A complete, technical comparison of all available automation options for integrating SOLIDserver into VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator — as of 2026.
| Criterion | EfficientIP official | JuliaLblnd Python / GitHub |
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|---|---|---|---|
| General | |||
| Version | 0.9.0 | — | 1.x |
| Target platform | vRO 7.x | vRA 8 IPAM Provider | vRO 8.x |
| Implementation | Java .dar | Python + Docker | Java .dar |
| SOLIDserver API | SOAP (legacy) | REST | REST |
| Extra infrastructure | None | Docker host required | None |
| License | Free | MIT open source | Commercial offline |
| Actively maintained | Abandoned | Last: Oct 2023 | ✓ 2026 |
| IPAM features | |||
| IP record creation | Basic | Basic | ✓ with full idempotency |
| IP record deletion | Basic | Basic | ✓ + cascade (aliases) |
| IP record update | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ hostname, IP or both |
| First free IP from subnet | Basic | ✓ | ✓ with minFreeIp guard |
| Free IP address | Basic | ✓ | ✓ ip XOR ip_id logic |
| Move record to new subnet | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Space (site) resolution | ✗ | Partial | ✓ by site_id or site_name |
| Search by name or IP | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ auto-detects input type |
| DNS features | |||
| DNS A record management | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Alias management | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ add, remove, exact-set |
| Alias conflict detection | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ pre-provision check |
| DNS validation (host cmd) | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ A, CNAME, reverse |
| Provisioning quality | |||
| Idempotent provisioning | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ safe to replay |
| Ghost machine detection | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ ping check before assign |
| Full lifecycle (provision → deprovision) | Partial | Partial | ✓ |
| Orphan IP audit | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ with ping status per record |
| vRA integration | |||
| vRA IPAM Provider | ✗ | ✓ native integration | Via workflows |
| Dynamic form actions (dropdowns) | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ 7 chained list actions |
| listSites | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| listSitesWithFreeIp | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| listSubnets / listFreeSubnets | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| listIPRecords / listAliases | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Architecture & security | |||
| vRO native inventory | 7.x only | ✗ | ✗ |
| RESTHost-based auth (SSL delegated) | ✗ | Configurable | ✓ |
| Offline license (no external call) | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ bound to SOLIDserver instance |
| vRO 8.x compatible | ✗ | vRA only | ✓ |
| Production references | Unknown | Unknown | RATP, Min. Intérieur |
| Package content | |||
| Workflow count | ~5 | N/A | 14 |
| Action count | ~3 | N/A | 11 |
| Composable building blocks | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ atomic actions + high-level workflows |
Three very different tools for three very different contexts.
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