Learning VMware vRealize Automation
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Learning VMware vRealize Automation

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
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Learning VMware vRealize Automation

About this book

Learn the fundamentals of vRealize Automation to accelerate the delivery of your IT services

About This Book

  • Learn to install the vRealize Automation product in a distributed architecture using a load balancer
  • Plan backup and recovery strategies for every vRealize automation component
  • Use vRealize Automation to manage applications and improve operational efficiency using this simple and intuitive guide

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone who wants to start their journey with vRealize Automation. It is your one-stop instruction guide to installing and configuring a distributed setup using NSX load balancer. Regardless of whether or not you have used vRealize Automation before, following the steps provided in each chapter will get you started with the product.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the basic building blocks of vRealize Automation before embarking on the journey of installation
  • Familiarize yourself with the requirements and steps that need to be performed during the first phase of the distributed installation
  • Carry out a functional validation of the first phase of installation before completing the installation
  • Build a blueprint for vSphere endpoint, an essential step for a successful deployment of a service catalog
  • Create, configure, and deploy tenants, endpoints, blueprints, and the service catalog
  • Get to grips with the failover process for all components in vRealize Automation
  • Learn to configure the NSX loadbalancer for vRealize Orchestrator for high availability
  • Leverage ASD to develop XaaS (Anything as a Service) in vRealize Automation to deliver valuable competence

In Detail

With the growing interest in Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC), vRealize Automation offers data center users an organized service catalog and governance for administrators. This way, end users gain autonomy while the IT department stays in control, making sure security and compliance requirements are met. Learning what each component does and how they dovetail with each other will bolster your understanding of vRealize Automation.

The book starts off with an introduction to the distributed architecture that has been tested and installed in large scale deployments. Implementing and configuring distributed architecture with custom certificates is unarguably a demanding task, and it will be covered next. After this, we will progress with the installation. A vRealize Automation blueprint can be prepared in multiple ways; we will focus solely on vSphere endpoint blueprint. After this, we will discuss the high availability configuration via NSX loadbalancer for vRealize Orchestrator. Finally, we end with Advanced Service Designer, which provides service architects with the ability to create advanced services and publish them as catalog items.

Style and approach

This book takes a step-by-step approach, is explained in a conversational and easy-to-follow style, and includes ample screenshots. Each topic is explained sequentially through planning, preparing, installing, configuring, and validating of all vRealize Automation's components.

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Learning VMware vRealize Automation


Table of Contents

Learning VMware vRealize Automation
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Instant updates on new Packt books
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. vRealize Automation and the Deconstruction of Components
What is vRealize Automation?
Key capabilities
A single solution of abstracted service models
Model once – deploy anywhere
Personalization through policies (governance)
Common use cases of vRealize Automation
vRealize Automation – a conceptual diagram
Identity management appliance or SSO or PSC
Identity management appliance
vSphere 5.5 SSO
vSphere 6.0 PSC
vRealize Automation or CAFÉ appliance
vPostgres
RabbitMQ
vCAC server
tcServer (Tomcat)
Telemetry
IaaS – architecture and component deep dive
Model Manager
Model Manager Data
Model Manager Web a.k.a. repository
MSSQL database
Manager Service
Distributed Execution Manager
DEM Orchestrator (DEO)
DEM Worker
Infrastructure agent
Management agent
Startup order
Shutdown order
Summary
2. Distributed Installation Using Custom Certificates
Getting started
Simple deployment architecture
Distributed deployment architecture
Planning and preparation
Infrastructure details
Distributed architecture
Bill of materials
Overview of the installation flow
Certificates
The certificate generation process
Creating vRA certificate templates
Adding a new template to certificate templates
Creating certificates
Identity management for authentication and authorization by vRA components
The identity (ID) appliance
vSphere 5.5 U1/U2 SSO
vSphere 6.0 PSC
Identity appliance configuration
Prerequisites
Configuration
NSX load balancer configuration
Prerequisite
Configuring the external vPostgres DB in HA for the vRealize Automation CAFÉ appliance
Prerequisites
Setup Details
vPostgres NSX load balancer configurations
Application Profile configuration
Service Monitoring configuration
Pool configuration
Virtual Server configuration
vPostgres configuration
Testing Replication
Postgres Monitor scripts
Configuration
Testing Monitor scripts
Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for vPostgres
Service monitoring configuration
Pool configuration
Configuring the CAFÉ appliance in HA
Prerequisites
Setup Details
CAFÉ NSX load balancer configurations
Application Profile configuration
Service Monitoring configuration
Pool configuration
Virtual servers configuration
CAFÉ configuration
Updating the NSX load balancer configuration for CAFÉ
Service Monitoring configuration
Pools configuration
IaaS installation
IaaS components HA modes and failover options
IaaS prerequisites and virtual machine preparation
Overview of the IaaS installation flow (only the first nodes)
Installing PFX certificate to IIS Web Server
Installation of the First Web node
Prerequisites
Setup Details
NSX load balancer configurations for IaaS web
Application Profile configuration
Service Monitoring configuration
Pool configuration
Virtual Server configuration
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Table of contents

  1. Learning VMware vRealize Automation