vRealize CloudClient

vRealize CloudClient is a command-line utility that provides verb-based access with a unified interface across vRealize Automation APIs.

Use Case Highlights

• Browse the catalog and submit a request
• Approve a catalog request
• Manage provisioned machines
• Create tenants and groups
• Configure IaaS, including endpoints, data collection, and reservations
• Manage catalog services and entitlements
• Import and export blueprints and other content to human-readable format
• Submit authenticated vRealize Automation API calls from the command line
• Automate updates to VM reservations following SRM failover
• Execute vRealize Orchestrator workflows

Features and Benefits

• Standardized command-line interface that remains stable as underlying APIs evolve
• Auto login for scripting (password and keyfiles)
• JSON, CSV, and tabular formatting
• File export
• Sample scripts to demonstrate common scenarios
• Plugin model enables extensibility to additional use cases

What's New in 3.5

vRealize CloudClient 3.5 introduces the following enhancements:

• CloudClient documentation provides comprehensive information about valid values for command parameters.
• Usability improvements.
• Submitting a resource action on a provisioned item now returns a request ID so that you can track the progress of the submitted action.
• Request parameters, such as Cpu and MemoryMb, are now case-insensitive.
• CloudClient returns No data found rather than an error when a list has zero results.

For additional details, refer to the release notes.

Compatibility

For information about CloudClient compatibility with VMware products, refer to the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.