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Learning VMware vRealize Automation

By : SRIRAM RAJENDRAN, Sriram Rajendran
Book Image

Learning VMware vRealize Automation

By: SRIRAM RAJENDRAN, Sriram Rajendran

Overview of this book

With the growing interest in Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC), vRealize Automation offers data center users an organized service catalog and governance for administrators. This way, end users gain autonomy while the IT department stays in control, making sure security and compliance requirements are met. Learning what each component does and how they dovetail with each other will bolster your understanding of vRealize Automation. The book starts off with an introduction to the distributed architecture that has been tested and installed in large scale deployments. Implementing and configuring distributed architecture with custom certificates is unarguably a demanding task, and it will be covered next. After this, we will progress with the installation. A vRealize Automation blueprint can be prepared in multiple ways; we will focus solely on vSphere endpoint blueprint. After this, we will discuss the high availability configuration via NSX loadbalancer for vRealize Orchestrator. Finally, we end with Advanced Service Designer, which provides service architects with the ability to create advanced services and publish them as catalog items.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Learning VMware vRealize Automation
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

IaaS WEB installation


In this section, we will take a look at how to install and configure the first WEB node, which is called the Model Manager Web, also known as repository node:

  1. Log in to the WEB1 machine using the domain user or service account user created for the installation:

  2. Connect to one of the CAFÉ nodes and download the IaaS installer from https://CAFE1.PKCT.LOCAL:5480/i

  3. Do not change the name of this file—the name reflects the CAFÉ node from where it is downloaded:

  4. Right-click on the downloaded file and select Run as Administrator to begin installation.

  5. Enter the credentials for the CAFÉ1 appliance, check Accept Certificate as shown in the following screenshot, and click on Next:

  6. Select Custom Install and then choose IaaS Server in Component Selection.

  7. Database configuration:

    Note

    Ensure that MSDTC is enabled in the Database Machine used by IaaS components (DO NOT SKIP):

    Go to Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Component Services.

    Expand Component Services | Computers | My Computer...