Hands-on examples for using
Automation Config

These use cases demonstrate how IT system administrators and DevOps team members can use
Automation Config
to collect information and make changes to those nodes.
Going forward,
Automation Config
is no longer included in the Aria Automation suite of products. The new name of this product is VMware Tanzu Salt and this product is available as part of the VMware Tanzu Platform suite of products. See Using and Managing Tanzu Salt for more information.
These example use cases are written as short tutorials that you can complete to learn about some of the key features in
Automation Config
. As you work through these examples, you'll become more familiar with the user interface and learn more about the basic workflow for completing jobs in
Automation Config
.
You’ll learn how to use
Automation Config
to do four tasks:
  • Example 1: Check the disk usage on one or more minions
  • Example 2: List which software is installed on one or more minions
  • Example 3: Set up a firewall configuration on a Windows minion
  • Example 4: Configure a CentOS (Linux) minion to run as an Apache web server
Each example is designed to be modular and can be completed in any order or on their own.
Examples 1 and 2 only use
Automation Config
to gather information about your environment, which means you won’t do anything that changes your environment. However, you must first have appropriate system permissions in order to complete those tutorial tasks.
Examples 3 and 4 make actual changes to nodes in your environment. For that reason, only use nodes that are part of a testing and development environment.