VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage (VAAICM)

Course Overview

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: VMware Aria Automation Overview and Architecture

• Describe the purpose and functionality of VMware Aria Automation
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation architecture
• Describe the use of VMware Workspace ONE AccessTM
• Describe the relationship between Kubernetes clusters, container, and VMware Aria Automation services
• Identify the key services offered by VMware Aria Automation

Module 3: Installing VMware Aria Automation

• List the different VMware Aria Automation deployment types
• Describe the purpose of Easy Installer
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation installation process
• Describe the VMware Aria Automation installation process.

Module 4: Authentication and Authorization

• Identify the steps to integrating Workspace ONE® with Active Directory
• Describe the features of Workspace ONE
• Describe the user roles available in VMware Aria Automation
• Identify the key tasks performed by each user role
• Define custom roles
• Configure branding and multitenancy

Module 5: Basic Initial Configuration

• Create a basic configuration with a cloud account, cloud zone, project, flavor mapping, and image mapping

Module 6: VMware Aria Automation Templates

• Configure and deploy a basic VMware Aria Automation template
• Create a VMware Aria Automation template that can run on any cloud
• Use cloudConfig and cloudbase-init to run commands, create users, and install software
• Use YAML for inputs, variables, and conditional deployments

Module 7: Tags

• Configure tags
• Describe different types of tags
• Manage tags

Module 8: Storage Configuration

• Configure storage profiles
• Use tags and storage profiles

Module 9: Integrating NSX With VMware Aria Automation

• List the capabilities and use cases of VMware NSX®
• Describe the NSX architecture and components
• Integrate NSX with VMware Aria Automation
• List the supported network profiles in VMware Aria Automation
• Use the NSX components to design a multitier application with VMware Aria Automation Templates
• Identify the network and security options available in design canvas
• Create and manage on-demand networks and security groups
• Configure NSX Day 2 actions

Module 10: Integrating with Public Clouds

• Configure and use VMware Cloud FoundationTM accounts
• Configure and use an AWS cloud account
• Configure and use an Azure cloud account
• Configure and use a Google Cloud Platform cloud account

Module 11: Using VMware Aria Automation Consumption

• Release a VMware Aria Automation template
• Define content source and content sharing
• Define VMware Aria Automation policy enforcement
• Use custom forms for catalog items

Module 12: VMware Aria Automation Extensibility

• Describe VMware Aria Automation extensibility
• Use event topics
• Create a subscription
• Call a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
• Create ABX actions

Module 13: Using Kubernetes Clusters

• Describe Kubernetes
• Connect to an existing Kubernetes Cluster

Module 14: Using VMware Aria Automation Config for Configuration Management

• Describe VMware Aria Automation Config
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config for software deployment
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config for configuration management
• Use VMware Aria Automation Config with event-driven orchestration

Module 15: VMware Aria Automation Troubleshooting and Integration

• Demonstrate how to monitor deployment history
• Demonstrate basic troubleshooting
• Execute CLI commands
• Explain how to Collect logs
• Describe integration with VMware Aria Operations for Logs
• Describe integration with VMware Aria Operations

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

Create VMware vCenter® objects, such as data centers and folders
Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
​Modify a virtual machine’s hardware