VMware Cloud Director (vCD) plugin registration fails with HTTP Error

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

When trying to register the VMware Cloud Director plugin for Aria Operations it fails with the below error:

Couldn't fetch manifest file for plugin Aria Operations Plugin. Error: Http failure response for https://<VCD instance>/provider/uiPlugins/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/manifest.json: 404 Not Found

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.2

VMware Cloud Director 10.x

Cause

This is a known issue in Aria Operations 8.18.2 and needs the workaround noted in the Resolution section below to resolve.

Resolution

Below are the steps to be performed on each node of Aria Operations in the cluster. There is no need to restart the nodes.

• ssh to the Aria Operations node as root 
• Create a vcdPlugin directory in /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/ with the commands:

cd /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/

mkdir vcdPlugin

• Provide necessary permission to the directory with the command:

chmod 775 vcdPlugin/

• Download the plugin.zip file attached to this article and place it in the /tmp directory on the node using a SCP utility
• Copy the plugin.zip file to the target directory with the command:

cp /tmp/plugin.zip /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/vcdPlugin/

• Navigate to the vcdPlugin directory if not already there with the command:
  
  cd /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/vcdPlugin/
  
  
• Provide necessary permission to the file with the command:
  
  chmod 664 plugin.zip

Once above steps are completed in all the Aria Operations nodes in the cluster, login to the Aria Operations UI and perform below steps:

• Unregister the plugin by navigating to Administration > Integrations > VMware Cloud Director Adapter > MANAGE REGISTRATION > UNREGISTER
• Register the plugin again, MANAGE REGISTRATION > REGISTER

 

Lastly navigate to VCD UI

• Go to VCD provider's Customize Portal and publish the Aria Operations Plugin to tenants