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Aria Automation 8.x Pods Functionality

by Mayank Goyal · 27 Aug 2025

Here is a list of all available pods in the Aria Automation 8.x appliance with their functionality set stating what each pod does or is needed for:

PodFunctionality
abx-service-appABX actions
AWS Lamda, Azure Functions
Infoblox Plug-in
Active Directory Plug-in
adapter-host-service-appvCD Cloud Account
Google Cloud Platform
approval-service-appApproval Policy
assessment-service-appMigration assistant from vRA 7.x to 8.x
automation-ui-appServes the automation UI
blueprints-ui-appServices the blueprint ui
catalog-service-app
catalog-ui-app
Lease policies
Catalog items
cgs-service-app
cgs-ui-app
Content service allows users to sync blueprintsABX scripts from GitHub and GitLab source control repositories and to download blueprint, images from VMware Marketplace
cmx-service-appDeploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and namespaces
codestream-appVMware Aria Automation Pipelines service
ebs-appEvent Broker Service. Subscriptions and Event Topics
form-service-appCustom Resources
hcmp-service-appHCMP-Hybrid Cloud Management Portal:
Includes the dashboard as part of the VMware Aria Operations integration such as Cloud Zone Insights, Alerts, Deployment Optimization, etc
identity-service-appVMware Identity Manager and VMware Aria Automation integration
idem-resources
idem-services
Plug-in base architecture
migration-service-appMigration from 7.x to 8.x
postgres-0Postgres database servicing other pods. Each service will have a database.
project-service-appProjects
provisioning-service-appDeployments
Cloud Accounts
Data collection
Day 2 actions
proxy-serviceProxy service
rabbitmq-ha-0Message broker
relocation-service-appOnboarding
tango-blueprint-service-appVMware Aria Automation Templates
tango-vro-gateway-appHandles request between VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Orchestrator
tenant-management-ui-appTenant Management User Interface
terraform-service-appAWS Resource Families: EMR, IAM, KMS, Lambda, DB, API, RDS, S3, Redshift, Kinesis, and Route53
Azure Resource Families: Redis, Search, SQL, Storage, App, DNS, Function, Key, and Traffic
vco-appOrchestrator workflow engine, actions and plug-ins. Orchestrator Control Center

Understanding Logs

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-automation/8-18/vmware-aria-automation-on-prem-administering-8-18/working-with-logs/how-do-i-work-with-logs-and-log-bundles.html


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