Create an NSX-V cloud account in VMware Aria Automation

For network and security purposes, you can create and associate an NSX-V cloud account with a vCenter cloud account.

An NSX-V cloud account can only be associated to one vCenter cloud account.

The association between NSX-V and a vCenter cloud account must be configured outside of VMware Aria Automation, specifically in your NSX application. VMware Aria Automation doesn't create the association between NSX and vCenter. In VMware Aria Automation, you specify an association that already exists in NSX.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have the required administrator 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.
• Verify that you have a cloud proxy to use with this NSX cloud account. See Add a cloud proxy to a vCenter in Automation Assembler.
• Verify that you have a vCenter cloud account to use with this NSX cloud account. See Create a basic vCenter cloud account in VMware Aria Automation.
• Verify that the cloud proxy VM is on and that the cloud proxy service is connected and running. See Verify that a cloud proxy is running on a target virtual machine.

For related information, see VMware NSX Documentation.

Procedure

1. Select Infrastructure > Connections > Cloud Accounts and click Add Cloud Account.
2. Select the NSX-V account type and enter the NSX-V host IP address.
3. Select an existing cloud proxy from the drop-down menu.

   You can also create a new cloud proxy for this cloud account. See Add a cloud proxy to a vCenter in Automation Assembler.

4. Enter your NSX administrator credentials and click Validate.

   The assets associated with the account are collected.

   If the NSX host IP address is not available, or if the cloud proxy is not associated with the NSX host IP address in the vCenter on which the cloud proxy is deployed, then validation fails.

5. If available, select the vCenter endpoint that represents the vCenter cloud account that you are associating with this NSX-V account.

   Only vCenter cloud accounts that are not currently associated to an NSX-T or NSX-V cloud account are available for selection.

   For information about making association changes after you have deployed a cloud template, see What happens if I remove an NSX cloud account association in VMware Aria Automation.

6. If you want to add tags to support a tagging strategy, enter capability tags.

   You can add or remove capability tags later. See How do I use tags to manage Automation Assembler resources and deployments.

   For information about how capability tags and constraint tags help control deployment placements, see the Constraint Tags and Placement video tutorial.

7. Click Save.

What to do next

You can create or edit a vCenter cloud account to associate with this NSX cloud account. See Create a basic vCenter cloud account in VMware Aria Automation.

Create and configure one or more cloud zones for use with the data centers that are used by this cloud account. See Learn more about Automation Assembler cloud zones.

Configure infrastructure resources for this cloud account. See Building your Automation Assembler resource infrastructure.