When using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle or other VMware Aria Suite products that are deployed with VMware Cloud Foundation in a clustered environment, you can add one of the following NSX load balancer types:

  • VCF managed NSX-T
  • NSX Advanced load balancer, previously named Avi Networks load balancer and used by VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, and VMware Identity Manager, VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
  • Others

Before deploying the VMware Aria Suite product, add a load balancer to your VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle configuration as described in the following procedure.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have the FQDN for the load balancer.
  • To deploy an NSX Advanced load balancer:
    • Verify that you have deployed an NSX Advanced Load Balancer outside of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
    • Verify that the NSX Advanced Load Balancer controller is configured with an NSX-T cloud account.
  • Verify that VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle is in VCF aware mode. See How do I use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle in VCF Aware Mode.

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
  2. On the My Services dashboard, click Lifecycle Operations.
  3. In the navigation list at the left, select Settings.
  4. On the System Administration page, click Load Balancer.
  5. The Configure Load Balancer page appears.
    1. Click Add Load Balancer.
    2. Select the Controller Type and specify the controller type settings.
      • If adding a NSX Advanced Load Balancer, specify:
        Field Description
        Controller FQDN FQDN of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Controller IP IP Address of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Username Username for the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Password Password for the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Note: Select a password from the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle locker. If it is not listed, then use click here to create the password object and make the selection.
        NSX Cloud Account NSX-T Cloud account
        Load Balancer IP IP address that will be used to create the virtual service on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Load Balancer FQDN Load balancer FQDN that will be used to deploy the product
      • If adding a VMware Cloud Foundation managed NSX-T or Others, specify the load balancer FQDN.
    3. Click Add.

Results

You have created a load balancer configuration that you can use to install a product in a clustered deployment. See Create a new private cloud environment using the installation wizard in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.