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How do you get started with
VMware Aria Automation
 using the VMware vCenter Server Quickstart

If you are new to
VMware Aria Automation
, the Quickstart is a great way to get started. The Quickstart helps you, the cloud administrator, set up your on-premises vCenter Server so that you can provision resources using
VMware Aria Automation
, populate the self-service catalog, and deploy your first cloud template to your
vSphere
 instance.
  • Verify that you have the IP address or FQDN for the
    vCenter
     that you are adding as a cloud account. You must also have the credentials for a
    vCenter
     user account with the necessary permissions. See the vCenter Server requirements in Before you begin with VMware Aria Automation.
  • Verify that you have the IP address or FQDN for the
    NSX-V
     or
    NSX-T
     instance that you are adding as a cloud account. You must also have the credentials for a user account that has create, read, edit, and delete permission. See the NSX requirements in Before you begin with VMware Aria Automation.
Using the vCenter Server Quickstart, you do the following tasks in
Automation Assembler
 and
Automation Service Broker
.
  • Add a
    vCenter
     cloud account. Cloud accounts are the credentials that are used to collect data from and deploy resources to your
    vCenter
     instance.
  • Add an NSX-T or NSX-V cloud account and associate it with the
    vCenter
     account. The NSX cloud accounts are the credentials that are used to create and deploy NSX network resources.
  • Select a datacenter. The datacenter is added as a cloud account region.
  • Create a sample machine template that you can deploy.
  • Create a project. The project links your users with cloud account regions, so that they can deploy application templates with networks and storage resources to your
    vCenter
     instance.
  • Create lease and machine naming policies. The lease policy controls how long a deployment is active. The naming policy provides a standardized naming convention for the resources.
  • Add the templates to the catalog.
  • Deploy a machine from the catalog.
After you run the Quickstart the first time, the Quickstart is added as a tile on the console services page. You can run it again to add new vCenter Server or Cloud Foundation instances.
Much of this terminology might be new to you. As you go through the Quickstart and the tour, we explain the new concepts in more detail. After you run the Quickstart, use the Take me on a tour of VMware Aria Automation to see what the Quickstart did to tour the results.
The Quickstart is not an option under the following circumstances.
  • If you do not use
    vSphere
     and want to add a different type of cloud account, you can use the Guided Setup as your first-time guide to the process.
  • You can only run the Quickstart once. You cannot run it a second time. Consider using the Guided Setup.
In this procedure, we provide sample values to illustrate the workflow. Substitute these samples with values that are relevant to your environment.
  1. After you install
    VMware Aria Automation
     and log in for the first time, click
    Launch Quickstart
    .
    Console with the Launch Quickstart tile
  2. On the VMware vCenter Server card, click
    Start
    .
  3. Add your
    vCenter
    .
    Add your vCenter Server credentials to the Quickstart
    Remember that all values here are use case samples. Your account values depend on your environment.
    Avoid any beginning or trailing spaces when you enter the values.
    1. If you are adding your first account, select
      Add a new vCenter Server account
      .
      If you are adding additional accounts using the wizard, select
      Use an existing vCenter Server account
      .
    2. Enter the address and credentials.
    3. Click
      Validate
      .
      If your certificates are not configured, a warning appears regarding the untrusted certificate. You can resolve the trust or you can click
      Accept
       and continue.
    4. After successful validation, select the data centers that you want to deploy to.
      After you click Validate, you can select a data center
      Each data center is added as an account region cloud zone in
      VMware Aria Automation
      .
    5. Click
      Create and go to next step
      .
  4. Add the
    NSX
     instance that is associated with your
    vCenter
    .
    For this example, the values are for NSX-T.
    Example of NSX-T
    1. Select the
      NSX
       version.
      Select the NSX version that you use. If you do not have NSX, select
      None
      .
    2. Enter the address and credentials.
    3. Select the
      NSX Mode
       with the capabilities that you want to use to manage the endpoint.
      You cannot change the mode after the account is created.
    4. Review the information, and then click
      Validate and Create
      .
    5. Click
      Next step
      .
  5. Set up the content of your first templates and where they are deployed.
    This process sets up the elements in your infrastructure and creates your first VMware cloud templates that are made available in the
    Automation Service Broker
     catalog. The terms that are used in
    Automation Assembler
     and
    Automation Service Broker
     are provided so that you become familiar with them and how they are used in the UI.Example of the collected templates from which you can select.
    1. Click in the text box to select the
      Datacenter
      .
      The other possible values on this page are collected from your
      vCenter
       instance based on the provided credentials. This data center becomes a cloud zone in
      Automation Assembler
      .
    2. To add one or more templates that exist on your
      vCenter
       to your catalog, select
      VM templates
       and select the templates.
      These templates are virtual machine templates on your vCenter Server instance.
    3. To deploy a template, click
      Select Templates
       and locate the template that you want to deploy.
    4. Select the
      Datastore / cluster
      .
      This datastore becomes a storage profile.
    5. To add a
      Network
      , click
      Browse
       and select the network.
      If you are configuring NSX, select the NSX network, not the vCenter Server network.
      This network becomes a cloud zone that supports the network profile.
    6. To select and configure a DHCP or static IP connection type, click
      Configure
       and provide the values specific to your environment.
      The network connection that you configure becomes a network profile.
    7. To add NSX templates, click
      Also add sample NSX cloud templates to the catalog
       and select the
      Tier-0 logical router
       and the
      Edge cluster
      .
    8. Click
      Next Step
      .
    As part of this configuration process, a Quickstart cloud zone is defined for you and
    vCenter
     templates are added as cloud templates and catalog items.
  6. Create a project and assign users.
    Projects are used to manage people, assigned resources, cloud templates, and deployments. They can operate a business group to manage access and costs.Project configuration options
    1. If this is your first time using the Quickstart, select
      Create a new project
      .
      If you are using the Quickstart to add more templates to a project, select
      Use an existing project
      .
    2. If you are making these templates available to others, add an
      Administrator
       and
      Members
      .
      Administrators have more permissions than the members have.
    3. Click
      Next Step
      .
  7. Provide the starting policies and a machine naming policy so that all the deployments have the same approval requirements and lease time, and so that they follow a standard naming convention.
    Quickstart governance page
    These policies are applied to deployments associated with the Quickstart project. The Quickstart creates the project for you. You define the policies.
    1. Edit the approval policy and assign it to yourself.
      The approval policy requires the assigned user to approve the deployment request before the resources are deployed. If you assign it to someone else, you must change your custom permissions to give yourself the ability to approve the request.
    2. Edit the lease and select the time after which the resources are destroyed if not renewed by the user.
      Select how long a deployment is active before it is removed.
    3. Edit the machine name and select the naming convention that you want to use.
      Select the machine name prefix that you want to apply when resources are deployed.
    4. Click
      Next Step
      .
  8. Verify your configuration requests on the Summary page.
    The Summary section of the vCenter server wizard. Shows the datacenter, content, cloud template, and projects and policies..
  9. Click
    Run Quickstart
    .
Take a tour of
Automation Assembler
 and
Automation Service Broker
 to discover more about how you manage your infrastructure, create templates, and deploy and manage resources. See Take me on a tour of VMware Aria Automation to see what the Quickstart did.

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