We embarked on this chapter by testing whether the installations of the ID appliance, Postgres DB, CAFÉ appliance and the active IaaS components are, thus far, intact by creating a tenant (Publishing) and logging into the tenant portal (https://CAFE.PKCT.LOCAL/vcac/org/Publishing
) as infrastructure or tenant administrator.
Once we were fully satisfied with the stability of the setup, we started configuring the remaining IaaS nodes, thereby completing the distributed installation.
In the next chapter, our focus will be towards provisioning a service catalog from the vRealize Automation self-service portal. While there are multiple steps involved before creating a service catalog, we have provided a step-by-step recipe on how to achieve it.
Since you will be introduced to many technical jargon in the next chapter, I strongly recommend that you read the vRA foundation technical guide from VMware.