vCO – Configure ESXi Syslog Server and more

In this example I configure some advanced setting on an ESXi host. Syslog server is just one of the.
First I create a for loop to create my hostSetting array objects. Then late I fill them. Always the key and a value. You can check the ESXi host advanced setting in GUI for parameters. You need to watch the type. For instance the port for the syslog server is of type value_IntValue. There are also float and long. I have to say I don’t know why it say deprecated for value. Maybe I have to come back on that.

http://www.vmware.com/support/orchestrator/doc/vco_vsphere41_api/index.html

//myhost is input parameter of type VcHostSystem
var hostSetting = new Array();

for (i=0; i<=3; i++)
{
	hostSetting[i] = new VcOptionValue();
}
hostSetting[0].key = "Syslog.Remote.Hostname";
hostSetting[0].value = "mysyslog.bigbluemike.com";

hostSetting[1].key = "Syslog.Remote.Port";
hostSetting[1].value_IntValue = 514;

hostSetting[2].key = "Config.Defaults.security.host.ruissl";
hostSetting[2].value = true;

hostSetting[3].key = "Annotations.WelcomeMessage";
hostSetting[3].value = "Welcome to this nice an shiny ESXi host.";

host.configManager.advancedOption.updateOptions(hostSetting);