VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.10]

Course Certification

This course helps you prepare to take the:
VMware Certified Professional Cloud Management and Automation 2024 (VCP-CMA 2024) exam.

Course Outline

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

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

Module 4 Authentication and Authorization

• Identify the steps to integrating Workspace ONE® Access with Active Directory
• Describe the features of Workspace ONE Access
• 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 functions 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 Foundation™ accounts
• Integrate VMware Cloud Director™ account
• Configure and use an AWS cloud account
• Configure and use an Azure cloud account
• Configure and use a Google Cloud Platform cloud account
• Integrate VMware Cloud on AWS 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

• Introduction to Kubernetes
• Connect to an existing Kubernetes Cluster
• Create a VMware Aria Automation template with Kubernetes components

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

Course Mode

Instructor-Led Remote Live Classroom Training;

Trainers

Trainers are VMware Official Instructors and certified in other IT technologies, with years of hands-on experience in the industry and in Training.

Lab Topology

For all types of delivery, the Trainee can access real Cisco equipment and systems in our laboratories or directly at the Cisco data centers remotely 24 hours a day. Each participant has access to implement the various configurations thus having a practical and immediate feedback of the theoretical concepts.
Here are some VMware vSphere Labs topologies available: