You can manage VMware Aria Automation hosts by running the default workflows provided with the plug-in.

To access these workflows in the Automation Orchestrator Client, navigate to Library > Workflows, and enter the vra or vra-cloud tag in the workflow search box.

Workflow Description
Add vRA Host
Adds a VMware Aria Automation on-prem host to the plug-in inventory. See Add a vRealize Automation host.
Note:

If you use the plug-in in an embedded Automation Orchestrator instance, a default host is created in the plug-in inventory. The logged-in user session is used to execute operations on the default host.

When you perform operations on the default host from Automation Consumption, the Automation Orchestrator Gateway service token is used to execute the operation.

Add vRA Cloud Host

Adds a VMware Aria Automation SaaS host to the plug-in inventory. When running this workflow, you must select only a relevant region-specific cloud host. See Add a vRealize Automation Cloud host.

Update vRA Host

Update vRA Cloud Host

 Updates a VMware Aria Automation SaaS or on-prem host in the plug-in inventory.
Remove Host Removes a VMware Aria Automation SaaS or on-prem host from the plug-in inventory.
Validate Host Validates the configuration of the VMware Aria Automation SaaS or on-prem host.

Multi-tenancy support

You can configure the Automation plug-in to work with your multi-tenant environment.
  • For on-premises connections, you must add a dedicated VMware Aria Automation host for each tenant, using the tenant FQDN as the host name.

    If you use the plug-in with a Automation Orchestrator instance that is embedded in VMware Aria Automation, the default connection does not use a tenant-specific URL. Instead, it uses the default VMware Aria Automation host name.

  • For cloud connections, the plug-in uses the API token to differentiate between the tenants.

Invoking REST operations on hosts

The Automation Orchestrator plug-in for VMware Aria Automation supports generic REST operations on dynamically created hosts. You can run the default plug-in workflows to invoke any public VMware Aria Automation APIs.

The plug-in supports the following REST operations.
Workflow Description
Get operation Generic REST client support for HTTP GET operation.
Put operation Generic REST client support for HTTP PUT operation.
Post operation Generic REST client support for HTTP POST operation.
Patch operation Generic REST client support for HTTP PATCH operation.
Delete operation Generic REST client support for HTTP DELETE operation.