You can define an existing network to use IP address values that are obtained from, and managed by, an external IPAM provider rather than internally from VMware Aria Automation.
You can define a network to access existing IP settings that you have defined in your organization's external IPAM provider account. This step expands on the Infoblox provider integration that you created in the previous step.
In this example, you configure a network profile with existing networks that were data-collected from vCenter. You then configure these networks to obtain IP information from an external IPAM provider, in this case Infoblox. Virtual machines that you provision from VMware Aria Automation that can be matched with this network profile obtain their IP and other TCP/IP related settings from the external IPAM provider.
For more information about networks, see Network resources in VMware Aria Automation. For more information about network profiles, see How to add network profiles in VMware Aria Automation and Learn more about network profiles in VMware Aria Automation.
For related information, see How do I configure a network profile to support an on-demand network for an external IPAM integration in VMware Aria Automation.
Prerequisites
This sequence of steps is shown in the context of an IPAM provider integration workflow. See Tutorial: Configuring a provider-specific external IPAM integration for VMware Aria Automation.
- Verify that you have cloud administrator credentials. See Credentials required for working with cloud accounts in VMware Aria Automation.
- Verify that you have the cloud administrator user role. See What are the VMware Aria Automation user roles.
- Verify that you have an account with the external IPAM provider, for example Infoblox or Bluecat, and that you have the correct access credentials to your organization's account with the IPAM provider. In this example workflow, the IPAM provider is Infoblox.
- Verify that you have an IPAM integration point for the IPAM provider. See Add an external IPAM integration for Infoblox in VMware Aria Automation.
Procedure
Results
The network and network profile setting are now configured for an existing network type to be used for the Infoblox IPAM integration in a cloud template.