Configure network and storage profiles for VMware Cloud on AWS deployments in vRealize Automation

In this step, you configure a network profile and a storage profile to specify resources that are available to a VMware Cloud on AWS CloudAdmin user in vRealize Automation.

While an image and a flavor value are also needed, there is nothing unique about them specific to VMware Cloud on AWS user credentials. For this example, you'll use a flavor value of small and an image value of ubuntu-16 when you define the cloud template.

For general information about mappings and profiles, see Building your Cloud Assembly resource infrastructure.

Unless otherwise indicated, the step values that you enter in this procedure are for this example workflow only.

Prerequisites

• Create a cloud zone. See Create a cloud zone for VMware Cloud on AWS deployments in vRealize Automation.
• This procedure assumes that you have the required administrator credentials, including VMware Cloud on AWS CloudAdmin credentials for the target SDDC in vCenter. See Credentials required for working with cloud accounts in vRealize Automation.
• This procedure assumes that you have the cloud administrator user role. See What are the vRealize Automation user roles.

Procedure

1. Define a network profile for VMware Cloud on AWS deployments.
   1. Select Infrastructure > Configure > Network Profiles and click New Network Profile.

      Setting	Sample value
      Account / region	OurCo-VMC / Datacenter:Datacenter-abz Note: Select the VMware Cloud on AWS cloud account, and its matched SDDC data center, that you created in Create a VMware Cloud on AWS cloud account in vRealize Automation in the workflow.
      Name	vmc-network1
      Description	Contains networks that can be accessed by cloud template administrators who have VMware Cloud on AWS CloudAdmin credentials.

   2. Click the Network tab and click Add Network.
   3. Select a network that a VMware Cloud on AWS user with CloudAdmin credentials can deploy to, for example sddc-cgw-network-1.

      

2. Save the network profile.
3. Define a storage profile for VMware Cloud on AWS deployments.

   Configure a storage profile that targets a datastore/cluster that is accessible to the CloudAdmin user.

   1. Select Infrastructure > Configure > Storage Profiles and click new New Storage Profile.

      Setting	Sample Value
      Account / region	OurCo-VMC / Datacenter:Datacenter-abz Select the VMware Cloud on AWS cloud account, and its matched SDDC data center, that you created in Create a VMware Cloud on AWS cloud account in vRealize Automation in the workflow.
      Name	vmc-storage1
      Description	Contains the datastore cluster that can be deployed to by cloud template administrators who have VMware Cloud on AWS CloudAdmin credentials.

   2. From the Datastore / Cluster drop-down menu, select the WorkloadDatastore datastore.

      

      For VMware Cloud on AWS in Cloud Assembly, the storage policy must use the WorkloadDatastore datastore to support VMware Cloud on AWS deployment.

4. Save the storage profile.

What to do next

Create a project to support VMware Cloud on AWS deployments in vRealize Automation.