Begin the implementation of this solution by deploying VMware Aria Automation.

Prerequisites

Verify that your environment fulfills the prerequisites for the deployment of VMware Aria Automation.
Prerequisite Value

Environment

  • Verify that your environment is configured according to Before You Apply This Guidance and the Private Cloud Automation tab of the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
  • Verify that the default vSphere cluster in the management domain has the following available resources for the VMware Aria Automation cluster deployment:
    • 36 vCPU
    • 126 GB Memory
    • 738 GB Storage
  • Verify that the management domain vCenter Server is operational.
  • Verify that the VI workload domain vCenter Server and NSX Manager instances are operational.
  • Verify that VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle in the first VMware Cloud Foundation instance is operational and data collection from the management domain vCenter Server instance is running successfully.
  • Verify that the cross-instance NSX segment is available for the deployment.
  • Verify that the clustered Workspace ONE Access deployment managed by VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle is operational.
Software Verify that the VMware Aria Automation product binary is available in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
License Verify that you obtained licensing for VMware Aria Automation that satisfies the requirements of this solution and the quantity for your environment.
Active Directory
  • Verify that the required Active Directory user accounts are created.
  • Verify that the required Active Directory security groups are created.
  • Verify that the required Active Directory security group memberships are set with the required user accounts.
Workspace ONE Access Verify that the required Active Directory directories are configured with Active Directory over LDAPS. This configuration ensures that the Active Directory users and groups for use by VMware Aria Automation are synchronized to the clustered Workspace ONE Access deployment.
Certificate Authority

This solution uses Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services for Certificate Authority and the PowerShell Module for VMware Validated Solutions to generate the required certificates. However, this mosule also supports generating certificate signing requests (CSRs) for third party certificate authorities for import to the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle locker.

  • Verify that a Microsoft Certificate Authority is available for the environment.

  • Install the PowerShell Module for VMware Validated Solutions together with the supporting modules to request an SSL certificate from your Microsoft Certificate Authority.

  • Verify that you have OpenSSL 3.0 or later installed on the system that will run the PowerShell module. The OpenSSL Wiki has a list of third-party pre-compiled binaries for Microsoft Windows.

    openssl --version