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VMware Aria Automation is the main consumption portal for the VMware Cloud and beyond. You can use VMware Aria Automation to author, administer, and consume application templates and blueprints. As an integral component of VCF, VMware Aria Automation provides a unified service catalog that gives you the ability to select and perform requests to instantiate specific services.