# 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](/docs/onefuse/configure/modules/vmware-aria-automation/).

## Prerequisites

1. [Configure OneFuse Manager](/docs/onefuse/consume/red-hat-ansible/getting-started/#configure-onefuse-manager)
1. Review an overview on [OneFuse Modules](/docs/onefuse/consume/red-hat-ansible/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

```yaml
- 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](/docs/onefuse/consume/red-hat-ansible/modules/#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](https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_dictionaries.asp) 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

```yaml
- 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](/docs/onefuse/consume/red-hat-ansible/modules/#module-names-for-onefuse-modules). |
| `state` | Required | `absent` for deprovision |
| `object_name` | Required | OneFuse Managed Object ID (string). |