The VMware Aria Suite Easy Installer provides you with an option to install VMware Aria Automation with minimum steps. Installation of VMware Aria Automation is an optional procedure and you can skip this step if you do not want to install a new instance of VMware Aria Automation.
To upgrade VMware Aria Automation using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, see Upgrade Aria Automation 8.x using Aria Suite Lifecycle.
Note:
VMware Aria Automation license downgrade is not supported.
The easy installer provides you with minimal or a clustered deployment options before you start your
VMware Aria Automation configuration.
Note: Starting with 8.1, you have the option to skip the installation of
Workspace ONE Access. If you have skipped, then you cannot configure
VMware Aria Automation. To configure
VMware Aria Automation, you can either go back and configure
Workspace ONE Access or complete the installation and configure
VMware Aria Automation in
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle UI.
VMware Aria Automation installation is optional and it can be deployed in a standard or a cluster mode. Standard supports a single node VMware Aria Automation and cluster mode supports three node VMware Aria Automation installation.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you have the static IP address of the VM, host name, and VM name. VMware Aria Automation requires Workspace ONE Access 3.3.6 for an import or a new installation. Manual installation of VMware Aria Automation through OVA is not supported.
- Verify that you have an external load balancer configured for cluster deployments.
Procedure
- Enter the VMware Aria Automation Environment Name.
- (Optional) Under the VMware Aria Automation license, enter the License Key.
Enter a license key only if you are using a legacy license. If you are using a VCF Solution license, leave the text box empty. The VCF Solution license is automatically retrieved by the
vCenter server connected to
VMware Aria Automation.
If your license expires, you have a grace period before you lose access to VMware Aria Automation functionality. You can review your current license status by logging into the VMware Aria Automation appliance and running the vracli license --detailed command.
- After configuring your Workspace ONE Access settings, you have the option to install VMware Aria Automation. For a standard deployment with a master node, enter the Virtual Machine Name, IP Address, and FQDN Hostname of VMware Aria Automation. Skip to step 6.
- For a cluster deployment with three nodes, you are required to enter the Load Balancer IP address and FQDN.
Note: If the SSL is terminated at load-balancer, select the
SSL terminated at load-balancer check box. Deselect the check box, if the SSL pass-through is enabled in the load-balancer. If a wrong value is provided for the property, then
VMware Aria Automation deployment to fails.
- For a cluster deployment, create a master node by using step 2 as a guideline.
- For a cluster deployment, create secondary nodes, enter the required text boxes, and proceed.
- (Optional) In the Advanced Configuration for VMware Aria Automation section, you can manually enter K8S Cluster and Service IP ranges by selecting Configure internal pods and service subnets (For example, 10.221.0.0/22 and 10.221.21.0/22). If left unselected, VMware Aria Automation uses the default values: 10.244.0.0/22 and 10.244.4.0/22.
- Click Next.
- Read the Summary page with the entered data and click Submit.
For example, the installation time depends on copying binaries from the source machine to
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA for
Workspace ONE Access and
Automation deployment, which varies based on the network speed.
Results
After submitting your details, the installer takes about 30 minutes to install the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, copy binaries, and then start the installation process which depends on the network speed. After the VMware Aria Automation installation, you can also start configuring VMware Aria Operations for Logs. For more information, see How do I configure log forwarding to Aria Operations for Logs.
