VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1

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Configuring
VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
 in
VMware Aria Operations

To manage your
VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
 instances in
VMware Aria Operations
, you must configure a cloud account. The adapter requires the CSP API token that is used to authorize and communicate with the target
VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
.
Navigate to
API Tokens
 under
My Account
 and generate a CSP API token based on your operational needs:
  • To discover and manage SDDCs, include Administrator (Delete Restricted) or Administrator from VMWare Cloud on AWS service roles.
  • For data collection of bills, include either Billing Read-only or Organization Owner roles from All Organization Roles.
    The data collection of bills requires the bills to be available in the CSP.
  • For NSX monitoring, include NSX Cloud Admin or NSX Cloud Auditor roles from VMWare Cloud on AWS service roles.
  • To activate the cost calculations based on
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     pricing, you must modify the
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     rate card on the Cloud Providers tab in the Cost Settings page. For details on updating the rate card, see the VMware KB article KB88488.
  • If you have subscribed to both VMC on AWS service and
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     service, ensure that they are in different CSP organizations. Otherwise, certain functionalities such as costing, and configuration maximums may not function as expected when both VMC on AWS service and
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     services are onboarded for monitoring within
    VMware Aria Operations
    .
  1. From the left menu, click
    Data Sources
    Integrations
    .
  2. On the Accounts tab, click
    Add
    .
  3. On the Accounts Types page, click
    VMware Cloud on AWS
    .
  4. Enter a display name and description for the cloud account.
    • Name. Enter the name for the
      VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
       instance as you want it to appear in
      VMware Aria Operations
      .
    • Description. Enter any additional information that helps you manage your instances.
  5. To add credentials for the
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     instance, click the
    Add
     icon, and enter the required credentials.
    Enter the following details if you are using proxy server to access internet or public services.
    • Proxy Host. A remote proxy server IP.
    • Proxy Port. The port that is available on a remote proxy server.
    • Proxy username. Enter the username of the proxy server or if you want to add a domain configured remote proxy server, then enter the username as
      username@domain name
      .
    • Proxy Password. Password for the proxy server username.
    • Proxy Domain. The domain has to be empty while using the proxy with domain configuration.
    The proxy credentials will be used by
    NSX-T
     adapters.
  6. Determine which
    VMware Aria Operations
     collector or collector group is used to manage the cloud account. If you have multiple collectors or collector groups in your environment, and you want to distribute the workload to optimize performance, select the collector or collector group to manage the adapter processes for this instance.
    Ensure that you have Internet connectivity for the collectors to work.
  7. Organization ID. Click
    Get Organization
     to auto-fill this field. If you are offline or if you are unable to get the Organization ID, you can enter it manually.
    The Organization ID refers to the Long Organization ID in the Cloud Service Portal. To obtain this ID in the Cloud Service Portal, click
    Organization Settings
    View Organization
    .
  8. Click
    Validate Connection
     to validate the connection.
  9. Bill-based costing is not supported in
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
    . In the advanced settings, set "Billing Enabled" field to false
  10. Click
    Save
    .
    The page to configure the SDDC in
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     appears.
  11. From the list of available SDDCs in
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
    , click any one of the SDDCs that you want to monitor from
    VMware Aria Operations
    .
  12. Configure the vCenter adapter:
    1. Click the
      vCenter
       tab, and enter the required credentials.
      • Credential Name. The name by which you are identifying the configured credentials.
      • User Name. The vCenter user name. Use a user with the 'cloudadmin' role which has full visibility to vCenter. Users with less privileges have limited visibility, for example, the read-only users do not have visibility into management VMs.
      • Password. The vCenter password configured for that vCenter user name.
    2. Select the required collector group.
      If you have direct connectivity with your VMware Cloud vCenter Server, select
      Default collector group
      . If you are using a private IP for your vCenter Server or if you want to deploy telegraf agents for application monitoring, select
      Cloud Proxy
      . The best practice is to deploy the Cloud Proxy on each SDDC instance of
      VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
      .
      Select the Cloud Proxy deployed on the given VC and ensure it has access to the Internet. If the outbound internet access for the Cloud proxy must be restricted, ensure that the minimum Cloud Proxy prerequisites are met.
      For details, see the "Configuring Cloud Proxies in VMware Aria Operations" topic in on-prem
      Getting Started
       guide.
      It is advised not to use the default collector groups as the
      VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
       management gateway firewall rule does not allow traffic originating from any address.
      If you have configured an HTTP proxy on your Cloud Proxy, ensure that your HTTP proxy has an exception to access the NSX Management Policy endpoint.
    3. If you have installed a Cloud Proxy in
      VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
       SDDC, the Cloud Proxy might not have outbound internet access to reach the
      VMware Aria Operations
       service. To activate outbound internet access for the deployed Cloud Proxy and allow Cloud Proxy to connect to vCenter, perform the following steps:
      • Request a new public IP in the
        VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
         SDDC where the Cloud Proxy was deployed. For details, see Request or Release a Public IP Address.
      • Add a new NAT rule for the internet that associates private IP of the Cloud Proxy with the public IP. For details, see Create or Modify NAT Rules.
      • Add a firewall rule that allows incoming traffic from the public IP that was associated with Cloud Proxy VM in earlier step to vCenter.
  13. Click the
    vSAN
     tab. By default, the vSAN adapter is activated.
    1. Select
      Use alternate credentials
       to add alternate credentials. Click the plus icon, and enter the credential name, vCenter username, and password, and click
      Ok
      .
    2. Select
      Enable SMART data collection
      , if required.
    3. Click
      Validate Connection
       to validate the connection.
  14. Click the
    NSX
     tab. By default, the
    NSX-T
     adapter is activated.
    1. Click
      Validate Connection
       to validate the connection. If you have hardened the SDDC environment, then you may get an error while validating the
      NSX-T
       connection. To resolve this issue, change
      NSX-T
       adapter instance to use the private IP address of
      NSX-T
       manager by following the steps below:
      1. Navigate to
        Environment
        Inventory
        Adapter Instances
        NSX
         and click your
        NSX-T
         adapter instance.
      2. In the list of objects shown, edit the object of type
        NSX-T
         adapter instance and enter the private IP address of
        NSX-T
         manager for your environment in the
        Virtual IP/NSX Manager
         field.
      3. Click
        OK
        .
  15. Click
    Save This SDDC
    .
    The Service Discovery adapter is optional. The steps to configure the
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     Service Discovery adapter are similar to configuring vCenter Service Discovery. For more information about configuring the vCenter Service Discovery. see
    Configure Service Discovery
    .
    The
    VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
     account, with the configured SDDC, is added to the list.

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