Unable to view/add Automation-CustomForm content in Aria Suite Lifecycle -> Content Management, when one or more CloudTemplates has a trailing whitespace in its name

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

When adding content from Aria Automation in Aria Suite Lifecycle -> Content Management -> Contents,

The "Automation-CustomForm" section may contain no entries (displays an empty list) even though there are valid Custom Forms in Aria Automation.

No error seen in UI.

Error seen in /var/log/vrlcm/blackstone-spring.log at the time:

[listContent] : Failed to list the contents: null

Environment

Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18

Cause

This issue occurs if there is one or more Cloud Templates in Aria Automation with a trailing whitespace in its name. (E.g. "MyTemplateName  ")

Resolution

Fix being added to Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18 Patch 2.

Workaround: Remove any trailing whitespaces from CloudTemplate names in Aria Automation before trying to Add Content in Aria Suite Lifecycle.