vRealize Automation supports cloud platforms by transforming a private cloud into a hybrid. A more complete and better integration is realized with the Amazon cloud: deploying and managing EC2 instances, executing scripts, creating multi-cloud applications … I suggest you quickly set up and test yourself.
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vRO: integration with Harbor
I recently wrote a review on working with Harbor via the REST API. Based on this material, the Harbor and vRealize Orchestrator integration package has been developed . Only a few basic operations are used in day-to-day administration tasks. This minimum set is implemented as a process package for the orchestrator.
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Harbor is a corporate registry of containers. Currently, VMware uses Harbor in its container management products: vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) and Pivotal Container Service (PKS), in addition, you can install it and use it separately. Since management through a graphical interface does not allow automating work, we will get acquainted with managing Harbor through the REST API.
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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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