Add an NSX load balancer

When using
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
or other
VMware Aria Suite
products that are deployed with
VMware Cloud Foundation
in a clustered environment, you can add one of the following NSX load balancer types:
  • Verify that you have the FQDN for the load balancer.
  • To deploy an NSX Advanced load balancer:
    • Verify that you have deployed an NSX Advanced Load Balancer outside of
      VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
      .
    • Verify that the NSX Advanced Load Balancer controller is configured with an NSX-T cloud account.
  • Verify that
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    is in VCF aware mode. See .
  • VCF managed NSX-T
  • NSX Advanced load balancer, previously named Avi Networks load balancer and used by
    VMware Aria Automation
    ,
    VMware Aria Operations
    , and
    VMware
    Identity Manager,
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
  • Others
Before deploying the
VMware Aria Suite
product, add a load balancer to your
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
configuration as described in the following procedure.
  1. Log in to
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
  2. On the
    My Services
    dashboard, click
    Lifecycle Operations
    .
  3. In the navigation list at the left, select
    Settings
    .
  4. On the
    System Administration
    page, click
    Load Balancer
    .
  5. The
    Configure Load Balancer
    page appears.
    1. Click
      Add Load Balancer
      .
    2. Select the
      Controller Type
      and specify the controller type settings.
      • If adding a
        NSX Advanced Load Balancer
        , specify:
        Field
        Description
        Controller FQDN
        FQDN of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Controller IP
        IP Address of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Username
        Username for the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Password
        Password for the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Select a password from the
        VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
        locker. If it is not listed, then use
        click here
        to create the password object and make the selection.
        NSX Cloud Account
        NSX-T Cloud account
        Load Balancer IP
        IP address that will be used to create the virtual service on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
        Load Balancer FQDN
        Load balancer FQDN that will be used to deploy the product
      • If adding a
        VMware Cloud Foundation managed NSX-T
        or
        Others
        , specify the load balancer FQDN.
    3. Click
      Add
      .
You have created a load balancer configuration that you can use to install a product in a clustered deployment. See Create a new private cloud environment using the installation wizard in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.