Create a basic blueprint that makes use of Cloud-Init to deploy WordPress

As a developer, you can begin by using a blueprint in vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly that only includes the most basic WordPress components, like having just one application server.

vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly is a tool that lets you create and manage infrastructure through code. To get started, you can drag and drop components onto the design canvas, and then add more details using the code editor on the right.

The code editor allows you to directly type, cut, and paste code. If you’re not comfortable with editing code, you can simply select a resource on the canvas, click on the code editor’s Properties tab, and enter values there. Whatever you enter will show up in the code as if you typed it out yourself.

Before starting, it’s important to be familiar with your infrastructure. While the examples given here use values from a specific use case, you should replace them with your own values. Before you can start reproducing this blueprint make sure you have created an Ubuntu template in vCenter + Image Mappings and Flavor Mappings in Aria Automation. You’ll probably also will need to tag Network Profiles so Aria Automation knows which network to select.

Create an Image Mapping called ubuntu

Create the Flavor Mappings large, medium and small

Create a blueprint from a Blank canvas

Paste the following YAML in the code section of your new blueprint

inputs:
  size:
    type: string
    enum:
      - small
      - medium
      - large
    description: Size of Nodes
    title: Tier Machine Size
  username:
    type: string
    minLength: 4
    maxLength: 20
    pattern: '[a-z]+'
    title: Database Username
    description: Database Username
  userpassword:
    type: string
    pattern: '[a-z0-9A-Z@#$]+'
    encrypted: true
    title: Database Password
    description: Database Password
  databaseDiskSize:
    type: number
    default: 4
    maximum: 10
    title: MySQL Data Disk Size
    description: Database Disk Size
  network:
    type: string
    title: Network name
    default: VLAN1611
resources:
  DBTier:
    type: Cloud.Machine
    properties:
      name: mysql
      image: ubuntu
      flavor: ${input.size}
      networks:
        - network: ${resource["WP-Network-Private"].id}
      remoteAccess:
        authentication: usernamePassword
        username: ${input.username}
        password: ${input.userpassword}
      cloudConfig: |
        #cloud-config
        repo_update: true
        repo_upgrade: all

        packages:
         - mysql-server

        runcmd:
         - sed -e '/bind-address/ s/^#*/#/' -i /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
         - service mysql restart
         - mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'mysqlpassword';"
         - mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
      attachedDisks: []
  WebTier:
    type: Cloud.Machine
    properties:
      name: wordpress
      flavor: ${input.size}
      image: ubuntu
      networks:
        - network: ${resource["WP-Network-Private"].id}
      cloudConfig: |
        #cloud-config
        repo_update: true
        repo_upgrade: all

        packages:
         - apache2
         - php
         - php-mysql
         - libapache2-mod-php
         - php-mcrypt
         - mysql-client

        runcmd:
         - mkdir -p /var/www/html/mywordpresssite && cd /var/www/html && wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz && tar -xzf /var/www/html/latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/mywordpresssite --strip-components 1
         - i=0; while [ $i -le 5 ]; do mysql --connect-timeout=3 -h ${DBTier.networks[0].address} -u root -pmysqlpassword -e "SHOW STATUS;" && break || sleep 15; i=$((i+1)); done
         - mysql -u root -pmysqlpassword -h ${DBTier.networks[0].address} -e "create database wordpress_blog;"
         - mv /var/www/html/mywordpresssite/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/mywordpresssite/wp-config.php
         - sed -i -e s/"define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' );"/"define( 'DB_NAME', 'wordpress_blog' );"/ /var/www/html/mywordpresssite/wp-config.php && sed -i -e s/"define( 'DB_USER', 'username_here' );"/"define( 'DB_USER', 'root' );"/ /var/www/html/mywordpresssite/wp-config.php && sed -i -e s/"define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here' );"/"define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'mysqlpassword' );"/ /var/www/html/mywordpresssite/wp-config.php && sed -i -e s/"define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );"/"define( 'DB_HOST', '${DBTier.networks[0].address}' );"/ /var/www/html/mywordpresssite/wp-config.php
         - service apache2 reload
  WP-Network-Private:
    type: Cloud.Network
    properties:
      name: WP-Network-Private
      networkType: existing
      constraints:
        - tag: ${input.network}

That will result the following schema

Test the blueprint to make sure that it works before testing a deployment.

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/8.0/Using-and-Managing-Cloud-Assembly/GUID-B01FB60E-2928-457A-AAB1-2CBD9FFF3A21.html