The Problem Since vRA 7.5 we have the option to change the Name & Description of our Deployment via the UI as shown below: But what if we would like to Change a Deployment's Name programatically? What if we would like to set it during provisioning to match our VM's Name for example? Can we … Continue reading vRA 7.5/7.6 – Change / Set Deployment Name during Provisioning with EBS & vRO
Tag: vRA 7.6
vRA – Certificate chain is not valid
Today I needed to import a new vRA certificate because the Root Chain was missing from it and some browsers showed the SSL Security Warning message when accessing the vRA environment. What was supposed to be a simple task turned out to be a more challenging one as we were greeted with the following message: … Continue reading vRA – Certificate chain is not valid
vRA – Quick Tip – How to access embedded PostgreSQL DB
Helloooo! Today I would like to share a quick tip with you on how to access the embedded vRA PostgreSQL database on your vRA appliances: SSH to your vRA appliance as root Once logged in, switch to the postgres user with the following command: su postgres Change to the vRA database (VCAC): psql vcac Show … Continue reading vRA – Quick Tip – How to access embedded PostgreSQL DB
vRA – Quick Tip – Telnet & vRA API calls (Postman)
Helloooo & welcome to our blog! Today I would like to give you 2 quick tips for troubleshooting & testing / developing in your vRA environment: Telnet on the vRA Appliances Postman for executing vRA API calls Telnet on vRA Appliances We all know how to check whether a remote machine is listening on specific … Continue reading vRA – Quick Tip – Telnet & vRA API calls (Postman)
vRA 7.5 – Hostname Change: Host has been updated successfully, but is not updated in SSO
(The same procedure applies for vRA 7.6) Use Case The other day I was working at a customer who wanted to move his vRA environment to an external F5 Load Balancer VIP with a new FQDN in a different namespace (example.com). The environment was currently using an NSX Load Balancer and configured with Custom Signed … Continue reading vRA 7.5 – Hostname Change: Host has been updated successfully, but is not updated in SSO
How to Deploy vRA 7.6 (vRealize Automation 7.6)
Hello vCommunity, After a month of availability for vRealize Automation 7.6, might be a bit late to show "How to Deploy vRA 7.6", as we all know a month in IT literally can change things quite fast. That's one of reasons I am publishing this today. About a week ago (20/May/2019) a new release for … Continue reading How to Deploy vRA 7.6 (vRealize Automation 7.6)
