Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: vRealize Automation Overview and Architecture

• Purpose and functionality of vRealize Automation
• vRealize Automation architecture
• Use of VMware Workspace ONE® AccessTM
• Relationship between Kubernetes clusters, containers, and vRealize Automation services
• CLI commands for vRealize Automation 8 cluster management
• Cloud Assembly
• Service Broker
• Code Stream

Module 3: Installing vRealize Automation

• Different vRealize Automation deployment types
• Purpose of vRealize easy installer
• vRealize Automation installation process

Module 4: Authentication and Authorization

• Steps involved in integrating Workspace One with Active Directory
• Features of Workspace One
• User roles available in vRealize Automation
• Key tasks performed by each user role
• Custom roles
• Branding and multitenancy configuration

Module 5: Basic Initial Configuration

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

Module 6: VMware Cloud Templates

• Configuring and deploying a basic cloud template
• Creating cloud templates that can run on any cloud
• Using cloudConfig to run commands, install software, and create users
• Using YAML for inputs, variables, and conditional deployments

Module 7: Tags and Storage Configuration

• Configuring tags
• Different types of tags
• Managing tags
• Configuring storage profiles
• Using tags and storage profiles

Module 8: Integrating NSX-T Data Center

• Capabilities and use cases of NSX-T Data Center
• NSX-T Data Center architecture and components
• Integrating NSX-T Data Center with vRealize Automation
• Supported network profiles in vRealize Automation
• Using NSX-T Data Center components to design a multitier application Cloud Template
• Network and security options available in design canvas
• Creating and managing on-demand networks and security groups
• Configuring NSX-T day 2 actions

Module 9: Integrating with Public Clouds

• Configuring and using VMware Cloud Foundation accounts
• Configuring and using an AWS cloud account
• Configuring and using an Azure cloud account
• Configuring and using a Google Cloud Platform cloud account

Module 10: Using Service Broker for Catalog Management

• Releasing a VMware Cloud Template™
• Defining content source and content sharing
• Defining Service Broker policy enforcement
• Using custom forms for catalog items

Module 11: vRealize Automation Extensibility

• Describing Extensibility
• Using event topics
• Creating a subscription
• Calling a vRealize Orchestrator workflow
• Creating ABX actions

Module 12: Using Code Stream

• Introduction to Code Stream
• The CI/CD process
• Integrating GitLab with Code Stream and Cloud Assembly
• Using Code Stream to install software

Module 13: Using Terraform

• Integrating Cloud Assembly with Terraform
• Using Terraform with a VMware Cloud Template
• Using Terraform with Code Stream

Module 14: Using Kubernetes Clusters

• Introduction to Kubernetes
• Connecting to an existing Kubernetes Cluster
• Integrating VMware Tanzu™ Grid Integrated Edition
• Creating a Supervisor Namespace as a catalog item

Module 15: Using SaltStack for Configuration Management

• Introduction to SaltStack with vRealize Automation
• Using SaltStack for software deployment
• Using SaltStack for configuration management
• Using SaltStack with event-driven orchestration

Module 16: vRealize Automation Troubleshooting and Integration

• Location of logs
• Using Activity
• Monitoring deployment history
• Basic troubleshooting
• CLI commands
• Collecting logs (VAMI console)
• Integration with VMware vRealize® Log Insight™
• Integration with vRealize Operations
• Migrating vRealize Automation 7.x to 8