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As you may or may not know, vRealize Automation features a RESTful API to programmatically interface with the Cloud Management Portal. In this guide I will show you how to create a shell script to request a catalog item. You can then use this as a building block for more Continue reading How to script a vRealize Automation 7 REST API request
The vRealize Automation 7 appliance provides the UI and portal functionality for vRA (among other things). Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres database to store information about approvals, catalog items and some logging. Over time the database tables can become fragmented and impact performance of the portal. Always Continue reading How to reindex the vRA7 Appliance Database
So you have downlaoded and installed the vRealize Automation 7 Appliance and now you want to start to work on some vRealize Orchestrator workflows. While you could just use the Java Client, there is also an installabled version available for Windows.
In my last post I showed you how to create the developer friendly blueprint in vRealize 7. In this guide we will show how to invoke the REST API to make this request. Before we get into the details it helps to illustrate how each team wants to interact with Continue reading Requesting the VRA Developer Friendly Blueprint with curl
New in vRealize Automation 7 you now have the ability to drop software components onto your Blueprints in the new blueprint design tool. In this guide I will show you how to create a Linux template with the vRealize Automation Agent installed and configured. We will then make this template Continue reading How to create a vRA 7 Automation Agent Linux Template – Part I
In this guide I will show you how to create a local Docker Hub type registry on your laptop or in your data center so that you can securely and quickly push and pull images. Typically a developer would need to push and pull images to the Docker Hub on Continue reading How to create a local Docker Hub Registry on Photon OS
Updated 8/12/16 At VMworld last year there were various announcements around containers and VMware’s commitment to support this technology. Since I work at VMware, I have been been using this technology for over a year. When speaking with customers last year it dawned on me that most of our customers Continue reading Containers for the vSphere Admin
As you may or may not know, in my previous life I was a vSphere Admin working for a large multinational company. My team supported a large vSphere environment with a wide range of application workloads. Many times we would encounter problems with the applications that required all of us Continue reading How to integrate vCenter Alarms with SocialCast – vCenter Appliance
It’s 2015 folks and let’s face it, everyone has a mobile device with e-mail. No one wants to have to login to a web portal to approve your request. That’s why I am here to show you how to configure vRA so you can approve requests from your e-mail.
I have been specializing in vRA/vCAC for over three years now. Previously I used Dynamic Ops as a customer. Lately it dawned on me that while I use the solution everyday there are many that are just seeing the solution for the first time. I remember the first time I Continue reading vRA/vCAC Clone blueprint Magic Secrets Revealed!