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Topic: vcfa-all-apps-iaas

All articles tagged “vcfa-all-apps-iaas”.

7 articles

2026

  1. 9 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: Integrate Active Directory and a CMDB with Event Broker

    Design three idempotent Event Broker subscriptions to synchronize AD computer accounts and CMDB CIs without blocking VM provisioning.

  2. 6 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: Manage a CMDB CI as a Custom Resource

    Model a CMDB CI with Create, Read, Destroy, on-demand reconciliation, and a controlled cutover from the temporary Event Broker subscription.

  3. 6 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: Govern Day-2 Actions

    Govern Day-2 actions by role, avoid Blueprint drift, and add an Orchestrator action to resynchronize the CMDB.

  4. 7 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: Prepare the WebShop Lab Foundation

    Prepare the organization, project, namespace, VPC, classes, image, and storage required by your first All Apps IaaS Blueprint.

  5. 6 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: Deploy Your First VM with a Blueprint

    Build a formatVersion 2 Blueprint that targets an existing namespace and deploys a Linux VM through VM Service in VCF Automation 9.1.

  6. 6 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: Test and Operate the IaaS Service

    Turn WebShop into a repeatable acceptance test covering provisioning, networking, integrations, Day-2, failure, rollback, and cleanup.

  7. 9 min read

    VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: End-to-End Networking, IPAM, and cloud-init

    Attach the WebShop VM to a governed subnet, prove IP allocation and release, then use cloud-init to expose an observable /healthz endpoint.