By using the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, you can deploy VMware Cloud Director, VMware Chargeback, RabbitMQ, and vCloud Usage Meter.

When specifying the environment for the product you want to deploy, you can specify the product nodes, integrations with other products, and product certificates.

Starting with VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager 1.6, you can configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration for vCloud Usage Meter 4.7 and later, and for VMware Cloud Director 10.3 and later.

Prerequisites

  • If you log in as an imported user, verify that you have the READ_DC and CREATE_ENV permissions.
  • To deploy a product by using the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, you must first register a vCenter Server as an infrastructure component.

Procedure

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Deployments.
  2. Click Add New Deployment.
  3. Enter the product configuration data.
    Deployment Type Procedure
    Deploy the product by using a JSON file
    1. Select the product you want to deploy.
    2. Click Choose File and navigate to the JSON file containing the product configurations.
    3. Upload the JSON file and click Continue.
    Deploy the product without using a JSON file
    1. Select the product you want to deploy and click Continue.
    2. In the left panel, click the different tabs and enter the product general settings, infrastructure configuration, and product configuration details.
    3. To configure a product node, click Add Node and enter the node settings.
    4. To configure an integration with a different product, from the Add Integration drop-down menu, select the product, and enter the integration settings.
    5. To configure the product certificate, click Add Certificate and enter the certificate settings.
    Important product considerations
    Product Consideration
    RabbitMQ If you want to create more than one RabbitMQ node and integrate the nodes with VMware Cloud Director as an AMQP broker, under Product > Specific Configurations > Load Balancer Settings, you must provide the load balancer FQDN and IP address.
    vCloud Usage Meter If you want to specify for VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager to register vCloud Usage Meter with VMware Commerce Portal, when configuring the deployment, perform the steps:
    1. Expand the Specific configurations tab.
    2. Turn on the UM Auto Register toggle.
    3. Provide the CSP token and details about your vCloud Usage Meter contract, and click Next.
    The automatic registration must be enabled and the necessary data (CSP token, contract ID, site name) must be specified during deployment of the Usage Meter appliance.
  4. Verify the product deployment summary settings by clicking Go to Summary.
  5. Select from the options.
    Option Description
    Validate Runs a pre-deploy validation operation for the specified product.
    Deploy Deploys the product.
    Export Downloads the product information as a JSON file.

What to do next

The Deployments screen displays information about the deployed products as a list of cards.

If the deployment completes successfully, the status on the product card displays an OK message.

If the status displays a Warning error message, click View Details, and provide the missing details.

To assign a specific tag to a registered product, on the product card, click Add Tags, enter the component tag name, and click Add > Close. You can then search for the product by providing the tag name.

To remove the product from VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager, select Manage > Delete.