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Learn how to configure Gmail SMTP with VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator for smooth email notifications in any environment.

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VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) configuration elements can now be managed more effectively using a CSV format solution for importing and exporting configuration data across environments, enhancing usability significantly.

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🚀🚀🚀 Announcing Curl2vRO An open-source Node.js module that automates the conversion of curl commands into vRO-compatible JavaScript code, enhancing productivity and accuracy for vRO developers by saving time and reducing manual translation errors. Npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/curl2vro GitHub: https://github.com/imtrinity94/Curl2vRO

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Get Orchestrator Hostname and IP using JavaScript

To get the vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) appliance’s hostname using JavaScript within a vRO workflow, there is no official API call for this purpose, but there are practical workarounds: Method 1: Parse Environment Variables In vRO 8.x (containerized), you might be able to extract the hostname from JVM arguments in the environment: Prerequisite: Enable local process execution. JavaScriptvar com…

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Enabling Local Process Execution in Orchestrator via VRACLI

To enable com.vmware.js.allow-local-process=true in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator (formerly vRealize Orchestrator), the vracli command-line tool provides a streamlined method to configure system properties without manual file edits. This setting is essential for allowing workflows to execute Commands directly on the Orchestrator appliance. For eg: this script can get vRO Hostname from…

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Getting Started with Cisco UCS Manager REST API Using XML in Orchestrator

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager provides a robust XML API that allows administrators and developers to automate, monitor, and manage UCS infrastructure programmatically. If you’re looking to get started with the Cisco UCS Manager REST API using XML, this guide will walk you through the fundamentals, authentication, request structure, and practical tips for your first…

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Comparative Analysis of Orchestrator Polyglot Approaches

Aria Automation Orchestrator (vRO) offers three distinct methodologies for integrating Polyglot scripting capabilities into automation workflows and actions: Zip Bundles, Script Environments, and Native Libraries. Each approach caters to specific operational requirements, dependency management strategies, and infrastructure constraints. Orchestrator supports 3 languages: Python, Node.js and…

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How a Simple Code Crashed our VCF Orchestrator Service

💀 The Incident: A Script That Brought Down Everything It started as a routine task—running a simple script to test a small part of our workflow. But instead of gracefully failing with a StackOverflowError or a timeout, the script did something unexpected: it crashed the entire tool for over a minute, causing cascading failures across all active workflows. This wasn’t just a minor hiccup. Other…

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Get Operation with Pagination - Library Workflow Wrapper

Introduction Pagination is a common requirement when working with REST APIs, including Aria Automation (vRA) APIs. While vRA’s REST APIs implement pagination in a straightforward way, handling it properly in Aria Orchestrator (vRO) workflows can make your automation more easier to test and care-free as you don’t have to handle the tokens. Many of the times, We just want to use OOB Get Operation…

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🔍 Generating CSV Reports for Managed VMs in VMware Aria Automation

When managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, having quick visibility into all deployed virtual machines is essential. Whether it’s for inventory management, audits, or simply keeping track of resource usage, an automated CSV report can be incredibly useful. In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to generate a CSV report listing all managed VMs in VMware Aria Automation, including key…

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VMware Aria Automation offers vRO Workflows for complex automation with stateful execution and reusability, vRO Actions for lightweight, reusable functions, and vRA ABX for serverless, event-driven tasks. In this post, we will see the differences among the three for better understanding on when to use them.

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vRO Code Editor Resizer - Chrome Plugin

Something nice is coming soon….

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Setting up Authentication in VCF Orchestrator with no Control Center

Starting from Orchestrator 8.18.1, the infamous control center is finally gone. Some of the features like logging level and plugins are moved to Orchestrator UI itself and configuring rest of them like authentication, licensing, etc are now only doable via vracli command. While you deploy the Standalone Orchestrator, it only asks you for the initial root password. Once the standalone…

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Enabling vTPM in vSphere VMs using Orchestrator

To enable a virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) for a virtual machine in vCenter using Aria Automation Orchestrator (vRO), follow these steps. This process enhances security by enabling cryptographic features like BitLocker encryption and secure boot. What is vTPM?Before it, let us see TPM first – TPM or Trusted Platform Module is a specialized chip on an endpoint device that stores RSA…

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Automate VMware Cloud Foundation with Aria Automation

Understanding VMware Aria Automation NSX Integration vSAN Integration VCF SDDC Manager Integration Conclusion VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is great for managing your hybrid cloud. But, to truly get the most out of it, you need automation. VMware Aria Automation is the key. It makes things like deployment, management, and upkeep way easier across your VCF setup. Ready to see how Aria…

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Enterprise Framework for Network Automation with VCF Automation

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Tagging Design in VCF Automation

Tags express capabilities and constraints that determine how and where resources are allocated to workloads during the provisioning process. Tagging serves as the foundation for the workload placement in VMware Aria Automation Assembler. Tags are labels that you apply to VMware Aria Automation Assembler constructs. Tags facilitate policy-driven placement by directing how and where VMware Aria…