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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="34474" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/vmware-aaat814" lastchanged="2026-03-19T09:08:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>VMware Aria Automation: Advanced Topics</title><productcode>AAAT814</productcode><vendorcode>VM</vendorcode><vendorname>VMware</vendorname><fullproductcode>VM-AAAT814</fullproductcode><version>8.14</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
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&lt;li&gt;Describe and configure VMware Aria Automation in a clustered enterprise deployment using with VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scale out VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use external Certificate Authorities to configure security certificates in VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create YAML templates to configure VMware Aria Automation using cloudConfig&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware Aria Automation advanced templates to deploy a 2-tier Database-Server using MySQL and phpMyAdmin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Advanced VMware NSX networking features including NAT, routed networks, load balancers, security groups, and tags&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate and use NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Aria Automation and VMware NSX&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and use Aria Automation Pipelines to deploy software and connect to Kuberenetes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and use Ansible playbooks that integrate with VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate Aria Automation with Terraform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate Aria Automation with GitLab&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create Orchestrator Workflows and ABX Actions that interface with other systems and use REST calls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure and use Orchestrator Workflows and ABX actions to create day-2 actions and interface with Powershell scripts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Aria Automation to deploy minions and deploy software&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;This course requires completion of the following courses:
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/en/course/vmware-vaaicm817&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.17] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VAAICM817)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for using VMware Aria Automation in advanced configurations in enterprise deployments.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 Course Introduction&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Introductions and course logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;2 VMware Aria Automation Clustered Deployment&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Using Aria Suite Lifecycle in a clustered deployment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure External Certificates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install VMware Aria Automation using Clustered Deployment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scale out VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;3 Advanced VMware Aria Automation Templates&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use advanced YAML and cloudConfig to deploy a functioning 2-tier application with a phpMyAdmin front end server and a MySQL database server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use cloudConfig and cloug-init&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use advanced YAML techniques to create configuration files and add users to deployed virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;4 Advanced Networking&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use VMware NSX advanced features in VMware Aria Automation templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Interfacing to IPAMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware NSX NAT in VMware Aria Automation templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware NSX Routed Networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware NSX Security Groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;5 Advanced Orchestrator Workflows&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create Day-2 Actions with Orchestrator workflows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Orchestrator to Add computer objects to Active Directory when VMware Aria Automation deploys templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create VMware Aria Automation Custom Resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create VMware Aria Automation Resource Actions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware Aria Automation with Orchestrator to perform REST calls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;6 Using ABX Actions&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use ABX to create day-2 Actions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create ABX Action-Flows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use ABX to make REST calls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;7 Kubernetes Integration
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere With Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a Supervisor Cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a Supervisor Namespace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create Cluster Plans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster from Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage Kubernetes Tanzu clusters from Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Execute YAML code and deploy software in a managed Tanzu Kubernetes cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Connect to an existing generic Kubernetes cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create Kubernetes namespaces from Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Interface Aria Automation to other Kubernetes systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;8 Aria Automation Pipelines&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and use CI/CD pipelines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the Pipeline user interface&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add states and tasks to a pipeline&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate code from a pipeline with Gitlab&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use an Aria Automation pipeline to install software&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use an Aria Automation Pipeline to Create a Kubernetes Namespace and a Deployment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;9 Aria Automation and Configuration Management&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate Ansible with VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate Terraform with VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Call Terraform from VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Terraform to manage VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy an Aria Automation Config minion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install software on an Aria Automation Config minion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage files on a Linux system with Aria Automation Config&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:



- Describe and configure VMware Aria Automation in a clustered enterprise deployment using with VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
- Scale out VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability
- Use external Certificate Authorities to configure security certificates in VMware Aria Automation
- Create YAML templates to configure VMware Aria Automation using cloudConfig
- Use VMware Aria Automation advanced templates to deploy a 2-tier Database-Server using MySQL and phpMyAdmin
- Use Advanced VMware NSX networking features including NAT, routed networks, load balancers, security groups, and tags
- Integrate and use NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Aria Automation and VMware NSX
- Create and use Aria Automation Pipelines to deploy software and connect to Kuberenetes
- Create and use Ansible playbooks that integrate with VMware Aria Automation
- Integrate Aria Automation with Terraform
- Integrate Aria Automation with GitLab
- Create Orchestrator Workflows and ABX Actions that interface with other systems and use REST calls
- Configure and use Orchestrator Workflows and ABX actions to create day-2 actions and interface with Powershell scripts
- Use Aria Automation to deploy minions and deploy software</objective_plain><essentials_plain>This course requires completion of the following courses:



- VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.17] (VAAICM817)</essentials_plain><audience_plain>Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for using VMware Aria Automation in advanced configurations in enterprise deployments.</audience_plain><outline_plain>1 Course Introduction



- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives

2 VMware Aria Automation Clustered Deployment



- Using Aria Suite Lifecycle in a clustered deployment
- Configure External Certificates
- Configure VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Install VMware Aria Automation using Clustered Deployment
- Scale out VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability

3 Advanced VMware Aria Automation Templates



- Use advanced YAML and cloudConfig to deploy a functioning 2-tier application with a phpMyAdmin front end server and a MySQL database server
- Use cloudConfig and cloug-init
- Use advanced YAML techniques to create configuration files and add users to deployed virtual machines

4 Advanced Networking



- Use VMware NSX advanced features in VMware Aria Automation templates
- Interfacing to IPAMs
- Use VMware NSX NAT in VMware Aria Automation templates
- Use VMware NSX Routed Networks
- Use VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Use VMware NSX Security Groups

5 Advanced Orchestrator Workflows



- Create Day-2 Actions with Orchestrator workflows
- Use Orchestrator to Add computer objects to Active Directory when VMware Aria Automation deploys templates
- Create VMware Aria Automation Custom Resources
- Create VMware Aria Automation Resource Actions
- Use VMware Aria Automation with Orchestrator to perform REST calls

6 Using ABX Actions



- Use ABX to create day-2 Actions
- Create ABX Action-Flows
- Use ABX to make REST calls

7 Kubernetes Integration



- Describe vSphere With Tanzu
- Create a Supervisor Cluster
- Create a Supervisor Namespace
- Create Cluster Plans
- Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster from Aria Automation
- Manage Kubernetes Tanzu clusters from Aria Automation
- Execute YAML code and deploy software in a managed Tanzu Kubernetes cluster
- Connect to an existing generic Kubernetes cluster
- Create Kubernetes namespaces from Aria Automation
- Interface Aria Automation to other Kubernetes systems

8 Aria Automation Pipelines



- Create and use CI/CD pipelines
- Use the Pipeline user interface
- Add states and tasks to a pipeline
- Integrate code from a pipeline with Gitlab
- Use an Aria Automation pipeline to install software
- Use an Aria Automation Pipeline to Create a Kubernetes Namespace and a Deployment

9 Aria Automation and Configuration Management



- Describe Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform
- Integrate Ansible with VMware Aria Automation
- Integrate Terraform with VMware Aria Automation
- Call Terraform from VMware Aria Automation
- Use Terraform to manage VMware Aria Automation
- Deploy an Aria Automation Config minion
- Install software on an Aria Automation Config minion
- Create and manage files on a Linux system with Aria Automation Config</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4 days</duration><pricelist><price country="GB" currency="GBP">2810.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">2450.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2750.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>