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4 Use one of the following methods to upload the key.
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Browse for a PEM-encoded le and click Upload.
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Paste the text of the private key, beginning with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and ending
with -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----.
5
Click the Save icon ( ).
Export the Private Key from a Key Pair
You can export the private key from a key pair to a PEM-encoded le.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a fabric administrator.
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A key pair with a private key must exist. See “Upload the Private Key for a Key Pair,” on page 177.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Reservations > Key Pairs.
2 Locate the key pair from which to export the private key.
3
Click the Export icon (
).
4 Browse to the location that you want to save the le and click Save.
Creating a Network Profile
A network prole contains IP information such as gateway, subnet, and address range. vRealize Automation
uses vSphere DHCP or a specied IPAM provider to assign IP addresses to the machines it provisions.
You can create a network prole to dene a type of available network, including external network proles
and templates for on-demand network address translation (NAT) and routed network proles that will
build NSX logical switches and appropriate routing seings for a new network path. Network proles are
required when adding network components to a blueprint.
Network proles are used to congure network seings when machines are provisioned. Network proles
also specify the conguration of NSX Edge devices that are created when you provision machines. You
identify a network prole when you create reservations and blueprints. In a reservation, you can assign a
network prole to a network path and specify any one of those paths for a machine component in a
blueprint.
A blueprint creator species an appropriate network prole when dening network components in the
blueprint. You can use an existing network prole and an on-demand NAT or routed network prole as you
dene network adapters and load balancers for the provisioning machine.
Network proles also support third party IP Address Management (IPAM) providers such as Infoblox.
When you congure a network prole for IPAM, your provisioned machines can obtain their IP address
data, and related information such as DNS and gateway, from the congured IPAM solution. You can use an
external IPAM package for a third party provider, such as Infoblox, to dened an IPAM endpoint for use
with an external network prole.
You can specify the ranges of IP addresses that network proles can use. Each IP address in the specied
ranges that are allocated to a machine is reclaimed for reassignment when the machine is destroyed.
You can create a network prole to dene a range of static IP addresses that can be assigned to machines.
Network proles can be assigned to specic network paths on a reservation. For some machine component
types, such as vSphere, you can assign a network prole when you create or edit blueprints.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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