Initial setup of IT systems often requires a very large amount of configuration. Creating a private cloud on ManageIQ is a very good example. While setting up infrastructure in ManageIQ is a one-time task that usually does not require automation, creating hundreds of teams, their projects, setting up quotas and rights is not a task for manual execution. Fortunately, all ManageIQ functions are available via REST API requests.
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vRO: Working with SSH plugin
To work with remote devices via SSH, Aria Automation Orchestrator (formerly vRealize Orchestrator – vRO) has an SSH Plug-in. However, this plugin does not work as expected. It implements SSHHostManager and SSHHost objects and has a set of host management processes. But all the useful work is performed by the SSHSession object, which is not related to SSHHost objects.
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The previous article described the vRealize Automation phpIPAM integration plugin. To organize efficient work with phpIPAM, you will need a package for vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), this will allow you to use IPAM in automation processes. The package includes a set of processes for calling the most requested phpIPAM functions.
Continue readingvRO: vRA 8 Management Pack v2
In the middle of 2020, a plugin for managing vRealize Automation appeared in vRO, but its functionality is not enough to work with vRA: most tasks are still solved only through the REST API. I propose to use a ready-made package, it is constantly being finalized and already includes more than 100 different processes.
Continue readingvRO: vRA 8 Management Pack
Continuing smooth migration to vRealize Automation 8, API control is next in line. In vRO 7, the vCAC and vCACCAFE plugins were used to manage vRA, in the 8th version, only the REST API was used. There is no package from VMware yet, but processes are needed right now. To save time at the start, I suggest starting with a small set of basic processes.
Continue readingvRO: data from Kubernetes
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?
Continue readingvRA: package for Yandex.Cloud
The previous article describes the implementation of the basic interaction between vRealize Orchestrator and Yandex.Cloud. The new version of the package is aimed at managing Yandex instances from vRA through Dymamic Types objects. The necessary processes have been developed, a set of objects for vRA has been created: resources, actions, blueprints.
Continue readingvRO: integration with Yandex.Cloud
vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator integrate seamlessly with a variety of public clouds to create a single enterprise cloud platform. Yandex.Cloud is a new player in this market, and it does not yet have ready-made plugins / packages for integration with many third-party cloud solutions. Therefore, we had to independently develop a package to integrate it with vRO.
Continue readingvRO: working with workflow
As vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator are used, the scope of their tasks is constantly expanding. The number of processes supporting these tasks is growing even faster. Fortunately, any process is just another object that can also be automated.
Continue readingvRO: 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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