REST

To generate a basic authentication header from a username and password in Code Stream you could use a CI task and execute echo -n username:password | base64 in the shell then export the result for use later on. A more repeatable way is to create a Custom Integration that takes the two inputs, and returns the encoded header as an output. To create the Custom Integration: Create a new Custom Integration named “Create Basic Authentication Header” Select the Runtime - the examples below are shell and python3 respectively Replace the placeholder code with the example from below Save and version the Custom Integration, ensuring you eanble the “Release Version” toggle Creating the Custom Integration To use the Custom Integration in a pipeline:

If you use the in-built vRealize Orchestrator instance shipped with the vRealize Automation appliance then you might run into this issue when working with the REST client: Connection pool shut down (Workflow:Get-IdentityToken / Scripting (item3)#14) The vRA appliance version I have (6.2 - note to self, need to update lab!) includes the plugin version 1.0.4 for REST. According to the release notes, this was fixed in 1.0.5 - typical! So the solution is to upgrade the REST API plugin 🙂