Using Actions of Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware
- Jyothi KP
The actions available through Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator are the building blocks of workflows. The actions are JavaScript segments that use the API exposed by the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. Use the actions to develop custom workflows.
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Procedure detailed in this topic may vary depending on the version of VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator and VMware Aria Automation that you are using. For version-specific instructions, refer to the VMware documentation links listed in the Resources section.
The actions for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator are located in the following modules of the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator client:
com.infoblox.integrated.ipam: consists of the workflows and actions for establishing a connection with NIOS.
com.infoblox.ipam: consists of the workflows and actions for interacting with NIOS.
To access the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator actions:
Log in to the VMware ARIA Automation Cloud Services Console.
On the Services tab > click Orchestrator.
To view the list of actions:
In the Dashboard panel, click Library > Actions.
On the Actions page, select the required action to open its page.
Click the Script tab to view the list of input parameters for the selected action.
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For information about supported workflows, see Using Workflows of Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware.
For information about building workflows by using actions, refer to the VMware ARIA Automation Orchestrator documentation.
VMware Aria Automation Assembler is powered by Action Based Extensibility (ABX) capability. VMware Aria Automation Cloud template deployments trigger ABX actions, which in turn trigger VMware Aria Automation workflows that create or update the resources configured in the cloud template.