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 Was New in 4.0

vRealize CloudClient 4.0 introduced the following enhancements:

• Support for importing and exporting blueprints, software components, property groups, property definitions, and XaaS (formerly Advanced Service Designer) content
• Updates to CloudClient commands for compatibility with vRealize Automation 7.0
• Contextual auto-completion of command options
• New commands for making authenticated vRealize Automation API calls from the command line
• Support for removing a machine from management by vRealize Automation and removing inactive compute resources
• Support for Site Recovery Manager 6

Compatibility

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