Deployment Architecture for VMware Chargeback for VMware Cloud Director

The following architecture provides an overview of the deployment process for the vCenter, VMware Cloud Director , and NSX Management Packs. The following architecture provides an overview of integration of VMware Chargeback with vCenter, VMware Cloud Director , and NSX Management Packs.

Note: VMware Chargeback was formerly known as Tenant App.

You can receive data from vCenter, VMware Cloud Director , and NSX Management Packs.

• vRealize Operations collects resources from vCenter, VMware Cloud Director , and NSX Management Packs using their respective Management Pack plugins and displays it in the vRealize Operations Database.
• VMware Chargeback for VMware Cloud Director interacts with vRealize Operations using the Suite APIs (internal/external) to collect resources and pricing information.
• A service provider performs configuration actions using the standalone VMware Chargeback UI.
• The tenant can either use VMware Chargeback Plugin UI or the standalone VMware Chargeback UI.
• All requests from VMware Chargeback for VMware Cloud Director are sent through Nginx Forward Proxy and the configuration is as displayed in the Deployment Architecture workflow diagram.