VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] Course Overview
Enroll for the 5-day VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] certification training course from this course Solutions accredited by VMware. In this course you learn installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize® Automation™. You learn about how vRealize Automation can be used to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services across different data centers and hybrid cloud environments.
Through a blend of hands-on labs and interactive lectures, you learn how to manage both on-premise systems and cloud services. The course covers how vRealize Automation Service Broker can aggregate content in native formats from multiple clouds and platforms into a common catalog. This course also covers interfacing vRealize Automation with other systems using VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ and how to use vRealize Automation to manage Kubernetes systems and leverage other systems. The course also covers integrating with Terraform and using SaltStack as a configuration management tool.
Target Audience:
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vRealize Automation
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the vRealize Automation architecture and use cases in cloud environments
- Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual and cloud infrastructures
- Configure and manage Cloud Accounts, Projects, Flavor Mappings, Image Mappings, Network Profiles, Storage Profiles, Volumes, Tags, and Services
- Create, modify, manage, and deploy Cloud Templates
- Connect to a Kubernetes Cluster and manage namespaces
- Customize services and virtual machines with cloudConfig
- Configure and manage the Service Broker
- Configure and manage ABX actions, custom properties, event broker subscriptions, and vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Integrate with vRealize Orchestrator
- Install vRealize Automation with Lifecycle Configuration Manager
- Describe Cloud Automation Services (Cloud Assembly and Code Stream).
- Integrate Cloud Assembly with Terraform and SaltStack
- Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vRealize Automation
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 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
Module 3: Installing vRealize Automation
- List the different vRealize Automation deployment types
- Describe the purpose of vRealize easy installer
- Describe the vRealize Automation installation process
Module 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
Module 5: Basic Initial Configuration
- Quickly create a basic configuration with a cloud account, cloud zone, project, flavor mapping, and image mapping.
Module 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
Module 7: Tags and Storage Configuration
- Configure tags
- Describe different types of tags
- Manage tags
- Configure storage profiles
- Use tags and storage profiles
Module 8: Integrating NSX-T Data Center
- List the capabilities and use cases of NSX-T Data Cente
- List the capabilities and use cases of NSX-T Data Cente
- 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
Module 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
Module 10: Using Service Broker for Catalog Management
- Release a VMware Cloud Template™
- Define content source and content sharing
- Define Service Broker policy enforcement
- Define Service Broker policy enforcement
Module 11: vRealize Automation Extensibility
- Describe Extensibility
- Use event topics
- Create a subscription
- Call a vRealize Orchestrator workflow
- Create ABX actions
Module 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
Module 13: Using Terraform
- Integrate Cloud Assembly with Terraform
- Use Terraform with a VMware Cloud Template
- Use Terraform with Code Stream
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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