If you followed my previous posts Deploying the vRealize suite using VCF 4.0 and vRealize Lifeycycle Manager (vRSLCM) enable product dowloads you should now have vRA and vIDM already downloaded.

In my previous post i went over the installation of vIDM which is a pre requisite for vRA. You can find the link here

Next, we need to create a new environment that will be used to deploy vRA. For this we can go to Lifecycle Operations -> Create Environment. Fill in the necessary information and click next

Creating a new environment in vRealize Lifecycle Manager for vRA deployment.

Select vRealize Automation, select the version and install type then click next

Select vRealize Automation, choose version 8.1.0, and select ‘New Install’, then click ‘Next’.

Review and accept the EULA then click Next

EULA step in vRA deployment wizard; review terms, check box, Next button visible.

Next screen is the key. Click on Select and select the vRA key from the inventory. If we need to add the key manually we can follow the steps in my post here

In the Create Environment wizard, the License step shows a message about validating licenses and buttons to select or add keys.

Verify the key selection click on Validate Association and click on next

License validation screen shows ‘vra8’ license with 60 units, ‘LCM Admin’ account, and ‘Never’ expiration. Click ‘Validate Association’ and ‘Next’.

Select the certificate and click next. If a new certificate needs to be create follow the instructions on my post here

Select certificate in vRA wizard for VCF 4 environment setup.

Make the proper selections for where the vRA server will get deployed and click Next

Select vCenter, cluster, network, datastore, and disk mode; then click Next.

Fill in the proper network configuration and click next

Network configuration screen for vRA deployment; fields include Default Gateway, Netmask, Domain Name, DNS Servers, and Time Sync Mode.

Specify the proper network configuration for the product and click next

In vRealize Automation setup, specify network details for vRA-primary and click Next.

Run the precheck and verify that everything is green then click Next

Precheck confirms all validations passed; click Next to proceed.

Verify the summary and click submit

The image shows the “Summary” step of a vRealize Automation deployment wizard. It lists product properties, license, and expandable sections.

Next we are taken to the request details where we can follow the process that LCM is performing for us automatically.

The image shows a request details page for deploying vRA with vRealize Lifecycle Manager in a VCF 4 environment, tracking stages like “Stage 1” and “InfraValidation”.

We can see that the task completed

The request completed successfully in 1 hour 23 minutes, with stages 1-10 showing varying durations.

If we go to environments we can see that the vRA Environment

The image shows a vRA environment dashboard with two environments: “corp” and “globalenvironment,” both marked as completed.