Author: Kim Johansson

Part 4 – VCF Automation – Ubuntu Template

Finally! Let's create a blueprint that we can then publish for consumption.Login to your Automation portal, Select Assembler and navigate to the Design tab. We're going to focus on Three things for now. Templates, Property Groups, and Project Secrets. Property Groups Propery groups are objects, that contain static variables that can be useful in Automation … Continue reading Part 4 – VCF Automation – Ubuntu Template →

Part 3 – VCF Automation – Housekeeping

Housekeeping So now let's start to configure some basic stuff that we'll use in the automation. Networking To both be able to create our Templates, and be able to provision VMs somewhere we are going to require networks. Out of the three pillars Compute, Storage, and Networking/Security, the Networking/Security part is always the hardest to … Continue reading Part 3 – VCF Automation – Housekeeping →

Part 2 – VCF Automation – What’s already done?

Identity and Access Management First off we need to ensure that we can actually login to the systems, right?And also that we have a user, like a developer that can later consume these resources.To tacle this, i've gone into my Active Directory using Active Directory Users and Computers and added two users. I've given myself … Continue reading Part 2 – VCF Automation – What’s already done? →

Part 1 – VCF Automation – Getting started

This is going to be a very lengthy multi-part epsiode where i share my learnings of getting acquainted with what is now called VCF Automation, formerly known as vRealize Automation, Aria Automation, etc. Index Part 1 will go through the introduction, requirements, and objectives.Part 2 will go through the basics of VCF Automation, whats already … Continue reading Part 1 – VCF Automation – Getting started →

Can’t add Secondary Cells to vCloud Director cluster

I had an issue (self inflicted) where i needed to remove the two secondary Cells from vCloud Director deployment.After removing the two cells i'd broken, i proceeded to deploy two new secondary cells with the same version as my primary cell.I'm using signed certificates for all my 3 cells, and they're unique to each cell … Continue reading Can’t add Secondary Cells to vCloud Director cluster →

vCloud Director deployment doesn’t start :5480

After deploying the vCloud Director appliance, the next step is to browse to the https://cell-ip-address:5480 admin interface to perform initial setup, or supply the NFS share if it's a secondary node.In my case the :5480 port wasn't responding, but i saw the appliance failed to start NGINX.After sifting through the logs i found the error: … Continue reading vCloud Director deployment doesn’t start :5480 →

vRealize Log Insight reset password / Unlock Admin account

Last week i got into a pickle where i couldn't login to vRealize Log Insight (vRLI). I got the rather generic "Incorrect Username/Password", and i was pretty sure i had remembered the password correctly. Turns out that vRLI's admin password is stored in the Cassandra database, and the error for "wrong password" and "Admin account … Continue reading vRealize Log Insight reset password / Unlock Admin account →