Looking at the latest vRA Cloud Template Schema, I saw something interesting in the definitions.

The ability to have a resource type of “codestream.execution”. This allows you to execute a Code Stream pipeline from within a cloud template. Once deployed, a Deployment will feature a resource object, of which you can also link a custom day 2 action to!

This opens a lot of future possibilities of creative ways to extend your automation.

The schema looks like the below. And you can continue to follow this blog for an example. Continue reading Using vRealize Automation Cloud Template to execute a Code Stream Pipeline →