You create vCenter Server and NSX Manager cloud accounts for the VI workload domains in the VMware Cloud Foundation instances. You apply the integration accounts credentials to the cloud accounts and link the cloud accounts to cloud zones.

Note:

For an environment with NSX Federation, you configure NSX Manager cloud accounts for the VI workload domain NSX Local Manager clusters.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Aria Automation cloud services console at https://<aria_automation_cluster_fqdn>/csp/gateway/portal with a user assigned the Assembler administrator service role.

  2. On the left navigation pane, click Services​​.

  3. Under My Services​, click Assembler​​.

  4. Click the Infrastructure tab.
  5. If the Guided setup diagram page appears, click Continue.
    Note: This page appears if there are no cloud zones.

  6. In the left pane, select Connections > Cloud accounts.

  7. Add a cloud account for the VI workload domain vCenter Server.

    1. On the Cloud accounts page, click Add cloud account.

    2. On the Cloud account types page, click the vCenter Server card.

    3. On the New cloud account page, configure the values for the vCenter cloud account from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Validate.

    4. In the Untrusted certificate found dialog box, click Accept.

    5. After the successful validation, under Configuration, select the VI workload domain data center and select Create a cloud zone for the selected datacenters.

    6. Under Capabilities tags, add the capability tag according to your value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    7. Click Add.

  8. Add a cloud account for a VI workload domain NSX Manager cluster.

    1. On the Cloud accounts page, click Add cloud account.

    2. On the Cloud account types page, click the NSX Manager card.
    3. On the New cloud account page, configure the values for the NSX Manager cloud account from the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, configure the following settings, and click Validate.

      Setting

      Value

      Manager type

      Local

      NSX mode

      Policy

    4. In the Untrusted certificate found dialog box, click Accept.

    5. Under Associations, click Add.

    6. In the Add associations dialog box, select the vCenter Server cloud account for the VI workload domain that you created in step 7 and click Add.

    7. Under Capabilities tags, add the capability tag according to your value in the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

    8. Click Add.

  9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for each VI workload domain.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start PowerShell.

  2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

    $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$sddcManagerUser = "[email protected]"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$sddcDomainName = "sfo-w01"

$configUser = "configadmin"
$configPass = "VMw@re1!"
$capabilityTag = "private"

  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

    New-vRACloudAccount -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomainName -vraUser $configUser -vraPass $configPass -capabilityTab $capabilityTag
  4. Repeat this procedure for each VI workload domain.