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In this guide I will walk you through installing and configuring the new Chef Plugin for vRealize Orchestrator. This allows vRO to automate common tasks in Chef as well as integrate with cloud automation solutions like vRealize Automation. The plug-in Continue reading How to install and configure Chef Plugin for vRealize Orchestrator
Updated for vRealize Automation 7 Event Broker A common request we get from customers is the ability to add tags to instances that are provisioned to Ec2 from vRA. Customers tag the instances for various reasons, for example reporting, billing, Continue reading How to Tag AWS instances provisioned from vRA 7
I recently started using GitHub as part of another blog post demonstrating how to integrate Ansible with vRealize Automation. It occurred to me that I could also use Github as a place to store scripts with version control as well Continue reading How to use wget and Github with vRealize Automation Blueprints
See my guide here to set this up in your data center.
In this blog series I will walk you through 3 ways to integrate Ansible with vRealize Automation 7. Just to set expectations this guide is not about Ansible. This is really more focused on how you can use Ansible with Continue reading vRA Ansible Integration 3 ways
In this guide I will show you to use a Guest Agent 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 Guest Agent 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 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