VMware Aria Automation: Install Configure Manage [V8.10]

System administrators and system integrators responsible for designing, implementing, and managing VMware Aria Automation

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Describe the VMware Aria Automation architecture and use cases in cloud environments
• Manage VMware Aria Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual and cloud infrastructures
• Install VMware Aria Automation with VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
• Configure and manage cloud accounts, projects, flavor mappings, image mappings, network profiles, storage profiles, volumes, tags, and services
• Create, modify, manage, and deploy VMware Aria Automation Templates
• Connect to a Kubernetes cluster and manage namespaces
• Customize services and virtual machines with cloudConfig and cloudbase-init
• Configure and manage VMware Aria Automation Consumption
• Configure and manage ABX actions, custom properties, event broker subscriptions, and VMware Aria
• Automation Orchestrator workflows
• Describe the key services of VMware Cloud Automation Services™
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config to configure and deploy systems
• Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot VMware Aria Automation

This course requires that a student be able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Create VMware vCenter® objects, such as data centers and folders
• Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
• Modify a virtual machine’s hardware

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1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 VMware Aria Automation Overview and Architecture

• Describe the purpose and functionality of VMware Aria Automation
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation architecture
• Describe the use of VMware Workspace ONE Access™
• Describe the relationship between Kubernetes clusters, container, and VMware Aria Automation services
• Identify the key services offered by VMware Aria Automation

3 Installing VMware Aria Automation

• List the different VMware Aria Automation deployment types
• Describe the purpose of Easy Installer
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation installation process
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation installation process.

4 Authentication and Authorization

• Identify the steps to integrating Workspace ONE® with Active Directory
• Describe the features of Workspace ONE
• Describe the user roles available in VMware Aria Automation
• Identify the key tasks performed by each user role
• Define custom roles
• Configure branding and multitenancy

5 Basic Initial Configuration

• Create a basic configuration with a cloud account, cloud zone, project, flavor mapping, and image mapping

6 VMware Aria Automation Templates

• Configure and deploy a basic VMware Aria Automation template
• Create a VMware Aria Automation template that can run on any cloud
• Use cloudConfig and cloudbase-init to run commands, create users, and install software
• Use YAML for inputs, variables, and conditional deployments

7 Tags

• Configure tags
• Describe different types of tags
• Manage tags

8 Storage Configuration

• Configure storage profiles
• Use tags and storage profiles

9 Integrating NSX With VMware Aria Automation

• List the capabilities and use cases of VMware NSX®
• Describe the NSX architecture and components
• Integrate NSX with VMware Aria Automation
• List the supported network profiles in VMware Aria Automation
• Use the NSX components to design a multitier application with VMware Aria Automation Templates
• Identify the network and security options available in design canvas
• Create and manage on-demand networks and security groups
• Configure NSX Day 2 actions

10 Integrating with Public Clouds

• Configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation™ accounts
• Configure and use an AWS cloud account
• Configure and use an Azure cloud account
• Configure and use a Google Cloud Platform cloud account

11 Using VMware Aria Automation Consumption

• Release a VMware Aria Automation template
• Define content source and content sharing
• Define VMware Aria Automation policy enforcement
• Use custom forms for catalog items

12 VMware Aria Automation Extensibility

• Describe VMware Aria Automation extensibility
• Use event topics
• Create a subscription
• Call a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
• Create ABX actions

13 Using Kubernetes Clusters

• Describe Kubernetes
• Connect to an existing Kubernetes Cluster

14 Using VMware Aria Automation Config for Configuration Management

• Describe VMware Aria Automation Config
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config for software deployment
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config for configuration management
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config with event-driven orchestration

15 VMware Aria Automation Troubleshooting and Integration

• Demonstrate how to monitor deployment history
• Demonstrate basic troubleshooting
• Execute CLI commands
• Explain how to Collect logs
• Describe integration with VMware Aria Operations for Logs
• Describe integration with VMware Aria Operations