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Solving Scheduled Workflow Failures from Service Broker: Using an API to Bypass Execution Token Timeouts
Scheduled Orchestrator workflows requested from Service Broker can fail hours later because the user’s execution token has expired. A PATCH call to /vco/api/tasks/credentials makes an admin…
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Why VMware Aria Automation Isn’t a True GitOps Platform
Aria Automation does IaC well with YAML cloud templates and Git integration, but it has no pull-based reconciliation or drift detection, so it is not true…
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Aria Automation 8.x Pods Functionality
A quick reference table of the pods running inside the Aria Automation 8.x appliance, from abx-service-app and ebs-app to vco-app and postgres-0, with what each one…
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Resubmitting Failed Deployments in Service Broker using Day-2 Ops | VCF Automation
Tired of refilling a long Service Broker form after a failed deployment? Import a vRO package and add a Resubmit Deployment Day-2 action that redeploys with…
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Port Requirement for Aria Automation 8.0 Stack
Two port tables for an Aria Automation 8.0 stack, taken from VMware Ports and Protocols and the reference architecture: user access, Identity Manager, Suite Lifecycle, intra-cluster…
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Enable access to Java Classes in JavaScript code and get Rhino Engine & JavaScript versions
Add a class shutter file and point the rhino-class-shutter-file property at it with vracli so Orchestrator scripts can use Java classes, then check the Rhino engine…
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Using Google SMTP: How to use it inside Automation, Orchestrator and other tools
No internal mail server, or testing in a homelab? Use Gmail SMTP (smtp.gmail.com, port 587, STARTTLS, app password) with the Orchestrator Send notification library workflow or…
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Get Operation with Pagination – Library Workflow Wrapper
The vRA plugin’s Get Operation library workflow returns only one page of results. This wrapper workflow loops through every page of Aria Automation API responses, so…
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Generating CSV Reports for Managed VMs in VMware Aria Automation
Build a CSV report of every managed VM in VMware Aria Automation from Orchestrator, with power state, hostname, IP, CPU, memory, owner and deployment. Version 2.0…
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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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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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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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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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Simplest Way to generate Bearer Token in Orchestrator for Aria Automation
A quick Python or Node.js action that returns the Bearer token inside an Aria Automation embedded or CExP Orchestrator, plus more reliable options using username and…
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3 Types of Aria Automation Orchestrator
Standalone, Embedded and CExP (Cloud Extensibility Proxy) are the three types of Aria Automation Orchestrator. A side-by-side look at their usability, services, authentication and licensing, plus…
