You can add a basic vCenter cloud account for the account regions to which you want to deploy VMware Aria Automation cloud templates.
For network and security purposes, you can associate a vCenter cloud account with an NSX-T or NSX-V cloud account. An NSX-T cloud account can be associated to one or more vCenter cloud accounts. However, an NSX-V cloud account can only be associated to one vCenter cloud account.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you have the required service account credentials and have enabled HTTPS access on port 443. 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.
- If you are creating the cloud account for use with a remote vSphere agent (which is possible by using the Forward all traffic through proxy option), verify that you have deployed and configured a VMware Aria Automation extensibility (vREx) proxy on the target remote vCenter server. See How can I configure and use a VMware Aria Automation Extensibility proxy with a vCenter cloud account for improved VMware Aria Automation performance across datacenters.
- Verify that you have properly configured your ports and protocols to support the cloud account. See the System Requirements topic in Installing VMware Aria Automationwith Easy Installer and the Port Requirements topic in Reference Architecture Guide. Both publications are available on the VMware Aria Automation product documentation page.
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Results
The cloud account is added and the selected data centers are available for the specified cloud zone. Collected data such as machines, networks, storage, and volumes is listed in the Resources section of the Infrastructure tab.
What to do next
Configure remaining infrastructure resources for this cloud account. See Building your Automation Assembler resource infrastructure.
For information about converting an existing cloud account, see Convert a traditional vCenter cloud account to one based on a VMware Aria Automation extensibility (vREx) proxy.