VMware Aria Automation

Configure and use the OneFuse VMware Aria Automation module with Red Hat Ansible

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To learn more about this OneFuse module, refer to Aria Automation.

Prerequisites

Configure OneFuse Manager
Review an overview on OneFuse Modules with OneFuse Ansible Module

Ansible OneFuse Module name

Ansible OneFuse Module name for this OneFuse Module is: vra

present

Deploy a VMware Aria Automation 8x/Cloud Cloud Template.

Sample Play

- name: OneFuse vRealize Automation - present
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    policy_name: <REPLACEME_with_OneFusePolicyName>
    deployment_name: <REPLACEME_with_deploymentName>
  tasks:
  - name: Deploy vRA Cloud Template
    onefuse:
     module: vra
     state: present
     policy_name: '{{ policy_name }}'
     deployment_name: '{{ deployment_name }}'
     template_properties: {}
     tracking_id: '{{ tracking_id  | default(omit) }}'
    register: output
  - name: Output Results
    debug:
      msg: '{{ output }}'
  - name: "Pass vRA Outputs to workflow"
    set_stats:
        data:
         onefuse_vra: '{{ onefuse_vra }}'
         tracking_id: '{{ tracking_id }}'

Parameter references

The following defines the function of each Aria Automation specific Task Parameters for onefuse.

Parameter Name	Required?	Notes
`module`	Required	OneFuse Module Name (string). Module names for OneFuse modules.
`state`	Required	`present` for provision, or the appropriate “update” state for the OneFuse Module.
`policy_name`	Required	OneFuse Module Policy Name (string).
`template_properties`	Optional	Additional properties that are referenced within the Policy. Python dict format.
`tracking_id`	Optional	Tracking ID (string) to link multiple OneFuse Policy Executions and resulting OneFuse Managed Objects together. If none is passed, one gets generated by OneFuse for that specific Policy Execution.

Aria Automation specific Parameters:

Parameter Name	Required?	Notes
`deployment_name`	Required	Name of the vRA Deployment

absent

Destroy a deployed vRA Deployment.

Sample Play

- name: OneFuse vRealize Automation - absent
  hosts: '{{ ansible_host }}'
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
  - name: Destroy vRA Deployment
    onefuse:
      module: vra
      state: absent
      object_name: '{{ onefuse_vra.id | default(omit) }}'
    delegate_to: localhost
    register: output
  - name: Output Results
    debug:
      msg: '{{ output }}'

Parameter references

The following defines the function of the Task Parameters for onefuse.

Parameter Name	Required?	Notes
`module`	Required	OneFuse Module Name (string). Module names for OneFuse modules.
`state`	Required	`absent` for deprovision
`object_name`	Required	OneFuse Managed Object ID (string).