vRealize Automation supports several Amazon features, including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, elastic load balancers, elastic IP addresses, and elastic block storage. Using Amazon Security GroupsSpecify at least one security group when creating an Amazon reservation. Each available region requires at least one specified security group. Understanding Amazon Web Service RegionsEach Amazon Web Services account is represented by a cloud endpoint. When you create an Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing endpoint in vRealize Automation, regions are collected as compute resources. After the IaaS administrator selects compute resources for a business group, inventory and state data collections occur automatically. Using Amazon Virtual Private CloudAmazon Virtual Private Cloud allows you to provision Amazon machine instances in a private section of the Amazon Web Services cloud. Using Elastic Load Balancers for Amazon Web ServicesElastic load balancers distribute incoming application traffic across Amazon Web Services instances. Amazon load balancing enables improved fault tolerance and performance. Using Elastic IP Addresses for Amazon Web ServicesUsing an elastic IP address allows you to rapidly fail over to another machine in a dynamic Amazon Web Services cloud environment. In vRealize Automation, the elastic IP address is available to all business groups that have rights to the region. Using Elastic Block Storage for Amazon Web ServicesAmazon elastic block storage provides block level storage volumes to use with an Amazon machine instance and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. The storage volume can persist past the life of its associated Amazon machine instance in the Amazon Web Services cloud environment. Parent topic: Preparing Your Amazon AWS Environment
