After you install the management pack, add and configure an external VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or an instance embedded in VMware Aria Automation from which you run workflows.

Procedure

  1. From the left menu, click Data Sources > Integrations, and then click Add.
  2. Select the Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator and click Configure.
  3. Configure the adapter instance.

    Option

    Description

    Name

    The name for the adapter instance.

    Description

    (Optional) The description of the adapter instance.

    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Host

    The URL of VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation instance from where you run workflows. Specify the FQDN.

    If there is a load balancer for the CAFÉ appliances, the URL must have HostName of the load balancer in the format HostName or IP.

    Port

    Port number of the CSP OAuth App, VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation instance which has an embedded VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator. The default port for VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator and VMware Aria Automation is 443.

    Auto Discovery

    Discover objects automatically.

    • To set automatic discovery for objects, select True.

    • To set the automatic discovery off, select False.

    Credential

    To add the credentials to access CSP OAuth App, VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation environment , click the plus sign.

    • Credential Kind. From the drop-down menu, select CSP OAuth App Credential, Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Credential or VMware Aria Automation Credential.

    • Credential name. The name by which you are identifying the configured credentials.

    • CSP OAuth App, VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation Username. The user name of CSP OAuth App, VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation instance.

    • CSP OAuth App, VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation Password. The password for CSP OAuth App, VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator or VMware Aria Automation instance.

    Refer to the topic Create an OAuth app for vRO MP, to create a new OAuth app.

    Note:

    Verify that you have API access to VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator to execute the workflows.

    Collectors/Groups

    The collector on which the VMware Aria Automation Management Pack instance runs.

    • For one collector instance, select default collector group.

    • For multiple collectors, to distribute the workload and optimize performance, select the collector to manage the adapter process for this instance.
  4. Click Test Connection to validate the connection.
    Note:

    If you do not have an Advance or Enterprise License, the test connection fails with the error message 'Failed to connect vRO server. Message : Invalid Aria operations license : Valid license for Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator is Advanced or above'.

  5. Click Save Settings.

    The adapter instance is added to the list.

What to do next

Verify that the VMware Aria Operations management pack is fetching workflows.

  • In the Solutions page, verify that the Collection State column and Collection Status are green under Configured Adapter Instances. The Collection Status displays Data Receiving after the first collection cycle. The default time for a collection cycle is five minutes.

  • From the left menu, click Environment, and then click Inventory. Verify that the VMware Aria Operations workflows are displayed on the table and sort by the Adapter Type column or filter by name of the adapter instance if necessary.

  • Optionally, discover additional packages to configure workflows.

Ensure that the instance of VMware Aria Operations where you are configuring the Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator has an instance of vCenter with VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator configured. If this is not configured, an alert is displayed in VMware Aria Operations. You can add a vCenter instance to VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator to remediate this alert.