How to retrieve Aria Automation version number via API

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article outlines how to retrieve the Aria Automation API version via api.

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 8.x

Resolution

Via Curl:

curl -k https://<AriaAutomationFQDN>/config.json | jq -r '.applicationVersion' | base64 -d

 

Via Web Browser:

1. Open Web Browser and url:

https://<AriaAutomationFQDN>/config.json

2. document the value for applicationVersion

3. Decode the applicationVersion value from its base64 value. You can use the openssl command in windowd command prompt

 

echo <applicationVersionBade64EncodedValue> | openssl base64 -d

So for the example given in the screenshot above:

echo Vk13YXJlIEFyaWEgQXV0b21hdGlvbiA4LjEzLjEuMzIzNDAgKDIyMzYwOTM4KQo= | openssl base64 -d

 

Alternatively there are a number of online tools which offer free base64 decoding functionality