VMware Validated Solutions for VMware Cloud Foundation

Introduction

A VMware Validated Solution is a technical validated implementation that is built and tested by VMware and VMware partners to help customers resolve common business use cases. VMware Validated Solutions are operationally and cost-effective, reliable, and secure. Each solution contains a detailed design, implementation, and operational guidance.

Learn more at vmware.com/go/vvs.

This repository is a companion to the following validated solutions:

• Health Reporting and Monitoring for VMware Cloud Foundation\

  A validated solution that provides health monitoring for the VMware Cloud Foundation components using HTML reports and custom dashboards, alerts, and notifications using VMware Aria Operations.

  The repository provides:

  • Python Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Health Monitoring in VMware Aria Operations.
  • Custom dashboards, alerts, notifications, and super metric artifacts in VMware Aria Operations.

• Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation

  A validated solution enables you to build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient load balancing infrastructure for applications and workloads deployed on VMware Cloud Foundation. You can leverage this solution to rapidly implement VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer in a VMware Cloud Foundation environment to increase security, automation, and provide enterprise-grade developer-ready infrastructure for load balancing.

  The repository provides:

  • Infrastructure-as-code examples for the solution. This includes Terraform examples for the deployment and configuration of the solution.

• Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation

  A validated solution which enables you to implement a modern cloud automation platform that delivers self-service automation, DevOps for infrastructure, and orchestration using Aria Automation and VMware Cloud Foundation.

  The repository provides:

  • Infrastructure-as-code examples for the solution. This includes Terraform examples for the deployment and configuration of the solution.

  • Step-by-step implementation guidance to create a sample project in Aria Automation after deploying the solution using both the UI and infrastructure-as-code where applicable.

Get Started

Clone the Repository

Clone main branch for the latest updates.

Example:

git clone https://github.com/vmware-samples/validated-solutions-for-cloud-foundation.git

The directory structure of the repository.

├── LICENSE
├── NOTICE
├── README.md
├── alb
│   ├── ansible-examples
│   ├── orchestrator-examples
│   └── README.md
├── appliance
│   ├── files
│   ├── manual
│   ├── output-appliance
│   ├── scripts
│   ├── appliance-build.sh
│   └── ...
├── hrm
│   ├── images
│   ├── releases
│   ├── source
│   └── README.md
└── pca
    ├── docs
    ├── scripts
    ├── terraform-examples
    └── README.md

Navigate to the Companion Solution Content

• Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation

• Health Reporting and Monitoring for VMware Cloud Foundation

• Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation

Issues

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