VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V 8.3]

 

VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V 8.3]

 

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

2 vRealize Automation Overview and Architecture

• Describe the purpose and functionality of vRealize

Automation

• Describe the vRealize Automation architecture

• Describe the use of VMware Workspace ONE®

AccessTM

• Describe the relationship between Kubernetes

clusters, containers, and vRealize Automation

services

• Describe CLI commands for vRealize Automation 8

cluster management

• Describe Cloud Assembly

• Describe Service Broker

• Describe Code Stream

3 Installing vRealize Automation

• List the different vRealize Automation deployment

types

• Describe the purpose of vRealize easy installer

• Describe the vRealize Automation installation

process

4 Authentication and Authorization

• Identity the steps involved in integrating

Workspace One with Active Directory

• Describe features of Workspace One

• Describe the user roles available in vRealize

Automation

• Identify the key tasks performed by each user role

• Define custom roles

• Configure branding and multitenancy

5 Basic Initial Configuration

• Quickly create a basic configuration with a cloud

account, cloud zone, project, flavor mapping, and

image mapping.

6 VMware Cloud Templates

• Configure and deploy a basic cloud template

• Create cloud templates that can run on any cloud

• Use cloudConfig to run commands, install software,

and create users

• Use YAML for inputs, variables, and conditional

Deployments

 

7 Tags and Storage Configuration

• Configure tags

• Describe different types of tags

• Manage tags

• Configure storage profiles

• Use tags and storage profiles

 

8 Integrating NSX-T Data Center

• List the capabilities and use cases of NSX-T Data

Center

• Describe the NSX-T Data Center architecture and

components

• Integrate NSX-T Data Center with vRealize

Automation

• List the supported network profiles in vRealize

Automation

• Use NSX-T Data Center components to design a

multitier application Cloud Template

• Identify the network and security options available

in design canvas

• Create and manage on-demand networks and

security groups

• Configure NSX-T day 2 actions

 

9 Integrating with Public Clouds

• Configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation

accounts

• Configure and use an AWS cloud account

• Configure and use an Azure cloud account

• Configure and use a Google Cloud Platform cloud

Account

 

10 Using Service Broker for Catalog Management

• Release a VMware Cloud Template™

• Define content source and content sharing

• Define Service Broker policy enforcement

• Use custom forms for catalog items

 

11 vRealize Automation Extensibility

• Describe Extensibility

• Use event topics

• Create a subscription

• Call a vRealize Orchestrator workflow

• Create ABX actions

 

12 Using Code Stream

• Introduction to Code Stream

• The CI/CD process

• Integrate GitLab with Code Stream and Cloud

Assembly

• Use Code Stream to install software

 

13 Using Terraform

• Integrate Cloud Assembly with Terraform

• Use Terraform with a VMware Cloud Template

• Use Terraform with Code Stream

 

14 Using Kubernetes Clusters

• Introduction to Kubernetes

• Connect to an existing Kubernetes Cluster

• Integrate VMware Tanzu™ Grid Integrated Edition

• Create a Supervisor Namespace as a catalog item

 

15 Using SaltStack for Configuration Management

• Introduction SaltStack with vRealize Automation

• Use SaltStack for software deployment

• Use SaltStack for configuration management

• Use SaltStack with event-driven orchestration

 

16 vRealize Automation Troubleshooting and Integration

• Location of logs

• Using Activity

• Monitoring deployment history

• Basic troubleshooting

• CLI commands

• Collecting logs (VAMI console)

• Integration with VMware vRealize® Log Insight™

• Integration with vRealize Operations

• Migrating vRealize Automation 7.x to 8