This VMware vCenter Developer Center Code Capture is a useful feature for the developers or anyone who needs to have some scripting or automation piece of work with VMware vSphere. With the release of vSphere 6.7 U2 VMware Code Capture feature was introduced to the customers. Previously, I remember similar VMware Fling called Onyx was there to capture the code of an action. But Code Capture is now integrated to the vCenter Server itself.
Let’s see how we can capture the underline code for a particular action with Developer Center Code Capture Feature.
Just select the Menu and Click on “Developer Center” option
Under “Developer Center” select the “Code Capture” tab, you can see there is a small button to enable this feature. By default it is in the disabled state.
A recording button will appear in the top menu and, also “Start Recording” button will appear after that. This code can be generated as a PowerCLI script.
It will start the code capturing and you can see the progress in the text box in the window
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To stop the Code Capture simply click on the “Stop Recording” button
Once it stopped the Code Capturing, you can Copy, Download or Clear and Start another session.
This generated piece of code can be opened in code editors for the modifications
Code capturing can be disabled easily with the toggle button and, confirmation should be provided. Pop-up message can be disabled with the “Do not show again” option.
API Explorer In The Developer Center
One other important thing is “API Explorer“, which is available in the Developer Center for the application integration. API options can be selected with the given dropdown menus.
Basic overview of the Developer Center is also available, but the fancy icons and the introduction description is not available like other “Getting Started” tabs in the vCenter.
For more information follow the VMware Official Documentation.
