VMware not long ago declared the availability of the Cloud Director Extension SDK for producing answer increase-ons and the alternative add-on enhancement lifecycle. It gives tools for producing, making, testing, and packaging VMware Cloud Director UI plugins, runtime definitions, roles and rights, vApps and associated network companies and procedures, and their lifecycle operations.
Beginning in VMware Cloud Director 10.4.1, you can use VMware Cloud Director Remedy add-ons UI to prolong a VMware Cloud Director giving with added price-added features. The UI makes it possible for you to handle the sources and existence cycle of option incorporate-ons. a A option add-on is customized designed for VMware Cloud Director in the extensibility ecosystem and can incorporate both equally UI and API extensions collectively with their backend providers and lifecycle management.
The roles in the alternative insert-on ecosystem are Seller, Provider, and Tenant.
Distributors are the creators of remedy incorporate-ons who use the SDK to create companies that complement VMware Cloud Director assistance, this sort of as container provider extension, 3rd-celebration program vendors, Kubernetes service, and others.
Providers are the operators of solution incorporate-ons in the VMware Cloud Director on-premises or VMware Cloud Director support ecosystem.
Tenants are the individuals of the organization results brought about by a alternative insert-on, this kind of as self-provider of Kubernetes clusters, databases, UI extensions with again-business office attributes, and much more.
Environment up the Growth Surroundings
To prepare an ecosystem to use the VMware Cloud Director extension SDK, perform the pursuing, which are documented in the VMware Developer manual at Environment up the Development Ecosystem. The subsequent instructions have been performed on Ubuntu desktop 20.04.
The upcoming ways are to create your incorporate-on and discovering the lifecycle method, see Constructing a Uncomplicated Resolution Include-On.
See the next VCPP Feature Friday online video on the VMware Cloud Director Extension SDK.