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To create a new API Token, log into VMware Cloud Services Console and navigate to User Settings > My Account > API Tokens > Generate Token Creating a new API Token For vRealize Automation 8 (on-premises) you will need to use the instructions or scripts provided to retrieve a refresh token. Access and Refresh tokens are based on your login credentials and expire in 8 hours or 6 months respectively, but share the scope and permissions as your user account, and cannot be revoked without disabling the account. API tokens can be limited to a specific organisation scope, functionality, can be revoked, and can be set to expire. In order for Terraform to authenticate with the vRealize Automation API we need an API token вЂ“ this can either be an access token, a refresh token, or an API token which is issued for a specific purpose. variables.tf вЂ“ used for declaring variables.terraform.tfvars вЂ“ used for setting variable values.main.tf вЂ“ this is my main terraform file in which I am describing the desired state of my environment.IвЂ™ve created a new folder to hold my Terraform configuration files:

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For Mac users you can install both using homebrew,В for Windows users IвЂ™d recommend chocolatey.В Up-to-date installation instructions for the vRA terraform provider are available on the Github repository, the steps IвЂ™m using below are used for a Mac. To start using the vRA Terraform provider youвЂ™ll need to have Terraform and Go installed on your local machine. Update 05/2020 вЂ“ The vRealize Automation Terraform Provider has been updated to v0.2.0, check out the release notes for up to date information on whatвЂ™s new! Installing theВ vRealize Automation Terraform Provider The vRealize Automation Terraform Provider, as well as a wide range of 3rd party providers, and can augment the functionality provided by vRealize Automation with additional external components (as demonstrated recently on Grant OrchardвЂ™s blog). There are several VMware providers for Terraform (including vSphere, NSX-T, vCloud Director, vRealize Automation 7) which allow customers to consume VMware products in a programatic way. I also mentioned Terraform as a complimentary technology to vRealize Automation.

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In my previous post, Infrastructure as Code and vRealize Automation, I talked about the principles of Infrastructure as Code and how vRealize Automation can help you put some of those ideas into action.

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