I. Overview:

The VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage (v8.x) course provides participants with the knowledge and hands-on skills required to deploy, configure, and operate VMware Aria Automation in on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

Throughout this five-day course, learners will explore how VMware Aria Automation enables self-service provisioning and lifecycle management of virtual machines, applications, and IT services. The course covers building service catalogs using VMware Aria Automation Service Broker, integrating with NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation, and public cloud platforms, extending automation with Aria Automation Orchestrator, managing Kubernetes resources, and using VMware Aria Automation Config for software deployment and configuration management.

II. Duration: 40 hours (5 days)

III. Objective:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure VMware Aria Automation
• Understand the Aria Automation architecture and multi-tenant design
• Configure and manage cloud accounts, projects, and compute resources
• Design and manage VMware Aria Automation Templates
• Build and manage self-service catalogs using Service Broker
• Integrate VMware Aria Automation with NSX and VMware Cloud Foundation
• Extend automation using Orchestrator, event topics, and ABX actions
• Manage Kubernetes resources through VMware Aria Automation
• Deploy software and manage configurations using Aria Automation Config
• Monitor system activity and troubleshoot common issues

IV. Intended Audience:

• System Administrators
• Cloud and Infrastructure Engineers
• Automation Engineers
• System Integrators
• Private and Hybrid Cloud Implementation Engineers

V. Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, participants should have:

• A solid understanding of VMware vSphere concepts
• Hands-on experience with VMware vCenter
• The ability to:
  • Create and manage virtual machines
  • Modify virtual machine hardware
  • Navigate and operate the VMware vSphere Client

VI. Course outlines:

1. Module 1: Course Introduction

• Course overview and objectives
• Training environment and lab access

2. Module 2: VMware Aria Automation – Overview and Architecture

• Purpose and use cases of VMware Aria Automation
• Core services and components
• Architecture overview
• Role of VMware Identity Manager
• Relationship between Kubernetes and Aria Automation services

3. Module 3: Installing VMware Aria Automation

• Deployment models
• Easy Installer overview
• Installation workflow and requirements

4. Module 4: Authentication and Authorization

• Integrating VMware Identity Manager with Active Directory
• User roles and permissions
• Custom roles, branding, and multitenancy

5. Module 5: Initial Configuration

• Cloud accounts and cloud zones
• Projects, flavor mappings, and image mappings
• Preparing the environment for template deployment

6. Module 6: VMware Aria Automation Templates

• Designing and deploying templates
• Cloud-agnostic templates
• Using cloudConfig and cloudbase-init
• YAML syntax, inputs, variables, and conditional logic

7. Module 7: Tags and Resource Classification

• Tag concepts and use cases
• Creating and managing tags

8. Module 8: Storage Configuration

• Storage profiles
• Using tags with storage policies

9. Module 9: Integrating NSX with VMware Aria Automation

• NSX architecture and capabilities
• Integrating NSX with Aria Automation
• Network profiles and security options
• Designing multi-tier applications
• NSX Day-2 operations

10. Module 10: Integrating with Cloud Platforms

• VMware Cloud Foundation integration
• VMware Cloud Director integration
• Public cloud integration:
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform

11. Module 11: VMware Aria Automation Service Broker

• Publishing templates to the catalog
• Content sources and content sharing
• Policy enforcement
• Custom forms for catalog items

12. Module 12: Extensibility and Automation

• Extensibility framework overview
• Event topics and subscriptions
• Calling Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
• Creating and using ABX actions

13. Module 13: Kubernetes Integration

• Kubernetes integration concepts
• Tanzu Kubernetes cluster deployment
• Connecting existing Kubernetes clusters
• Using Kubernetes components in templates

14. Module 14: VMware Aria Automation Config

• Overview of Aria Automation Config
• Software deployment use cases
• Configuration management
• Event-driven orchestration

15. Module 15: Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Monitoring deployments and system activity
• Basic troubleshooting techniques
• Log collection and analysis
• Integration with VMware Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs