Remote Plug-in Sample UI and Server

The remote plug-in sample demonstrates a secure, efficient, remote plug-in that was developed according to recommended practices. The sample supports a Global View extension to the vSphere Client. The user interface component creates a modal dialog, views that extend vSphere inventory objects, and examples of using a card to extend a Summary 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 context object views.
• Defines an action on a VirtualMachine context object.