VMware Aria Automation 8.11.1: Enhancements and Improvements Galore!

VMware has recently released the latest update to its Aria Suite, VMware Aria Automation 8.11.1, which focuses on providing a more customized experience for users. This release includes several enhancements and improvements that will help organizations streamline their IT operations and improve their overall efficiency.

SaltStack Day2 Action Enhancements

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One of the key enhancements in this release is the ability to configure additionalAuthParams, additionalMinionParams, and pillarEnvironment properties for SaltStack Day-2 action Attach SaltStack Resource. This will allow organizations to further customize their IT operations and automate more processes.

Terraform 1.0 Support

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VMware Aria Automation now supports Terraform 1.0, which allows customers to consume the latest version of Terraform. This support ensures that organizations can take advantage of the latest features and improvements in Terraform.

Customized Notifications in Service Broker

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With this release, you can now customize the look and feel of notification emails sent out from VMware Aria Automation Service Broker. You can edit the email’s body text and utilize dynamic attributes of deployments in the text. This feature allows organizations to standardize the email headers and footers across all notification templates, ensuring a consistent branding experience for their users.

Storage Allocation Limits

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Another important enhancement in this release is the ability to specify a maximum storage allocation at the datastore level for all managed Disks. This feature helps prevent storage overallocation and ensures that organizations can effectively manage their storage resources.

Provision GCP TCP Load Balancers and perform Day 2 actions

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VMware Aria Automation now supports provisioning GCP TCP Load Balancers, modifying their properties, and setting up health checks for the load balancers. This feature allows organizations to easily manage their load balancing needs and ensure high availability of their applications.

Provision GCP storage bucket resources

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VMware Aria Automation now supports GCP storage buckets, allowing users to create and manage their storage buckets easily. This includes the creation of multi-regional/dual-regional buckets, restricted public access, and encryption support.

Deprecation of an Identity Service endpoint in Aria Automation

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Starting with this release, the POST /am/idp/auth/login endpoint is being deprecated. However, the POST /csp/gateway/am/api/login endpoint performs the same operation. To prevent any scripts from breaking once the deprecated endpoint is removed after a few releases, it is essential to update any automation that uses the deprecated endpoint to use the POST /csp/gateway/am/api/login endpoint.

Other Enhancements and Improvements

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In addition to the above-mentioned enhancements, this release also includes several other improvements and bug fixes. These include:

* Cloud Template containing GCP Load Balancers

* Provision GCP storage bucket resources

* Deprecation of an Identity Service endpoint in Aria Automation

Getting Started with VMware Aria Automation 8.11.1

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To get started with VMware Aria Automation 8.11.1, organizations can follow these steps:

1. Install or upgrade to the latest version of VMware Aria Automation.

2. Configure the new features and enhancements as needed.

3. Test the new features and ensure they are working as expected.

4. Update any existing automation scripts to use the new POST /csp/gateway/am/api/login endpoint.

Conclusion

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VMware Aria Automation 8.11.1 is a significant release that offers several enhancements and improvements over its predecessors. With customized notifications, storage allocation limits, GCP load balancer and storage bucket support, and the deprecation of an identity service endpoint, this release ensures organizations can streamline their IT operations and improve their overall efficiency.