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vRealize Automation – a conceptual diagram

Just for the ease of understanding, we have broken down the components of vRealize Automation into the following:

An identity source used for authentication (can be a Windows- or Linux-based identity management server)
A vRealize Automation appliance, a.k.a. a Cloud Automation Framework for Extensibility (CAFÉ) appliance
An IaaS server

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