Chapter 11vRealize Automation and REST APIs

vRealize Automation (vRA) is a cloud automation platform. It allows end users to quickly provision IT services through a self-service web portal catalog. Think of it as a vending machine for provisioning applications and infrastructure that can leverage resources located on-premises and in the cloud. It allows DevOps engineers, developers, IT operations, and business teams to get what they need when they need it. vRA simplifies the combination of these diverse environments, creating a hybrid cloud platform (also known as a Cloud Management Platform, or CMP). Security and control are maintained by IT, and developers can roll out new application features and patches very quickly in production, often ...

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