Category : VRealize Orchestrator

Written by Christopher Lewis on May 24, 2017 .

VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7.3 is out! ( Release Notes ) and the deployment and configuration process is now a lot slicker and easier to complete. In this HOWTO, we look at the the process of configuring Role Based Access Management within the Control Center.

There are three Pre-Defined Roles are:

  • Administrator - Has access to All configuration menus.
  • Tenant Admin - Has access to only to Role Based Access Management and Inspect Workflows.
  • Consumer - Has access to only to Inspect Workflows.

Important things to remember that I discovered through testing are:

VMware vRealize Suite vRealize Orchestrator HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on May 23, 2017 .

VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7.3 is out! ( Release Notes ) and the deployment process is now a lot slicker and easier to complete. In this HOWTO, we look at the process that can be followed for the configuration of a single standalone Orchestrator Appliance.

Prerequisites

  1. Successful deployment of the VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7.3 Appliance.
  2. (optional) A DNS CNAME record for vro.fqdn to replace vro.app.fqdn.

Configuration Steps

Using a web browser, navigate to https://vro.app.fqdn:8281/vco/.

VMware vRealize Suite vRealize Orchestrator HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on May 17, 2017 .

So it seems VMware are actually listening to the feedback and this just happened…

vRealize Orchestrator - with the following new features:

  • RBAC in the Control Center - Yes!

vRealize Automation - with the following new features:

  • Integration with Puppet - Yes!
  • Automatic failover for the IaaS Manager Service - Yes!
  • Enhanced logging - Yes!
  • NSX improvements - Yes!

It’s good that a release make someone a #HappyBunny rather than a #SadPanda!

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 7, 2017 .

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here .

In this post we are covering the configuration of the Advanced Services Endpoint for vCenter Server.

Prerequisite Steps

  • A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation.
  • An external Orchestrator deployment ( HOWTO )

Step by Step Instructions

Navigate to and Log into the vRealize Automation Tenant Portal as a Tenant Administration user.

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 7, 2017 .

Objective Overview

Objective 6.1: Configure Advanced Service Designer

  • Determine the appropriate vRO server deployment according to a deployment plan
  • Assign the Service Architect role to a user or group
  • Configure an external vRO server to run workflows
  • Create a vCO endpoint to enable vRA to communicate with an external vRO server
  • Configure advanced endpoints in ASD (vCenter, AD, SOAP, REST, PowerShell)

Objective Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 7, 2017 .

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here .

In this post we are covering the configuration of the Advanced Services Endpoint for Active Directory.

Prerequisite Steps

  • A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation.

Step by Step Instructions

Note: Once you have created an AD Endpoint it cannot be deleted, only updated.

Navigate to and Log into the vRealize Automation Tenant Portal as a Tenant Administration user.

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on January 29, 2017 .

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here .

In this post we are covering the deployment and configuration of the External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance.

Prerequisite Steps

  • A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation.

Overview

  1. Deploy the External vRealize Orchestrator Appliance.
  2. Configure NTP Time Servers on the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance.
  3. Configure Authentication to use vRealize Automation Component Registry.
  4. Import the vRealize Automation Plugin.
  5. Run the Add vCAC host Workflow.
  6. Run the Add the IaaS host of a vCAC host Workflow.
  7. Run the Install vCO customizations Workflow.
  8. Configure vRealize Automation to use an External Orchestrator
  9. Create an Orchestrator Endpoint in vRealize Automation.

Step by Step Instructions

Deploying the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance

Note: For anyone who has deployed an OVF/OVA before (such as the vRealize Automation Identity Appliance or the vRealize Automation Appliance) the steps will look very familiar!

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on November 5, 2016 .

In this final post of the series, we walkthrough how to replace the Package Signing Certificate certificate in VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7.x.

SSL Certificates VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

Written by Christopher Lewis on November 5, 2016 .

In this third post of the series we walkthrough how to replace the SSL certificate on the embedded vRealize Orchestrator 7.x

SSL Certificates VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

Written by Christopher Lewis on November 5, 2016 .

In this second post of the series we walkthrough how to replace the VAMI certificate in vRealize Automation 7.x

SSL Certificates VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator