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One of the things I love about vCAC is it’s ability to integrate with just about anything right out of the box. I am often asked if we can integrate with other automation solutions and how we complement them. Many customers are already using open source solutions like puppet and Continue reading Self Service application Portal with vCAC 6 and Chef
In this example I am configuring a Linux Template that will be used to create a vCAC 6 Blueprint. This is using a vSphere 5.x VM. Start with a fresh build of Linux with VMware tools installed. NOTE: You if you are using vCAC (vRA) with a Windows 2012 IaaS Continue reading How to create a vCAC 6 Linux Guest Agent Template
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In vCAC 6, the Linux guest agent needs to use SSL to communicate with the vCAC Iaas Windows Server. This requires that a valid PEM file is present in the /usr/share/gugent director after you have installed the Linux guest agent RPM and before you run instalgugent.sh The common problem you Continue reading vCAC 6 Linux Guest Agent Certificate Gotcha
In this example I am configuring a Linux Template for APPD and vCAC 6 using vSphere. NOTE: The installation will be slightly different for Amazon EC2 deployments Step 1: First you will need to download and install the JRE. This can be obtained from the APPD server. Download the JRE Continue reading How to Create an APPD 6 Linux Template
For this guide you will need a Windows 2008 R2 VM with VMware tools already installed. Step 1: Open a console in vCenter and login to the Windows server with Administrator credentials. Step 2: In the Windows Server VM go the vCAC appliance home page for example https://vcac-l-01a.corp.local:5480/install and download Continue reading How to Create a vCAC 6 Windows Guest Agent Template
For this guide you will need a Windows 2008 R2 VM with VMware tools already installed. Step 1: Open a console in vCenter and login to the Windows server with Administrator credentials. Step 2: Open a web browser to the Application Director server and download the Java edition for your Continue reading How to Create an APPD6 Windows Template
Step 1: Login to vCloud Application Director as your SSO user, for example cloudadmin@corp.local Step 2: Click drop down and navigate to applications and Click +New Step 3: Give the new app a name and click Save Step 4: Click Create App Version Step 5: Accept the default version and Continue reading How to install APPD 6 Part 3 – Create an App and Publish to vCAC Catalog
This section requires APPD templates already created in vCenter and the blueprints ready in your vCAC business groups: Don’t worry, I created step by step guides for that too! How to create an APPD 6 Linux TemplateHow to create and APPD Windows Template How to create Linked Clone Blueprints Step Continue reading How to install APPD 6 Part 2 – Adding vCAC 6 Cloud Provider
So you have mastered infrastructure as a service and your cloud consumers are hungry for more. By now your becoming a master with vCAC 6 right? Are you ready for a new challenge? Get ready to impress all your friends with application provisioning. VMware vCloud Application Director is an application Continue reading How to install APPD 6 Part 1 – Configure the Appliance