VMware not too long ago announced the availability of the Cloud Director Extension SDK for developing resolution include-ons and the remedy include-on growth lifecycle. It supplies applications for producing, building, testing, and packaging VMware Cloud Director UI plugins, runtime definitions, roles and rights, vApps and connected network services and guidelines, and their lifecycle functions.
Commencing in VMware Cloud Director 10.4.1, you can use VMware Cloud Director Option insert-ons UI to prolong a VMware Cloud Director offering with supplemental benefit-additional functionality. The UI will allow you to regulate the assets and life cycle of resolution include-ons. a A remedy insert-on is custom made designed for VMware Cloud Director in the extensibility ecosystem and can incorporate the two UI and API extensions together with their backend products and services and lifecycle administration.
The roles in the option add-on ecosystem are Seller, Service provider, and Tenant.
Vendors are the creators of remedy include-ons who use the SDK to make services that enhance VMware Cloud Director company, these as container services extension, third-bash software program vendors, Kubernetes provider, and other people.
Companies are the operators of answer incorporate-ons in the VMware Cloud Director on-premises or VMware Cloud Director company atmosphere.
Tenants are the consumers of the business results introduced about by a remedy incorporate-on, these types of as self-provider of Kubernetes clusters, databases, UI extensions with again-workplace qualities, and additional.
Placing up the Advancement Environment
To put together an surroundings to use the VMware Cloud Director extension SDK, execute the pursuing, which are documented in the VMware Developer tutorial at Location up the Advancement Atmosphere. The following guidelines were executed on Ubuntu desktop 20.04.
The future actions are to build your incorporate-on and checking out the lifecycle procedure, see Creating a Very simple Alternative Incorporate-On.
See the adhering to VCPP Attribute Friday video on the VMware Cloud Director Extension SDK.