Applying GitOps Principles to Maintain Desired State Configuration using VMware vSphere Configuration Profile – Part 3

What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)? The Scenario The Solution: GitOps Powered by VCP APIs Understanding Github Repository Global Intent File (vcp_managed_clusters. yaml) Managed Folders (vc-*/) Config JSON (*. json) Under the Hood: How Automation Works Smart Change Detection Asynchronous Lifecycle Management Safety First: Run Draft Validation Sample Run: End-to-End Workflow Onboarding a Cluster Day-2 Operations – Update/Modify Cluster Configuration Implementation Note Conclusion Demo Important Links Discover more from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog Related Articles Applying GitOps Principles to Maintain Desired State Configuration using VMware vSphere Configuration Profile - Part 3 Accelerate Database as a Service with new VMware Data Services Manager Proof of Value Service from AxelCore Announcing the i7i. metal-24xl Instance for VMware Cloud on AWS Welcome back to the third blog post in the Automating vSphere Configuration Profile (VCP) workflows series. In the first post, we explored the VCP APIs and the set of APIs required to work with vSphere Configuration Profiles. The second post focused on consuming these APIs using PowerCLI and the Unified SDK for Python, demonstrating how they can be integrated into your Python and PowerCLI scripts. I highly recommend going through both of these posts to build the foundational understanding of VCP and its real-world use cases. Maintaining infrastructure configuration is a top priority for cloud architects and administrators. While the vSphere Client gives you a great high-level view of your environment, it becomes difficult to maintain consistency when managing configurations at scale, especially across multiple locations and clusters. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solves this problem by allowing you to define and document infrastructure using code instead of manual UI operations. With IaC, you can: Version your configurations Apply consistent configurations across the entire SDDC Track configuration drifts In short, your infrastructure becomes repeatable, auditable, and automated. As a cloud administrator, you likely manage multiple VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) instances, each with several workload domains and clusters.