About the Remote Plug-in Sample

The Remote Plug-in sample supports a Global View extension to the vSphere Client. The user interface component creates a modal dialog and several portlets that extend a vSphere inventory object view.

The user interface code also shows how to:
  • Initialize the Client API.
  • Retrieve session authentication information and pass it to the plug-in server.
  • Perform a data retrieval request to the plug-in server.
  • Define a context action for a VirtualMachine object.
The plug-in server code shows how to:
  • Respond to a data retrieval or modification request.
  • Clone and cache a user session with a vCenter Server.
The Remote Plug-in sample does the following actions:
  • Creates a global view.
  • Opens a modal dialog.
  • Authenticates to vCenter Server
  • Performs a data retrieval call.
  • Creates a relation between a Chassis object and a HostSystem object.
  • Creates several views that extend a context object view.
  • Defines an action on a VirtualMachine context object.