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In this guide I will show you to use a Software Components Blueprint to integrate Ansible Playbooks. In this example I am using what I describe as Ansible Standalone. Meaning, there is no Ansible Server that is pusing the playbook Continue reading The vRA Software Components Ansible Integration
In this guide I will show you to use a Software Components Blueprint to integrate Ansible Playbooks. In this example I am using what I describe as Ansible Enterprise. Meaning, there is no Ansible binary installed on the provisoned VM’s Continue reading vRA with Ansible Server and vRO integration
vRealize Automation has a ton of great new features that make it easier than ever to build and manage your hybrid cloud. In this guide I will walk you trough using the latest Cloud Client Command Line utility to export Continue reading How to export vRA 7 Blueprints as code
It’s that time again and this year we are back in Vegas party people! Help me get to VMworld again this year by voting for my speaking sessions. I had a blast last year and appreciate the huge support I Continue reading How to Vote for Ryan Kelly’s VMworld 2016 Sessions
vRealize Automation has a ton of great new features that make it easier than ever to build and manage your hybrid cloud. In this guide I will walk you trough using the latest Cloud Client Command Line utility to import Continue reading How to import vRA7 Blueprints as code
In my last post I showed you how to script a REST API request in vRealize Automation 7. Now let’s close the loop and get the details of that request. In this guide I will show you how to retrieve Continue reading How to get the IP address of a VM in vRealize Automation 7 REST API
As you may or may not know, vRealize Automation features a RESTful API to programmatically interface with the Cloud Management Portal. In this guide I will show you how to create a shell script to request a catalog item. You Continue reading How to script a vRealize Automation 7 REST API request
The vRealize Automation 7 appliance provides the UI and portal functionality for vRA (among other things). Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres database to store information about approvals, catalog items and some logging. Over time the database tables Continue reading How to reindex the vRA7 Appliance Database
So you have downlaoded and installed the vRealize Automation 7 Appliance and now you want to start to work on some vRealize Orchestrator workflows. While you could just use the Java Client, there is also an installabled version available for Continue reading Where is the installable vRO client on vRA 7 appliance?
In my last post I showed you how to create the developer friendly blueprint in vRealize 7. In this guide we will show how to invoke the REST API to make this request. Before we get into the details it Continue reading Requesting the VRA Developer Friendly Blueprint with curl