VCAP6-CMA Deploy - Objective 7.1: Deploy and Manage a vRealize Application Services Appliance
VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Application Services VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA
Published on 13 March 2017 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 709. Reading Time: 4 mins.
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Objective Overview
Objective 7.1 - Deploy and Manage a vRealize Application Services Appliance
Knowledge:
- Assign a user the necessary permissions to gain access to Application Services.
- Install and set up the Application Services virtual appliance.
- Configure Application Services to use a proxy.
- Register a cloud provider with Application Services.
- Map a Cloud Template to a Logical Template.
- Map Application Services to a vRA reservation policy
Objective Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:
- A fully deployed vRealize Automation Solution.
Objective Breakdown
Assign a user the necessary permissions to gain access to Application Services
I believe I have covered the process of assigning users and groups roles within vRealize Automation in Objective 2.1 . You need to be a Tenant Administrator to do this.
From a vRealize Application Services perspective there are 4 roles, any of which will grant you access to the Appliance once deployed. However, the different roles mean you can do different things once logged in.
The four roles are:
- Application Architect - creates, modifies and deletes applications.
- Application Catalog Administrator - Defines Services, templates, operating systems, task and tags.
- Application Cloud Administrator - Defines resources and deployment environments.
- Application Publisher and Deployer - Deploys applications into vRealize Automation catalog AND creates, updates and publishes services, library items and actions.
Install and set up the Application Services virtual appliance
See HOWTO: Deploy VMware vRealize Automation 6.x Application Services
Configure Application Services to use a proxy
Check out the
VMware Article
on how to actually update the darwin_global.conf
.
We’ll concentrate on configuring the vRealize Application Services to use the darwin_global.conf
file by creating a new Service.
Navigate to https://app-services.fqdn:8443/darwin/<tenant>
.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-26.png)
Log in using an an account with an Application Catalog Administrator role.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-27.png)
Click Applications and select Services.
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Click the Service to update.
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Click on the Service Version that will be updated (or create a new Version).
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Click Edit.
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Under Properties, click Add (+).
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Create a new property with the Property Name as global_conf
. Set Type to Content
and define the Value as https://app-services-ip-address:8443/darwin/conf/darwin_global.conf
.
![](/img/2017/03/13/configure-proxy-06.png)
Under Action, for each script that requires the use of a proxy server, click to edit the script.
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Add the following to the beginning of the script:
`# Import global conf
. $global_conf`
![](/img/2017/03/13/configure-proxy-08.png)
Click OK.
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Click Save.
Click Logout.
Note: A similar process can be carried out on an Application level as an Application Architect.
Register a cloud provider with Application Services
In this example, we’re going to register the vRealize Automation environment as a Cloud Provider for Application Services.
Navigate to https://app-services.fqdn:8443/darwin/<tenant>
.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-26.png)
Log in using an an account with an Application Cloud Administrator role.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-27.png)
Select Cloud Providers.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-cloud-provider-01.png)
Click Create a Cloud Provider.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-cloud-provider-02.png)
Enter a Name for the Cloud Provider, select vCAC
from the Cloud Provider Type dropdown.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-cloud-provider-03.png)
Select the** Business Group** from the dropdown, enter a User Name and Password and then click Validate Connection.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-cloud-provider-04.png)
Under Templates, click Add (+)
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Check the checkbox of the templates to add and click OK.
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Click Save.
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Click Logout.
Map a Cloud Template to a Logical Template
Navigate to https://app-services.fqdn:8443/darwin/<tenant>
.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-26.png)
Log in using an an account with a user with the Application Cloud Administrator and Application Publisher and Deployer role.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-27.png)
Click Applications and select Logical Templates.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-logical-template-01.png)
Click Create a Logical Template.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-logical-template-02.png)
Enter a Name for the Logical Template and select a Business Group from the dropdown and a **Sharing type (**Private or Shared).
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-logical-template-04.png)
Click Save.
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Click Create LT Version.
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Set a Version (which is 1.0.0 by default), click Add (+) to add Tags and select a Supported OS from the dropdown.
Note: For this exercise, ignore the fact that there isn’t a Windows 2012 in the Supported OS list.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-logical-template-07.png)
Select the Cloud Provider from the Cloud Provider Name dropdown and select a Template from the Cloud Template dropdown.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-logical-template-08.png)
Click Save.
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Click Logout.
Map Application Services to a vRA Reservation Policy
Navigate to https://app-services.fqdn:8443/darwin/<tenant>
.
![](/img/2017/03/13/deploy-application-services-26.png)
Log in using an an account with a user with the Application Cloud Administrator and Application Publisher and Deployer role.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-deployment-01.png)
Click Applications and select Clouds > Deployment Environments.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-deployment-02.png)
Click Create a Deployment Environment.
![](/img/2017/03/13/new-deployment-03.png)
Enter a Name for the Deployment Environment and select a Cloud Provider from the dropdown.
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Click Select…
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Select the Select from the list of reservation policies option, select the target Reservation Policy and click OK.
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Click Save.
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Click Back.
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Click Logout.
Published on 13 March 2017 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 709. Reading Time: 4 mins.
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