VMware released vesion 8.0 of vRealize Automation in October 2019, with the new version of vRealize Automation the architecture has been modernized and new set of capabilities have been added. vRealize Automation 8.0 has been built on a modern Kubernetes based micro-services architecture. One of the biggest advantage of vRealize Automation 8.0 is that it requires only 5 VMs (3 vRA Appliances, 1 vIDM Appliance and 1 vRealize Lifecycle Manager Appliance) to configure a Highly Available and Scalable setup.

The components of vRealize Automation are as follows:

Cloud Assembly:
Cloud Assembly in vRealize Automation 8.0 provides Blueprinting Capabilities and Infrastructure services. Cloud Assembly is for Infrastructure Architects to setup the Infrastructure, Setup Integrations and Design the Blueprints for the consumption of End Users.

Service Broker:
Service Broker in vRealize Automation 8.0 provides the Self-Service Portal for the End users to request for the services. Users can use Service Broker to request and manage deployments.

Code Stream:
vRealize Automation 8.0 Code Stream is a built-in component which provides the capability of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery which helps in managing Software releases in DevOps Lifecycle. Code Stream provides the capability of Building your code for rapid deployment of Software Components.

Orchestrator:
Orchestrator in vRealize Automation 8.0 provides the most popular capability of Extensibility. vRealize Automation provides XaaS (Anything-as-a-Service), one can design workflows/XaaS Blueprints which can integrate with any IT solution using methods like plugins, APIs etc.

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In ths series of blogs, i’ll be sharing some of the important features of vRealize Automation 8.0 and how to use those features in your Infrastructure.

Event Subscriptions in vRealize Automation 8