Hi,
I am wonder what people are doing in the way of post startup for the first time scripts etc for vApps/VMs in vCD.
We have a private cloud with RHEL6 vApps and would like the Linux VM to register itself with our internal redhat satellite server the first time it is booted up.
Normally this is handled manually or via the PXE post install, but now that vcd is cloning off a template we are unsure what tools to use to complete this task.
It has been suggested that I use orchestrator to run these post deployment actions.
Q: Can orchestrator run commands directly on a VM via the vmware tools daemon or does it need to use the network to SSH to the new box and do stuff?
I ask because in vCD a user may have a system that is behind a vShield appliance in routed network and the orchestrator system would not have direct access to it.
Dion