VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting [V8.x] ...

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2 vRealize Automation Clustered Deployment

• Use LCM in a clustered deployment

• Configure External Certificates

• Configure NSX-T Data Center load balancer

• Install vRealize Automation using Clustered Deployment

• Scale VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability

3 vRealize Automation Clustered Deployment Architecture

• List of Kubernetes Pods

• The vRealize Automation Kubernetes Architecture

• Relationship of Kubernetes Pods to Services

• Logs and their locations

• Blueprint deployment workflow with Kubernetes Service interaction

• Backup strategies and potential problems

4 Advanced Blueprints

• Use advanced YAML and cloudConfig to deploy a functioning 2-tier application with a phpMyAdmin front-end server and a MySQL database server

• Use troubleshooting techniques to debug problems in advanced YAML blueprints

• List the log files that can aid in troubleshooting blueprint deployment

5 Advanced Networking

• Use VMware NSX-T Data Center advanced features in blueprints

• Interfacing to IPAMs

• Use NSX-T Data Center NAT in blueprints

• Use NSX-T Data Center routed networks

• Use NSX-T Data Center load balancers

• Use NSX-T Data Center security groups

• Use tags with NSX-T Data Center network profiles

6 Using vRealize Orchestrator

• Create Day-2 Actions with vRealize Orchestrator workflows

• Troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator cluster issues

• Use vRealize Orchestrator to add computer objects to Active Directory when vRealize Automation deploys blueprints

• Use a tagging approach to vRealize Orchestrator workflows

• Use dynamic forms with vRealize Orchestrator

7 Using ABX Actions

• Determine when to use ABX and when to use vRealize Orchestrator

• Use ABX to create day-2 Actions

• Call PowerShell from ABX

8 Kubernetes Integration

• Create a Kubernetes namespace from vRealize Automation

• Connect to an existing Kubernetes cluster

• Automate the deployment of an application to a Kubernetes cluster with Code Stream

• Use Kubernetes in Extensibility

9 Code Stream

• Create and use CI/CD pipelines

• Use the Code Stream user interface

• Add states and tasks to a Code Stream pipeline

• Integrate code from Code Stream with Git

10 Using GitLab Integration

• Configure the GitLab Integration

• Use Gitlab with blueprints

11 Configuration Management

• Describe the use case of Ansible and Ansible Tower

• Connect to Ansible Tower

• Use Ansible playbooks

• Use Puppet in configuration management

12 Troubleshooting

• vracli commands and when to use them

• Check the status of Kubernetes pods and services

• Correct the state of pods and services

• Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation infrastructure problems

• Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation failures to deploy blueprints and services

• Use vRealize Log Insight for troubleshooting