VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting V8.x

Course Introduction
– Introductions and course logistics
– Course objectivesvRealize Automation Clustered Deployment
– Use LCM in a clustered deployment
– Configure External Certificates
– Configure NSX-T Data Center load balancer
– Install vRealize Automation using Clustered Deployment
– Scale VMware Identity Manager to support High AvailabilityvRealize Automation Clustered Deployment Architecture
– List of Kubernetes Pods
– The vRealize Automation Kubernetes Architecture
– Relationship of Kubernetes Pods to Services
– Logs and their locations
– Blueprint deployment workflow with Kubernetes Service interaction
– Backup strategies and potential problemsAdvanced Blueprints
– Use advanced YAML and cloudConfig to deploy a functioning 2-tier application with a phpMyAdmin front-end server and a MySQL database server
– Use troubleshooting techniques to debug problems in advanced YAML blueprints
– List the log files that can aid in troubleshooting blueprint deploymentAdvanced Networking
– Use VMware NSX-T Data Center advanced features in blueprints
– Interfacing to IPAMs
– Use NSX-T Data Center NAT in blueprints
– Use NSX-T Data Center routed networks
– Use NSX-T Data Center load balancers
– Use NSX-T Data Center security groups
– Use tags with NSX-T Data Center network profilesUsing vRealize Orchestrator
– Create Day-2 Actions with vRealize Orchestrator workflows
– Troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator cluster issues
– Use vRealize Orchestrator to add computer objects to Active Directory when vRealize Automation deploys blueprints
– Use a tagging approach to vRealize Orchestrator workflows
– Use dynamic forms with vRealize OrchestratorUsing ABX Actions
– Determine when to use ABX and when to use vRealize Orchestrator
– Use ABX to create day-2 Actions
– Call PowerShell from ABXKubernetes Integration
– Create a Kubernetes namespace from vRealize Automation
– Connect to an existing Kubernetes cluster
– Automate the deployment of an application to a Kubernetes cluster with Code Stream
– Use Kubernetes in ExtensibilityCode Stream
– Create and use CI/CD pipelines
– Use the Code Stream user interface
– Add states and tasks to a Code Stream pipeline
– Integrate code from Code Stream with GitUsing GitLab Integration
– Configure the GitLab Integration
– Use Gitlab with blueprintsConfiguration Management
– Describe the use case of Ansible and Ansible Tower
– Connect to Ansible Tower
– Use Ansible playbooks
– Use Puppet in configuration managementTroubleshooting
– vracli commands and when to use them
– Check the status of Kubernetes pods and services
– Correct the state of pods and services
– Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation infrastructure problems
– Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation failures to deploy blueprints and services
– Use vRealize Log Insight for troubleshooting