Cloud properties are collected for the vCenter Server, AWS, GCP, and Azure object types.
vCenter Properties
| Property Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Summary | Name of the object. |
| Cloud Type | Summary | Type of cloud. |
| Status | Current status of the cloud. | |
| vCenter Hostname Address | Summary | vCenter Server hostname or IP address . |
| UUID | Summary | UUID of the object to fetch. |
| DHCP Enabled | Summary | The IP address management scheme. |
| Management Network | Summary | Management network to use for the service engines. Reference to an object of type VIMgrNWRuntime. |
| Access Permission | Summary | Access mode to vCenter Serverwhich is either Read, which allows the NSX Advanced Load Balancerto discover networks and servers, or Write, which also allows theNSX Advanced Load Balancer to create service engines and configure their network properties. |
| Tenant | Summary | Reference to an object of type Tenant. |
| License Type | Infrastructure | If no license type is specified then default license enforcement for the cloud type is chosen. |
| IPAM Profile | IPAM/DNS | IPAM Profile for the cloud. Reference to an object of type IpamDnsProviderProfile |
| DNS Profile | IPAM/DNS | DNS Profile for the cloud. Reference to an object of type IpamDnsProviderProfile |
| State Based DNS Registration | IPAM/DNS | DNS records for VIPs are added/deleted based on the operational state of the VIPs. |
| Data Center | Data Center Properties | Datacenter for virtual infrastructure discovery. |
| IPv6 Auto Configuration | Data Center Properties | Enable IPv6 auto configuration. |
| Prefer Static Routes vs Directly Connected Network | Data Center Properties | Prefer static routes over interface routes during VirtualService placement. |
| Use Static Routes for Network Resolution of VIP | Data Center Properties | Use static routes for VIP side network resolution during VirtualService placement. |
| Template Service Engine Group | Service Engine | The service engine group to use as template. Reference to an object of type ServiceEngineGroup. |
| IP Subnet | Service Engine | Management subnet to use for service Engines |
AWS Properties
| Property Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Summary | Name of the object type. |
| Cloud Type | Summary | Type of cloud. |
| Region | Summary | AWS region. |
| Route53 Integration | Summary | If enabled, create/update DNS entries in Amazon Route 53 zones. |
| VPC | Summary | VPC name. |
| VPC Id | Summary | VPC ID. |
| UUID | Summary | UUID of the object to fetch. |
| Availability Zone | AWS Zone Config | Availability zone. |
| Management Network Name | AWS Zone Config | Name or CIDR of the network in the Availability Zone that will be used as management network. |
| Management Network Id | AWS Zone Config | UUID of the network in the Availability Zone that will be used as management network. |
| License Type | Infrastructure | If no license type is specified then default license enforcement for the cloud type is chosen. |
| DNS registration for VS Names | DNS | DNS Profile for the cloud. It is a reference to an object of type IpamDnsProviderProfile. |
| State Based DNS Registration | DNS | DNS records for VIPs are added/deleted based on the operational state of the VIPs. |
| SQS for Autoscale Groups Monitoring | AWS VPC and Availability Zones | Use SNS/SQS based notifications for monitoring Auto Scaling Groups. |
| Template Service Engine Group | AWS VPC and Availability Zones | The service engine group to use as template. Reference to an object of type ServiceEngineGroup. |
| Encryption for SE S3 Bucket | AWS VPC and Availability Zones | S3 encryption mode and the master key to be used for encrypting S3 buckets during SE AMI upload. Only SSE-KMS mode is supported. |
| Encryption for SE AMI/EBS volumes | AWS VPC and Availability Zones | EBS encryption mode and the master key to be used for encrypting SE AMI, Volumes, and Snapshots. |
| ASG Polling Interval | AWS VPC and Availability Zones | Time interval between periodic polling of all Auto Scaling Groups. |
Azure Properties
| Property Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Type | Summary | Type of cloud. |
| Name | Summary | Name of the object type. |
| Autoscale Polling Interval | Summary | CloudConnector polling interval in seconds for external autoscale groups, minimum 60 seconds. |
| Azure Subscription ID | Summary | Subscription ID for the Azure subscriptions. |
| UUID | Summary | UUID of the object to fetch. |
| License Type | Infrastructure | If no license type is specified then default license enforcement for the cloud type is chosen. |
| DNS registration | DNS | Whether Azure is the DNS provider. |
| DNS Provider | DNS | DNS Profile for the cloud. Reference to an object of type IpamDnsProviderProfile. |
| State Based DNS Registration | DNS | DNS records for VIPs are added/deleted based on the operational state of the VIPs. |
| Location | Location Or Network | Azure location where this cloud is located.. |
| Resource Group | Location Or Network | Azure resource group dedicated for the controller. The controller create all its resources in this resource group. |
| VNet | Location Or Network | Virtual network where virtual IPs belong. |
| Service Engine Network | Location Or Network | ID of the Azure subnet where the controller creates the service engines. |
| Use Dedicated Management Interface | Location Or Network | ID of the Azure subnet used as management network for the service engines. If set, service engines have a dedicated management NIC. Otherwise, they operate in inband mode. |
| Template Service Engine Group | Service Engine | The service engine group association for the service engine. If None, then the Default-Group, which is SEGroup, is associated with the service engine. Reference to an object of type ServiceEngineGroup. |
| Disk Encryption Set | Disk | Disks Encryption Set resource ID (des_id) to encrypt service engine images and managed disks using customer-managed-keys. |
GCP Properties
| Property Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Type | Summary | Type of cloud. |
| Name | Summary | Name of the object. |
| UUID | Summary | UUID of the object to fetch. |
| Service Account Email | GCP Account | Email of the GCP Service Account to be associated to the service engines. |
| GCS Bucket Name | GCP Account | Google Cloud Storage Bucket name where the service engine image is uploaded. This image will be deleted once the image is created in Google compute images. By default, a bucket will be created if this field is not specified. |
| SE Project Id | GCP Account | Google Cloud Platform Project ID where service engines will be spawned. |
| VPC Network Name | GCP Account | Google Cloud Platform VPC network configuration for the service engines. |
| GCS Project Id | GCP Account | Google Cloud Storage Project ID where the service engine image is uploaded. This image is deleted once the image is created in Google compute images. By default, the service engine Project ID is used. |
| Name | Zones | Google Cloud Platform region name where service engines will be spawned. |
| Regions | Zones | Google Cloud Platform zones where service engines will be distributed for HA. |
