and vRO menu operation workflows. Uninstall vRO customization wrapper: Uninstalls the vRO customization, which includes the customization of workflow stubs and vRO menu operation workflows.
vRA workflows for VM provisioning/deprovisioning	These workflows are called internally when vRA executes VM provisioning and deprovisioning requests. You can access the vRA workflows for VM provisioning from <admin> –> Library –> Infoblox –> vRA. These workflows include: Allocate: This workflow is called by vRealize Automation to allocate a block of IP addresses in NIOS during VM provisioning. In each allocation, there are multiple sub-allocations. Each sub-allocation is the allocation of IP addresses for a single NIC interface for the Virtual Machine. As part of the Allocate, the workflow returns the DHCP options along with the IP address. Release: This workflow is called by vRealize Automation when a VM is destroyed. It releases the IP addresses allocated to the resource in NIOS. Create Endpoint Connection: Creates an Infoblox IPAM connection. It tries to connect with the master endpoint, and if it fails, it tries to connect with the failover endpoints. Get Address Spaces: This workflow is called by vRealize Automation to get the network views from NIOS. Get IP Ranges: This workflow is called by vRealize Automation to get a list of IP ranges (networks and ranges) from NIOS. Create IP Ranges: Creates a number of IP ranges within the same address space for on-demand routed network. This may include creating an address space as well. Delete IP Ranges: Deletes IP ranges for the previously created routed network from NIOS. Update: Updates MAC addresses and host names of the records in NIOS associated with the VM. It is triggered on the WFStubMachineProvisioned event from vRA.
Helpers	These include various helper workflows called internally by the Plug-In during the execution of various tasks.