1.0 Getting Started With Development

This Developer Guide for the NetIQ Cloud Manager Orchestration Server is intended for individuals acting as Orchestration job developers. This document discusses the tools and technology required to create discrete programming scripts—called “jobs”—that control nearly every aspect of the NetIQ Cloud Manager product. The guide also explains how to create, debug, and maintain policies that can be associated with jobs running on the Cloud Manager Orchestration Server.

As a job developer, you need your own self-contained, standalone system with full access to your network environment. As a job developer, you might eventually assume all system roles: job creator, job deployer, system administrator, tester, etc. For more information about jobs, see

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