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VMware vRA8 Cheat Sheet

Welcome to the VMware vRA8 cheat sheet! This document is designed to provide a quick reference guide for common tasks and questions related to vRA8. It will evolve over time to cover more topics and become a single source for all things you forget, common questions with answers, and anything else that might be useful.

vRA8 FQDN Links

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To access the vRA8 Control Center, use the following link in your chosen web browser:

https:///vco-controlcenter

To access the vRA8 Automation UI API Documentation, use the following link:

https:///automation-ui/api-docs/

Note: Replace with your vRA8 FQDN.

Day 2 Actions for vSphere

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If you’re looking for a simple Day 2 action example for vSphere, check out the following link:

How to create a Cloud Assembly resource action to vMotion a virtual machine (vmware.com)

Critical Vulnerabilities in Apache Log4j

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Recently, critical vulnerabilities in Apache Log4j were publicly disclosed, which impact VMware products. To learn more and what to do about it, follow this link:

Cloud Assembly Resource Flags for Requests (vmware.com)

Cloud Assembly Expression Syntax (vmware.com)

Quick Tips and Shortcuts

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Here are some quick tips and shortcuts to help you work more efficiently with vRA8:

* Select multiple lines and then hold down the Ctrl key and press K followed by C to comment them out.

* To uncomment, hold down the Ctrl key and press K followed by U.

* Select multiple lines and then press the Tab key to indent them.

* To remove the indent, select the lines and then press the Shift key and the Tab key simultaneously.

That’s it for now! We hope you find this cheat sheet helpful in your vRA8 journey. Stay tuned for more updates and additions as we continue to evolve this document over time.

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Paul Davey, CIO at Sonar, Automation Practice Lead at Xtravirt, and guitarist in The Waders, loves IT, automation, programming, music, and is the copyright owner of AutomationPro 2018.