Importing package in Aria Orchestrator fails with Error: 400 Bad request

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• Error: Failed to import package:Http failure response for https://########/vco/api/packages/########:400 Bad Request

• vco-server-app.log will report the following:

Invalid Package element type: 'ActionEnvironmentRepository'

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Value parameter must be provided and cannot be 'null'.
    at org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate.notNull(Validate.java:225) ~[commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar:3.8.1]

Environment

Aria Automation 8.18.1

Cause

The issue was caused by missing ID of the environment repository in the package.

Resolution

This issue will be fixed in a future release of Aria Automation.

Workaround:

1. Create the package in the source Orchestrator.
2. Add the required content workflow to package.
3. Save and choose the option to "SKIP rebuilding".
4. Export the created package.
5. Import the package on the target Orchestrator.