Most of the time I work with the vRealize Automation API through vRO Actions. Occasionally I have the need to make a change to the system which requires using the API. One such example is modifying the session timeout, as written by Gary at https://garyflynn.com/post/vrealize-automation-85-increase-session-timeout. Continue reading
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Wednesday Tidbit: Ensure you add Perl to your Linux Templates for vRealize Automation 8.x
Recently I deployed a new vRealize Automation environment into HobbitCloud using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. The Day 2 configuration was done using Ansible, and configured items such as the Cloud Zones, Projects, Image Mappings etc.
As with all my desktop and server images, I had automated the build of my CentOS 8 image using HashiCorp Packer and GitLab by simply committing the latest ISO to my repository.
My Cloud Templates were also stored in source control (also my on-premises GitLab environment), so once Ansible had configured the integration the started to sync. However when I came to deploy a CentOS-based workload to one of my compute workload domains, it failed as it was unable to get an IP address.
TL;DR
For open-vm-tools to be able to get a IP address from a vRealize Automation network profile, you need to ensure Perl is installed in the base image.
Modifying AWS Route53 Records in vRealize Automation – Part 2
In part 1 of this short series, I set the scene for a blueprint VM requiring a DNS record to be created in AWS Route53. I documented the vRO resource and configuration elements that would be needed, along with a handful of actions. In the final part, we tackle the main workflow plus Continue reading
Modifying AWS Route53 Records in vRealize Automation – Part 1
I recently built a vRealize Automation blueprint in the lab that provisions a vSphere machine into the DMZ which could be accessed externally. For users to be able to connect to this machine it will need a DNS record to be created in my external DNS domain, which is hosted with Amazon Web Services. Continue reading
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