The cloud extensibility proxy (ABX cloud proxy) is a virtual appliance that you can use to configure the on-premises extensibility action integrations with the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator integrations in VMware Aria Automation Assembler. The following procedure shows how to upgrade an installed cloud extensibility proxy, using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you are running VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 or later.
  • Create a snapshot of the existing cloud extensiblity proxy product. See Create and manage a product snapshot

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
  2. On the My Services dashboard, click VMware Aria Cloud.
  3. In the navigation list at the left, select Cloud Proxies.
  4. On the Cloud Environments page, select the cloud extensiblity proxy that you want to upgrade.
  5. The Cloud Extensibility Proxy page appears.
    1. Click Upgrade.
    2. Click Trigger Inventory Sync.
    3. When the prompt for Proceed to Upgrade appears, click Proceed.
  6. The Upgrade Cloud Extensibility Proxy page appears.
    Prepare for the upgrade.
    1. The URL of the repository where the upgrade is located is populated by default. Click Next
      Note: A version check ensures that the version in the upgrade repository is newer than the currently installed version. If the version check fails, a message reports that the upgrade is not available and the upgrade process ends.
    2. For snapshot type, Take product snapshot is selected by default. Click Next.
    3. Click Run Precheck.
      The precheck verifies:
      • SSH connectivity status
      • Password compliance
      • vCenter properties availability
      • vCenter managed object reference ID presence
      • VMware Aria Automation cloud extensibility proxy health
      • Hostname resolvability
      • Unique IP address resolvability
      If any checks fail, click Download Report to see the recommended actions. Then after taking corrective action, click Re-run Precheck. If all checks pass, click Next.
    4. When the upgrade summary appears, verify that the upgrade details are correct, then click Submit.

Results

The Request Details page appears and shows how each upgrade stage is progressing. The upgrade requires approximately one hour to complete.