Tag: automation
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Deploying vRealize Automation SaltStack Config to trust the root certificate applied to Aria Automation
I started deploying vRealize Automation SaltStack Config to check out its features by adding it to my existing vRealize Automation deployment, in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. Followed by selecting a certificate issued by the same Internal CA vRA is leveraging. Then I ensured the slider to Integrate with Identity Manager was enabled. After successfully deploying…
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Join VMs to specific OUs in AD with vRA
Connecting a deployed Windows VM to an Active Directory domain is pretty easy, just apply an appropriately-configured customization spec and vCenter will take care of it for you. Of course, you’ll likely then need to move the newly-created computer object to the correct Organizational Unit so that it gets the correct Group Policy. Fortunately, vRA…
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vRealize Automation 8 expressions and functions advanced blueprint techniques
In one input you can only choose either the image or imageRef or choose the customization spec, not both at once 🙁 Then I found out about expressions and functions that can be used from within the vRA8 blueprints. First create a blueprint To show the workings of a function in blueprints we just need…