Define a vCenter machine resource in a cloud template design to support VMware Cloud on AWS deployment in VMware Aria Automation

In this step, you drag a vCenter machine resource onto the design canvas and add settings for a VMware Cloud on AWS deployment in VMware Aria Automation.

Create a cloud template design that you can deploy to available VMware Cloud on AWS resources.

Unless otherwise indicated, the step values that you enter in this procedure are for this example workflow only.

Prerequisites

This procedure assumes that you have cloud template designer credentials. See What are the VMware Aria Automation user roles.
This procedure assumes that you have VMware Cloud on AWS CloudAdmin credentials for the target SDDC in vCenter (Datacenter:Datacenter-abz). See Credentials required for working with cloud accounts in VMware Aria Automation.
Configure the resource infrastructure and project as described in the preceding sections.

Procedure

Click the Templates tab and then click New.


Setting	Sample Value
Name	vmc-bp_abz
Description	1
Project	VMC_proj-1_abz This is the project that you created earlier, which supports the cloud zone that you also created earlier. The project is now associated with the cloud zone, which in turn is associated with the VMware Cloud on AWS cloud account/region that you created earlier.

Slide a vSphere machine resource onto the canvas.
Edit the following (bold) cloud template resource code in the machine resource.
```
formatVersion: 1
inputs: {}
resources:
  Cloud_vSphere_Machine_1:
    type: Cloud.vSphere.Machine
    properties:
      image: ubuntu-1604
      cpuCount: 1
      totalMemoryMB: 1024
      folderName: Workloads
```
The image can be any value that is appropriate to your deployment needs.

You must add the folderName: Workloads statement to the cloud template design code to support VMware Cloud on AWS deployment. The folderName: Workloads setting supports the CloudAdmin credentials in the VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC environment and is required.
Note: While the folderName: Workloads setting shown in the above code sample is required, you can add it directly in the cloud template code as shown above or you can add it in the associated cloud zone or project. If the setting is specified in more than one of these three places, the precedence is as follows:
- The project setting overrides the cloud template setting and the cloud zone setting.
- The cloud template setting overrides the cloud zone setting.
Note: You can optionally replace the cpuCount and totalMemoryMB settings with a flavor (sizing) entry, as shown below:
```
formatVersion: 1
inputs: {}
resources:
  Cloud_vSphere_Machine_1:
    type: Cloud.vSphere.Machine
    properties:
      image: ubuntu-1604
      flavor: small
      folderName: Workloads
```
If the cloud zone has the folder value set to Workloads, you do not need to set the folderName property in the cloud template, unless you want to override the cloud zone folder value.

What to do next

Expand on this basic VMware Cloud on AWS workflow by adding network isolation. See Configure an isolated network in VMware Cloud on AWS workflow in VMware Aria Automation.