The Getting Started with VMware Aria Operations Guide provides information about deploying the VMware® VMware Aria Operations virtual appliance, including how to create and configure the VMware Aria Operations cluster.

The VMware Aria Operations installation process consists of deploying the VMware Aria Operations virtual appliance once for each cluster node, and accessing the product to finish setting up the application.

Intended Audience

This information is intended for anyone who wants to install and configure VMware Aria Operations by using a virtual appliance deployment. The information is written for experienced virtual machine administrators who are familiar with enterprise management applications and data center operations.

For administrators who want to deploy the VMware Aria Operations virtual appliance programmatically, the VMware Aria Operations CaSA API documentation is available in HTML format and is installed with your VMware Aria Operations instance. For example, if the URL of your instance is https://operations.example.com, the API reference is available from https://operations.example.com/casa/api-guide.html.