Recently I signed up with VMware vCloud Air, as I want to use it as an endpoint for machines provisioned in the lab by vRealize Automation. Before I could get to that, I need to link my vCenter to vCA, which turned out to be trickier then I first imagined… Continue reading
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Building an advanced lab using VMware vRealize Automation – Part 7: Configure vCenter Server Appliance SSL certificates
In part 6 we installed and configured a vCenter Server Appliance in the lab. This will manage the various components, plus serve as an endpoint for vRealize Automation.
In this post we replace the default SSL certificates from the vCSA with trusted certificates from our in-house certificate authority. Continue reading
Building an advanced lab using VMware vRealize Automation – Part 6: Deploy and configure the vCenter Server Appliance
In part 5 of this series we created a Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controller to provide our authentication services for the environment.
In this part, we deploy the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5. This will serve as the backbone to our infrastructure, as well as the endpoint for the majority of our VMware vRealize Automation deployments. Later in the series, we will configure other endpoints such as VMware’s vCloud Air or AWS. Continue reading
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