Configure product details

To view and configure products that were selected during environment creation, use
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
You can configure product details as part of installation or as part of subsequent configuration tasks. Under the
Product Details
, select products for a new installation.
Product
Function
VMware Aria Automation
  1. To monitor health of
    VMware Aria Automation
    , select the
    Monitor with
    VMware Aria Operations
    check box.
  2. To manage the workload using load balancer and reclaim unused resources from the resource pool, select the
    Workload Placement and Reclamation
    check box.
    This is only available for a new installation where in
    VMware Aria Operations
    monitors health of
    VMware Aria Automation
    . Inter-product configuration is not supported for an existing environment.
    Cross-product integration for
    VMware Aria Automation
    with
    VMware Aria Operations
    is not applicable for an import of
    VMware Aria Automation
    . This option is only applicable if there is a new installation of
    VMware Aria Automation
    .
    If
    VMware Aria Operations
    is not present, then you can integrate the products outside of
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
    You can also perform cross-product configuration when
    VMware Aria Automation
    is the only product and
    VMware Aria Operations
    is a part of an environment or when
    VMware Aria Automation
    is deployed with import or as new install of
    VMware Aria Operations
    .
  3. For a newly installed
    VMware Aria Automation
    , select the
    Configure internal pods and service subsets
    checkbox, and then enter a
    K8 Cluster IP Range
    and
    K8 Service IP Range
    .
  4. Select the product certificate from the drop-down menu.
  5. (Optional) Select ON or OFF to activate or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
  6. Select the
    Applicable Time Sync mode
    .
  7. Select the
    Time Server (NTP)
    . For more information, see Configure NTP servers.
  8. If you want to configure cluster virtual IPs, then select the
    Yes
    or
    No
    options.
  9. (Optional) Click
    Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
    check box to create host rules in the
    vCenter
    for each deployed VM.
VMware Aria Automation Config
  1. For
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    , select the
    Tenant ID
    from the drop-down menu under
    Product Properties
    .
  2. For v
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    , enter the
    VM name
    ,
    FQDN
    and
    Virtual IP Address
    under
    Components
    .
  • For
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    , you can only perform a single node
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    installation at a time. For
    VMware Aria Automation
    deployment along with
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    , the tenant ID is selected by default. Any additional
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    deployment can be performed based on the tenant as organic growth.
  • Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Support (FIPS) is supported for
    VMware Aria Automation Config
    .
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Support (FIPS) is supported for
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
.
  1. Select the node size from the drop-down menu.
  2. (Optional) Select ON or OFF to enable or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
  3. Under
    Integrated Load Balance Configuration
    , if you select the
    Configure Cluster Virtual IPs
    , enter the
    FQDN
    and
    Virtual IP Address
    .
  4. To add more node, click
    ADD NODE
    .
  5. Select the
    Applicable Time Sync Mode
    .
  6. Under components, enter the
    vRLI
    primary node details.
  7. (Optional) Click
    Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
    check box to create host rules in the
    vCenter
    for each deployed VM.
  8. (Optional) Click
    Add Components
    to configure additional settings.
  9. Enter the required fields.
VMware Aria Operations
Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Support (FIPS) is supported for
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
.
  1. Under
    Product Properties
    , select the
    Disable TLS version
    from the drop-down menu.
  2. (Optional) Select ON or OFF to enable or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
  3. Select the
    Certificate
    from the drop-down menu.
  4. (Optional) Click
    Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
    check box to create host rules in the
    vCenter
    for each deployed VM.
  5. Add the
    Product Password
    .
  6. (Optional) Click
    Integrate with Identity Manager
    check box.
  7. Select the
    Time Sync Mode
    .
  8. For continuous availability-based deployment, under
    Components
    , enter the
    Infrastructure
    and
    Network
    details for the
    Witness Domain
    .
  9. For Continous Availability (CA) based deployment, enter the
    Infrastructure
    and
    Network
    details for
    Fault Domain 1
    and
    Fault Domain 2
    .
  10. If you want to add additional data nodes for a cluster, click the
    Add Components
    tab.
    If you select
    Use Global Configuration
    , the field data is populated based on the information provided in the
    Infrastructure
    tab. You can select this option for
    Witness Domain
    ,
    Fault Domain 1
    , or
    Fault Domain 2
    . Ensure that each domain is in different physical location so that if one fault domain fails, nodes from the other fault domain remains active.
  11. If you want to add remote collectors, click
    Add Collector Group
    , and then add the details for the new collector nodes.
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
  1. Under the
    Product Properties
    , select the node size from the drop-down menu.
  2. Select the applicable
    Time Sync Mode
    .
  3. Under components, enter the
    platform
    and
    collector
    details for
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    .
  4. (Optional) Click
    Anti-Affinity / Affinity Rule
    check box to create host rules in the
    vCenter
    for each deployed VM.
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
offers two setup options:
  • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    -Integrated
    This is the traditional
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    setup option, where
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    is integrated with
    VMware Aria Automation
    and you can install
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    after installing
    VMware Aria Automation
  • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    Standalone: This setup option has no dependency on
    VMware Aria Automation
    and it allows you to integrate with vSphere.
    In addition to the configuration steps described below, the standalone setup requires the following input:
    • vCenter Host: vCenter FQDN.
    • Admin Group: Group name.
    • Admin Group Domain: Domain that the user belongs to.
    To deploy
    VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
    with vSphere authentication using
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    , the Admin Group in vSphere must have full administrator permissions.
  1. Under the
    Product Properties
    , select ON or OFF to enable or deactivate the FIPS compliance mode.
  2. Select the
    Certificate
    from the drop-down menu.
  3. Add the
    Product Password
    .
  4. Select the applicable
    Time Sync Mode
    .
  5. For a standard deployment, enter the host name and IP address under
    Components
    .
  6. Under
    Cluster Virtual IP
    , enter the load balancer host
    FQDN
    for the cluster deployment.
  7. Under
    Components
    , enter the host name and IP address for the primary and secondary nodes.
VMware Workspace ONE Access
  1. Under the
    Product Properties
    , select the certificate from drop-down menu.
  2. Select the admin password from the locker.
  3. Specify the default configuration admin user name and password. This configuration is created as local user in
    VMware Workspace ONE Access
    and is used for
    VMware Aria Suite
    product integration.
  4. Check
    Sync Group Members
    . When enabled, members of the groups are synced from the active directory. When this is deactivated, group names are synced to the directory, but members of the group are not synced.
  5. For a cluster deployment, under
    Cluster Virtual IP
    , enter
    Cluster VIP FQDN
    . This setting is used to load balance the application.
  6. For a cluster deployment, enter the database IP address that is used internally for proxy access to the primary postgres database.
    This is not same as the address used to load-balance the application and the IP address should be free and available.
  7. Under
    Components
    , enter the
    VMware Workspace ONE Access
    single or cluster node details.