Everything you need to design, deploy, govern, extend and operate VCF Automation (the product formerly known as vRealize Automation, then Aria Automation) in VMware Cloud Foundation 9, in one complete, sequential series. All 41 parts are now published. Start at Part 1, or jump to the part you need.
Series complete · 41 of 41 parts published
Core Path: the end-to-end spine
Phase 1 · Foundations
- 01What VCF Automation Is: The Product Formerly Known as vRealize Automation, in VCF 9
- 02VCF Automation 9 Architecture: Assembler, Service Broker, Orchestrator and How a Request Becomes a Deployment
- 03VM Apps vs All Apps Organizations in VCF Automation: Which Model to Choose
- 04Deploying and Enabling VCF Automation via Fleet Management
- 05VCF Automation Licensing: What the VCF Subscription Includes and What It Does Not
Phase 2 · Provider, Tenants & Projects
- 06Setting Up the VCF Automation Provider Organization: Regions, IP Spaces and the Provider Gateway
- 07Tenant Organizations in VCF Automation: Creating and Scoping Tenants
- 08Projects in VCF Automation: Members, Roles, Resource Limits and Constraints
Phase 3 · Infrastructure & Templates
- 09Cloud Accounts in VCF Automation: Connecting vCenter and NSX
- 10Cloud Zones, Regions and Placement in VCF Automation
- 11Flavor Mappings, Image Mappings and Network and Storage Profiles in VCF Automation
- 12Writing VMware Cloud Templates in VCF Automation: Inputs, Resources and the YAML
- 13Tags and Tag-Based Placement in VCF Automation: Capability, Constraint and Resource Tags
Phase 4 · Catalog, Forms & Governance
- 14Publishing Catalog Items with Automation Service Broker in VCF Automation
- 15Custom Forms and Request Customization in VCF Automation
- 16Approval, Lease and Day-2 Policies in VCF Automation: Governing the Catalog
Phase 5 · Extensibility & the API
- 17VCF Operations Orchestrator in VCF Automation: Workflows for Extensibility
- 18ABX Actions in VCF Automation: Action Based Extensibility and When to Use It
- 19Event Broker Subscriptions in VCF Automation: Blocking, Conditions and Extensibility Patterns
- 20The VCF Automation API and Token Authentication: Provider, Tenant and the Org-Type Trap
Deep Dives: advanced topics & operations
Phase 6 · Deep Dives: Advanced & Operations
- 21Infrastructure as Code in VCF Automation: The vmware/vcfa Terraform Provider
- 22Application and Infrastructure Delivery in VCF Automation: Life After Pipelines
- 23Custom Resources and Resource Actions in VCF Automation: Day-2 Operations That Stay Honest
- 24Multi-Tenancy at Scale in VCF Automation: Provider, Tenant and Project Design Patterns
- 25Integrations in VCF Automation: IPAM, ServiceNow ITSM and Config Management
- 26Kubernetes and VKS Self-Service in VCF Automation: The All Apps Organization
- 27Self-Service Private AI and GPU Catalog Items in VCF Automation
- 28Cost, Pricing Cards and Showback in VCF Automation
- 29Backup, DR and Upgrade of the VCF Automation Instance
- 30Troubleshooting, Hardening and the Verdict on VCF Automation
- 31Database Self-Service in VCF Automation with Data Services Manager
- 32Migrating vRealize / Aria Automation 8.x to VCF Automation 9: The Import-and-Upgrade Path
- 33Onboarding Plans in VCF Automation: Bringing Brownfield VMs Under Management
- 34Property Groups and Secrets in VCF Automation: Reusable Inputs, Not Copy-Paste
- 35Governing Private AI Consumption in VCF Automation: GPU Quotas, Policies and Roles
- 36Consuming All Apps the Kubernetes-Native Way in VCF Automation: kubectl and YAML
- 37Identity, SSO and Custom Roles in VCF Automation: Wiring Up the VCF Identity Broker and RBAC
Consumption & self-service
Phase 7 · Consumption & Self-Service
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