Mayank Goyal
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Differences between vRO Workflows, vRO Actions, and vRA ABXs
vRO Workflows, vRO Actions and vRA ABX actions can all run custom automation in VMware Aria Automation, but they differ in design style, state, runtime, languages…
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vRO Code Editor Resizer – Chrome Plugin (vRO/ESIZER)
vRO Code Editor Resizer is a small Chrome extension that adds a Maximize Editor button to the vRO and VCF Orchestrator script editor, giving you a…
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Setting up Authentication in VCF Orchestrator with no Control Center
From Orchestrator 8.18.1 the Control Center is gone, so a fresh standalone appliance has no UI login until you configure authentication. Run the vracli vro authentication…
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Enabling vTPM in vSphere VMs using Orchestrator
Enable a virtual TPM on vSphere VMs with Aria Automation Orchestrator: a PowerCLI action runs New-vTPM, and a workflow triggered by an Aria Automation event subscription…
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Automate VMware Cloud Foundation with Aria Automation
A walkthrough of how VMware Aria Automation consumes VMware Cloud Foundation: NSX networks, load balancers and security groups in cloud templates, vSAN storage policies as storage…
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YAML Syntax Rulebook for Aria Automation
A quick YAML rulebook for Aria Automation cloud templates: indentation, comments, key-value pairs, lists, variables and user inputs, plus escaping colons, using oneOf instead of enum,…
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Enterprise Framework for Network Automation with VCF Automation
A Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2 framework for network automation across the enterprise with VCF Automation, covering NSX setup, network profiles, templates with NSX…
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Tagging Design in VCF Automation
How tags drive placement in VMware Aria Automation Assembler: the tag format, a simple tagging strategy, how cloud zones and hosts are filtered, capability versus constraint…
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Ways to generate random values in Orchestrator
Four ways to generate unique values in Orchestrator for VM names or IDs: Math.random(), a timestamp plus random suffix, a counter kept in a configuration element,…
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Run simple JavaScript code in your Windows PC
A quick way to run JavaScript on a Windows PC: install Node.js, write a small addNumbers.js file in VS Code, then open the terminal, cd to…
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VMware shifts from vRealize to Aria to VCF Branding
Broadcom has retired the short-lived Aria branding after the VMware acquisition. Here’s a handy old-to-new name table, from Aria Automation becoming VCF Automation to Aria Operations…
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VMware Latest Icons Bundle (VCF 9 update)
A free bundle of clean, transparent-background VMware icons for diagrams, slides and architecture designs. It now includes the new VCF 9 product icons, VKS components and…
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Workflow to automatically approve your VCF Automation Inbox pending approvals
A quick way to clear every pending approval in the VCF Automation Service Broker Inbox. An Orchestrator workflow pages through the approvals API to collect PENDING…
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Aria Automation Configuration Properties: The Chamber of Secrets
Aria Automation hides a Configuration Properties page with feature toggles like dark mode, session timeout and NSX tag replication. Here’s the full key list, how to…
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Understanding Bearer token better
Bearer tokens used across VMware APIs are usually JSON Web Tokens, so you can decode them. Paste one into jwt.io to see its header, payload and…
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How to increase the 50 Subscriptions Limit per Event Topic in Aria Automation
On-premises Aria Automation caps blocking subscriptions per event topic, which surfaced during a SaaS migration. Raise the limit by editing the ebs-app deployment with kubectl, adding…
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Best Aria Automation & Orchestrator Sessions in VMware Explore 2024
A roundup of VMware Explore 2024 sessions on Aria Automation and Orchestrator, now being renamed VCF Automation. Covers REST APIs, custom resources, CCI, Ansible, the unified…
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VMware Photon OS: Authentication token lock busy
We encountered an issue resetting the Orchestrator root password using the official method. After facing “Authentication token lock busy” error, remounting the root partition as read/write…
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How do Orchestrator constructs look in Git?
When Orchestrator syncs with Git, each object becomes files in the repo. See the file paths and formats for workflows and their input forms, resources, packages,…
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SQLServer PowerShell module available via Orchestrator Environments
Need the SqlServer PowerShell module in an Orchestrator action? Create an Environment with the PowerShell runtime, add the module from PS Gallery, then pick that environment…
