You can create a provider-specific external IPAM integration point to manage the IP addresses used in your cloud template deployments. When using an external IPAM integration point, IP addresses are obtained from and managed by the designated IPAM provider rather than from VMware Aria Automation.
You can create a provider-specific IPAM integration point to manage IP addresses and DNS settings for cloud template deployments and VMs in VMware Aria Automation.
For information about how to configure the prerequisites, and an example of how to create a provider-specific external IPAM integration point within the context of a sample workflow, see Add an external IPAM integration for Infoblox in VMware Aria Automation. Note that this workflow is for an Infoblox IPAM integration but can be used as reference for any external IPAM vendor.
For information about how to create the needed assets to enable external IPAM partners and vendors to integrate their IPAM solution with VMware Aria Automation, see How do I use the IPAM SDK to create a provider-specific external IPAM integration package for VMware Aria Automation.
Prerequisites
- 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.
- Verify that you have access to a deployed integration package for the IPAM provider, such as Infoblox or BlueCat. The deployed package is initially obtained as a .zip download from your IPAM provider or the VMware Marketplace and then deployed to VMware Aria Automation.
- Verify that you have access to a configured running environment for the IPAM provider.
- If you are using an actions-based extensibility (ABX) On-Prem Embedded running environment, verify that you have an HTTP proxy server in the VMware Aria Automation network that is able to pass outgoing traffic to external sites such as gcr.io and storage.googleapis.com. For details, see Pulling Docker images behind proxy in vRealize Automation 8.x (75180).
- Verify that you have the required user credentials to access and use the IPAM vendor product. See your integration vendor's product documentation for information about required user permissions.