Automation & Orchestration 101...Automation & Orchestration 101 Jan Paul Smit vMA TechCon 2018 #vmatechcon2018 Jan Paul Smit •Technisch Consultant •VMware vanaf 2006 •Portfolio

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2018 #vmatechcon2018

Automation & Orchestration 101Jan Paul Smit

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Jan Paul Smit

• Technisch Consultant

• VMware vanaf 2006

• Portfolio• vSphere

• Horizon/EUC

• vRealize Automation/SDDC

• NSX

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Agenda

• Automation & Orchestration

• vRealize Automation

• vRealize Automation inrichting

• vRealize Orchestration

• vRA en vRO

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Automation & Orchestration

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• A&O vaak samen gebruikt waarbij:

• Automation: • het automatiseren van taken en beheerprocessen

• Ochestration: • Taak of proces omzetten in een workflow voor repeterende of complexe

taken

• stroomlijnen van optimaliseren van repeterende of complexe taken

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• Automation toegevoegde waarde voor Orchestration

• Voorbeeld:• Automation → aanvraag vanuit een self service portaal voor een Windows

Server

• Orchestration→ zorgt voor de taken op de achtergrond zoals:• AD registratie

• IPAM

• CMDB registratie

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vRealize Automation

Oorsprong en producten

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Wat is vRealize Automation

• VMware’s Cloud Management Platform (CMP)

• Hybrid Cloud

• Basis functionaliteit CMP• Self service portal

• System Image provisioning

• Workload optimization

• Metering and billing

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• VMware’s Cloud Management Platform (CMP)

• Hybrid Cloud

• Basis functionaliteit CMP• Self service portal

• System Image provisioning

• Workload optimization

• Metering and billing

• https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation.html

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• IaaS, XaaS

• DevOps

• O-, T- en A omgevingen

• Integratie met 3rd party oplossingen

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vRealize Automation integratieUtilities

Applications

Imaging CMDB SDDC Infra

Cloud Support

Container Management

Data Protection

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Ontwikkeling vRealize Automation

• Oorspronkelijk DynamicOps

• 2012: vCAC

• 2015: vRealize Automation 7.x

• 2018: vRealize Automation 7.4

• vCloud Suite

• VMware Cloud Service

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vRealize Suite

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vRealize AutomationComponenten en deployment scenario’s

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VVD

• VMware Validated Design

• Onderdeel van SET

• Templates

• Designs

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VVD

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vRealize Automation componenten

ModelManager

ProxyAgent

vRealize Automation

Appliance

vRealize Automation Services

PostgreSQL Database

vRealizeOrchestrator

VMware Identity Manager

IaaS Components

MS SQL

ExternalService

ExternalService

ExternalService

DEMOrchestrator

WebServer

DEMWorker

ManagerService

Managers Web ServerDB Access

Agents

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• vRealize Automation appliance• Hart van vRealize Automation • User interface• Self-service portal• vRealize Orchestrator• vIDM

• IaaS componenten• IaaS website• Model Manager• Manager service• DEM Worker/Orchestrator• Agent(s)• SQL database

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PostgreSQL vRO VIDM

Call vRA services from: ServiceNow, PMG, Remedy

Supporting Infrastructure:AD, DNS, NTP, SMTP

Fabric Endpoints: vSphere, AWS, Hyper-V

ProxyAgent

vRealize Automation

Appliance

User Interface

IaaS Components

DEMOrchestrator

DEMWorker

ManagerService

Managers Agents

REST API

vRealizeBusiness

vRealizeOperationsManager

Self-Service, Governance, Service Catalog

Infrastructure Services

Multi-Vendor, Multi-CloudvRO integrates with:CMDB,

DNS, IPAM,Service Desk,

Databases

vRealizeLog Insight

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Deployment scenario’s

• Small

• Medium

• Large

• Multi-Data Center

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Small

• Support• 10,000 managed machines

• 500 catalog items

• 10 concurrent machine provisions

• Requirements• vRealize Automation appliance: vrava-1.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Core server: inf-1.vmatechcon.nl.

• MSSQL Database Server: mssql.vmatechcon.nl

• vRealize Business for Cloud appliance: vrb.vmatechcon.nl

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Small IAAS

OS

BUS

OS

SVR

OS

Universal Distributed Logical Router

Edge Reservation

WAN

lax01w01vc01.lax01.vmatechcon.nl

lax01w01esx01.lax01.vmatechcon.nl

lax01w01esx0n.lax01.vmatechcon.nl

Shared Compute and Edge Cluster

NSXManager

DevReservation

ProdReservation

192.168.32.0/24

MSSQL

OS

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Medium



• 50 machine provisions

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Large



• 100 concurrent machine provisions

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Medium/large

• Requirements (deel 1)• Virtual Appliances

• vRealize Automation appliance 1: vrava-1.vmatechcon.nl



• vRealize Business for Cloud Appliance: vrb.vmatechcon.nl

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Medium/large

• Requirements (deel 2)• Windows Server Virtual Machines

• Infrastructure Web Server 1: web-1.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Web Server 2: web-2.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Manager Server 1: manager-1.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Manager Server 2: manager-2.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure DEM Server 1: dem-1.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure DEM Server 2: dem-2.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Agent Server 1: agent-1.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Agent Server 2: agent-2.vmatechcon.nl

• Clustered MSSQL Database: mssql.vmatechcon.nl

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Medium/large

• Requirements (deel 3)• Load Balancers

• vRealize Automation appliance Load Balancer: med-vrava.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Web Load Balancer: med-web.vmatechcon.nl

• Infrastructure Manager Service Load Balancer: med-manager.vmatechcon.nl

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IAS 2

OS

IWS

IMS

vRO

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BUC 1

OS

BUS 1

OS

SVR 1

OS

IMS 2

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VIP: 192.168.11.53vra01svr01.vmatechcon.nl

VIP: 192.168.11.56

vra01iws01.vmatechcon.nl

VIP: 192.168.11.59

vra01ims01.vmatechcon.nl

Active Active Standalone Standalone

Active PassiveActive Active

Active Active Active Active

Mgmt-xRegion01-VXLAN

Region Independent Region Specific

NSX EdgeLoad Balancersgo01m01lb01

Cluster

EdgeReservation

WAN

Abbreviations

vRA vRealize AutomationvRO vRealize OrchestratorDEM Distributed Execution ManagerSVR vRA ApplianceIWS IaaS Web ServerIMS IaaS Manager ServiceIAS IaaS vSphere Proxy AgentBUS vRealize Business ServerBUC vRealize Business CollectorMSSQL Microsoft SQL

sfo01w01vc01.sfo01.vmatechcon.nl

sfo01w01esx01.sfo01.vmatechcon.nl

sfo01w01esx0n.sfo01.vmatechcon.nl

Shared Compute and Edge Cluster

NSXManager

DevReservation

ProdReservation

192.168.11.56 192.168.11.54192.168.11.55

192.168.11.59 192.168.11.57192.168.11.58

192.168.11.65 192.168.11.63192.168.11.64

192.168.11.53 192.168.11.51192.168.11.52

Standalone

Mgmt-RegionA01-VXLAN

192.168.11.0/24 192.168.31.0/24

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DEM 2

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SVR 2

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IWS 2

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IAS 1

OS

IAS 2

OS


BUC 1

OS

BUS 1

OS

SVR 1

OS

IMS 2

OS

VIP: 192.168.11.53vra01svr01.vmatechcon.nl

VIP: 192.168.11.56

vra01iws01.vmatechcon.nl

VIP: 192.168.11.59

vra01ims01.vmatechcon.nl

Active Active Standalone Standalone

Active PassiveActive Active

Active Active Active Active

Mgmt-xRegion01-VXLAN

Region Independent Region Specific

NSX EdgeLoad Balancersgo01m01lb01

Cluster Standalone

Mgmt-RegionA01-VXLAN

192.168.11.0/24 192.168.31.0/24

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Sizing

Virtual Machine Name Application Operating System

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Servernaam01 vRealize Automation Appliance Appliance 4 18 60



Servernaam04 VMware vRA IaaS server Web Server Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam05 VMware vRA IaaS server Web Server Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam06 VMware vRA IaaS server Manager Server Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam07 VMware vRA IaaS server Manager Server Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam08 VMware vRA IaaS server DEM Worker Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam09 VMware vRA IaaS server DEM Worker Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam10 VMware vRA IaaS server Agent Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam11 VMware vRA IaaS server Agent Windows server 2016 2 8 100

Servernaam12 vRealize Business for Cloud Appliance 4 8 100

Servernaam13 vRealize Business for Cloud Appliance 4 8 100

Servernaam14 vRealize Log Insight Appliance 8 16 500

Servernaam15 vRealize Log Insight Appliance 8 16 500

Servernaam16 vRealize Operations Manager Appliance 2 8 150



Servernaam19 Windows SQL Server Windows server 2016 4 16 100

Servernaam20 Windows SQL Server Windows server 2017 4 16 100

Servernaam21 VMware vCenter (appliance) Appliance 4 16 290

Totaal: 70 238 3120

Cloud Automation Workload Summary

Testomgeving - Cloud Automation Components

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Custom Deployment

vRLI

appliancevRLI

appliance

vROps

vRA

appliance

vRB

appliance

SQL

Server

443,

7444

443

IaaS Web\

Manager

Server

443,5

480

DEM

Worker\

Agent

Server

VMware vRA deployment

Eindgebruikers

443

1433,135,1024-65535

vRLI

appliance

vSphere

vCenter

80,443

22,443,5480

443,1

0443

443,5

480

80,4

43

443,514,1514,6514Mail

Server 25,110,143,587,993

Beheer vRA

443,7444,80,22,5480,8281,8282

AD 389,636

IPAM 443

22,4

43,5

480

22

22,8

0,4

43

saasftp.

digitalfuel.com

25

vROps

443

443

Externe

internetverbinding

25

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vRealize Automation inrichtingTenants, Catalog en Blueprints

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Tenant

• OU binnen vRealize Automation

• Afdeling of organisatie

• Separate• URL

• https://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/Productie• https://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/Test

• Identity store• Branding• RBAC• Infrastructure resources• Catalog

https://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/Productie

https://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/Test

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Tenant Production Business Group

vMAtechcon Tenanthttps://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/vMATechcon

Business GroupManager

Development Business GroupTenantAdminBusiness Group

Manager

Fabric Admin

IaaSAdmin

ProdReservation

DevReservation

EdgeReservation

Region A Fabric Group Region B Fabric Group

Region AData Center Infrastructure Fabric

Region BData Center Infrastructure Fabric

https://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac

Tenant Creation System Branding System NotificationProviders Event LogsSystem Admin

Default Tenant

Fabric Admin

ProdReservation

DevReservation

EdgeReservation

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TenantProduction Business Group

Productie Tenanthttps://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/productie


TenantAdmin

Fabric Admin

IaaSAdmin

ProdReservation

TestReservation

Fabric Group

Data Center Infrastructure Fabric

https://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac

Tenant Creation System Branding System NotificationProviders Event LogsSystem Admin

Default Tenant

Test Tenanthttps://vra.vmatechcon.nl/vcac/org/test

Test Business Group


TenantAdmin

vCenter Prod vCenter Test

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Catalog

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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Blueprint

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vRealize OrchestratorWat is het en wat doet het?

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vRealize Orchestrator

• Infrastructure orchestration tool voor het uitvoeren van complexe taken;• Uitvoering van workflows• Scripting• Plugins

• Dunes Technologies → vCO vanaf vSphere 4 t/m 5.5

• ‘VMware’s Best Kept Secret’

• Vanaf vSphere 6.0 als separaat product• Embedded in vRealize Automation 7.4• vRealize Orchestrator appliance

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• Orchestration engine• Veel standaard plugins• 3rd party plugins• REST-API

• Voorbeelden• User Creation/Password reset• Virtual Machine Provisioning• Firewall Rule Automation• Operating System Maintenance• Software Deployment• Load Balancer Configuration

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Bron: http://federicocinalli.com/blog/item/218-starting-with-vmware-vrealize-orchestrator

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vRealize Orchestrator scripting

• Standaard scripttaal JavaScript

• PowerShell en PowerCLI mogelijk met plugin

• Veel voorbeelden beschikbaar

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vRealize Orchestrator Workflows

• Attribute• Wordt gebruikt voor opslag en transfer van informatie tussen workflow

elements

• Inputs• Worden ingevuld tijdens de uitvoering van de workflow → EBS vanuit

vRealize Automation

• Outputs• De ‘uitkomst’ van een workflow.

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vRA en vROPutting it together

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Connectie vRA - vROvRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

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Event Broker Service

Request

EBSvRO

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vRA – vRO proces

Day 2 Operations workflows

Day 1Operations workflows

Disposalworkflows

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• Vanaf versie 7.4 de embedded versie gebruiken

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Automation & Orchestration 101...Automation & Orchestration 101 Jan Paul Smit vMA TechCon 2018 #vmatechcon2018 Jan Paul Smit •Technisch Consultant •VMware vanaf 2006 •Portfolio