VMware VRA/O

This sub page is dedicated to VMware vRealize Automation, generally installation, configuration and other fun day 2 ops I will find later. The topics are mostly done in the order I completed them in from installation and prerequisites at the top and then downwards with subsequent topics. It is worth mentioning that this is a work in progress, so there will be frequent updates and added information to these sections below. Since originally writing this page and doing some steps I also decided to have a stand alone vRO instance, It allows me to see differences between full blown vRA and vRO.

vRA 8.x

VMware vRA 8 – The new version

vRA 8 – Installation via Easy Installer

vRA/O 8.x – A deployment issue

VRA 8.1 – Initial vCenter connection and test

vRA 8.1 – Integrating Ansible (Community ed.)


vRO 8.x

vRealize Orchestrator 8 (Stand alone) First steps

vRealize Orchestrator Stand Alone – Updating from 8.0.x to 8.1

Integrating vRO into vROps


vRA 7.x

vRealize Automation 7.6 Installation

VRA – Post installation tasks (with AD over LDAP Integration) 

VRA – Custom Groups

VRA – Business Groups

VRA – Network Profile and Reservations

VRA – Installation troubleshooting scenario

VRA – Creating a vCenter endpoint

VRA – Adding a second endpoint

VRA – Creating a CentOS template

VRA – Going Multi Cloud with AWS endpoint