Objectives

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

• Install and configure VMware Aria Automation
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation architecture and its use cases in multitenant cloud environments
• Identify the roles of VMware Identity Manager and VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
• Configure and manage cloud accounts and projects for compute resources
• Configure, customize, and manage VMware Aria Automation Templates
• Configure VMware Aria Automation Service Broker for creating a self-service catalog
• Use the self-service portal to request and manage deployments in VMware Aria Automation
• Integrate NSX with VMware Aria Automation
• Integrate VMware Aria Automation with VMware Cloud Foundation
• Describe VMware Aria Automation extensibility
• Use and manage Kubernetes clusters from VMware Aria Automation
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config for software deployment and configuration management
• Identify the key log files and commands to troubleshoot VMware Aria Automation

Prerequisites

This course requires the students to have strong knowledge on basic VMware vSphere® concepts.

Students should 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
• Navigate through the VMware vSphere Client

Audience

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

Outline

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
• Identify the key services offered by VMware Aria Automation
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation architecture
• Describe the use of VMware Identity Manager
• Describe the relationship between Kubernetes clusters, container, and VMware Aria Automation services

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

4 Authentication and Authorization

• Identify the steps to integrating VMware Identity Manager with Active Directory
• Describe the features of VMware Identity Manager
• 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

• List the VMware Aria Automation basic configuration steps for creating and deploying a VMware Aria Automation template
• 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 Using VMware Aria Automation Tags

• Configure tags
• Describe functions of tags
• Manage tags

8 Configuring Storage in VMware Aria Automation

• Configure storage profiles
• Use tags and storage profiles

9 Integrating NSX With VMware Aria Automation

• List the capabilities and use cases of 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 VMware Aria Automation with Cloud Systems

• Configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation® accounts
• Configure and use a VMware® Cloud Director™ account
• 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 Service Broker

• 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 Integration with Kubernetes

• Explore Kubernetes integration
• Describe a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster deployment
• Connect to an existing Kubernetes cluster
• Create a VMware Aria Automation template with Kubernetes components

14 Introduction to VMware Aria Automation Config

• 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 Troubleshooting and Integration with VMware Aria Suite

• 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