With the advent of Kubernetes in the productive environment, automation is expanding from the level of hosts, clusters and virtual machines, including K8S objects: namespace , ingress , service , pod … Do you need to create another automation system specifically for Kubernetes or can you use vRealize Orchestrator, which is already integrated with your information systems?
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vRA 8: Ansible + Kubernetes
The previous article vRA 8: Ansible Integration tested using Ansible to configure servers in vRealize Automation 8. Let’s see how this works on a real-world task – deploying a kubernetes cluster. There is a large selection of ready-made Ansible playbooks, one of the most advanced is Kubespray. Let’s develop a vRA blueprint to create a K8S cluster using Kubespray.
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PKS uses the PKS CLI to manage clusters; another management option: register PKS with VMware Admiral, for example, built into vRealize Automation and manage clusters from it. However, Admiral will not allow automating work with clusters, this is just a GUI. What if you need the ability to make a single process, combining the creation of a cluster, registering it in DNS, setting monitoring in vROps, creating a project in Harbor and adding rights to users?
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