Category: VMware
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Configure Artifactory for use with VMware vRBT
Link to configure vRBT Workstation instructions – https://www.brianmacinnes.com/configure-vrbt-for-vrealize-vra-vro-8-x Deploy the Bitnami Artifactory OVA Passwords Enable SSH (optional) Configure a Static IP Configure the Artifactory Web Certificate Initial Login to Artifactory Enable Anonymous Access Create a new Local Repository for the vRBT Artifacts Add the vRBT Repository to the Virtual libs-release Repository Add the vRBT Repository…
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Configure vRealize/Aria Build Tools for vRealize vRA/vRO 8.x
Questions? : vRBT/ABT Slack: http://build-tools-vmw-aria.slack.com/ Operating System for Developer Host/Workstation Java Maven vRBT Repository NodeJS Create Keystore for vRO package signing Configure Artifactory Generate the Private Key and Certificate for vRO Package Signing Create Maven Settings.xml Trust Artifactory Certificate (Optional, for self-signed Artifactory certificate only) Method 1: Use Git Bash to download the self-signed certificate…
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vRA 8 and Code Stream 8 Monitor Services
After rebooting the vRA 8 Appliance, you may want to monitor or check service status. Run the following command: “watch kubectl -n prelude get pods” Each service should have a status of Ready 1/1 or Ready 2/2 (with the exception of ui-toggles which will have a status of Completed)
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Code Stream 8 – How to Create a GitHub Endpoint
First you will need an API Key from Github for Code Stream to authenticate Log in to GitHub or Github Enteprise Click on your Avatar in the upper right corner Choose Settings On the left navigation, choose ‘Developer Settings’ On the left, choose ‘Personal access tokens’ Click ‘Generate new token’ Enter a meaningful description Select…
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Different ways to use odata searches for VCAC:VirtualMachine and VCAC:Entity
Get Entities from vcac:virtualmachine object: Use findAllforType (scroll right for full code): Using readModelEntitiesByCustomFilter (scroll right for full code):
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Create Cafe Literals for Day 2 Actions
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Get vRA request by ID
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Find CAFE VM
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Using vRO to read vRA Business Group Properties
It can be useful to create Properties at the Business Group level in vRA. One possible use case is to act as flags for decisions made by vRO. I will show an example of this and a hypothetical use case.
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Useful vRO JavaScript code Snippets
Using a vc:virtualmachine object, retrieve ESXi host and vCenter Cluster objects. Most of the other attributes are easy to find in the API explorer, but these two are ‘hidden’ in the ‘runtime’ attribute.