TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
AggieCloud
Audience: Cloud Engineers, Platform Engineers, and IT Professionals managing AggieCloud resources.
Scope: This section covers AggieCloud (vRealize Automation) platform administration including blueprints, projects, and automation workflows.
AggieCloud is Texas A&M University's on-premises private cloud platform built on VMware vRealize Automation (vRA). It provides self-service VM provisioning, automated deployments, and infrastructure-as-code capabilities.
Quick Links
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| AggieCloud Portal | Main login portal |
| vIDM Console | VMware Identity Manager |
| End-User Documentation | User-facing support docs |
| ServiceNow Catalog | New project request form |
Platform Components
Documentation Sections
Cloud Blueprints
Templates for deploying virtual infrastructure.
- Create/Update — Build new blueprints or modify existing
- Testing — Backend and frontend testing procedures
- Versioning — Release management and version control
- Publishing — Content source and catalog configuration
Projects
Access control and resource boundaries.
- Legacy Projects — Manually managed migrations from AC 1.0
- New Projects — Terraform-controlled via GitHub pipeline
- User Management — Add/remove users and groups
vRealize Orchestrator
Automation workflows and actions.
- Actions — Reusable functions for automation
- Workflows — Multi-step automation processes
- GitHub Integration — Version control for vRO code
GitHub Repositories
| Repository | Purpose |
|---|---|
| aip-ac-foundation | Project creation pipeline |
| it-ae-aggiecloud-vro | vRO code repository |
| curated-images | Curated VM images |
| it-ae-aggiecloud-github-runners | Self-hosted GitHub runners |
| it-ae-tfmod-vra-linux-deployment | Linux deployment Terraform module |
| it-ae-tfmod-vra-windows-deployment | Windows deployment Terraform module |
| support.cloud.tamu.edu | End-user documentation |
| dit-cscn-aip-ac-artifacts | AggieCloud 1.0 artifacts |