If following the posts in order, this guide should help you setup vRealize Automation 7 from start to finish. This is a getting started guide that will hopefully get you on the right path, answer any questions you might have, and give you tips on deploying your own cloud management portal.

Setup vRealize Automation 7

Part 1 - Simple Installation

Part 2 -Base Setup

Part 3 - Authentication

Part 4 - Tenants

Part 5 - Endpoints

Part 6 - Fabric Groups

Part 7 - Business Groups

Part 8 - Reservations

Part 9 - Services

Part 10 - Custom Groups

Part 11 - Blueprints

Part 12 - Entitlements

Part 13 - Manage Catalog Items

Part 14 - Event Subscriptions

Part 15 - Custom Properties

Part 16 - XaaS Blueprints

Part 17 - Resource Actions

Part 18 - Enterprise Install

Part 19 - Load Balancer Settings

Part 20 - NSX Initial Setup

Part 21 - NSX Blueprints

Part 22 - Code Stream and Jenkins Setup

Part 23 - Code Stream and Artifactory Setup

Part 24 - Add Custom Items to vRA7

Part 25 - Upgrade vRA from 7.1 to 7.2

Part 26 - Adding an Azure Endpoint

Part 27 - Installing vRealize Code Stream for IT DevOps

Part 28 - Configuring Endpoints for vRealize Code Stream for IT DevOps

Part 29 - Using vRealize Code Stream for IT DevOps

Part 30 - Unit Testing with vRealize Code Stream for IT DevOps

Part 31 - Containers on vRealize Automation

Part 32 - vRA 7.3 Component Profiles

Part 33 - vRA 7.5 Upgrade

If you’re looking for a getting started video, check out this P luralsight course for a quick leg up on vRA 7.

And if you’re looking for a bit more focused detail on using vRA 7, there is also a course for extending the basic capabilities of vRA 7 also from Pluralsight.

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Release Notes - http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vra/vrealize-automation-70-release-notes.html Support Matrix - https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vrealize-automation-70-support-matrix.pdf VMware Documentation - http://pubs.vmware.com/vra-70/index.jsp VRealize Automation Load Balancing Configuration Guide - http://pubs.vmware.com/vra-70/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vrealize-automation-70-load-balancing.pdf Download vRealize Automation 7 from the VMware site - https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vrealize_automation/7_0 vRealize Automation SDK 7.0 - https://developercenter.vmware.com/web/sdk/7.0.0/vrealize-automation VMware vRealize Automation Cloud Client - https://developercenter.vmware.com/tool/cloudclient/4.0.0

Unofficial Blogs that focus on vRealize Automation

virtualjad.com - Jad El-Zein (Author)

grantorchard.com - Grant Orchard (Author)

vmtocloud.com - Ryan Kelly (Author)

open902.com - Mike Rudloff

Download the vRA / vCAC Icon Pack here: http://www.vmtocloud.com/vravcac-icon-pack/

Jad El-Zein - @virtualjad

Grant Orchard - @grantorchard

VMware Cloud Mgmt - @vmwarecloudmgmt

Yves Sandfort - @yvessandfort

Ryan Kelly - @vmtocloud

Mike Rudloff - @michael_rudloff