I keep getting asked for an example of integrating into a CMDB. The challenge with this is which CMDB, Asset, or Ticketing system do you create an example around. They are all very different and most organizations have heavily customized them. My solution was to create a sample system to demonstrate vCAC’s capabilities and leave the specifics of any particular CMDB out of the equation.
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to integrate vCAC 5.1 into an external system of your choosing. In my example I’m using a simple SQL database with a very simple web front end. My workflow is going to call a PowerShell Script that uses SQL statements to update the database with the value I want populated. Now you can take this and have execute code to talk to a specific API or database, btu the point is how to get the data you want from vCAC when you want it and make it usable to push to another system.
I have provided my sample database, web front-end, Workflows,and Scripts in my download section. Download the “CMDB_Example.zip” and follow along.