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4 Click OK.
5 Click Finish to save the blueprint as draft or continue conguring the blueprint.
You can continue conguring security seings by adding additional security components and by selecting
seings in the Security tab of a vSphere machine component in the blueprint canvas.
Add an On-Demand Security Group Component
You can add an on-demand security group component to the design canvas in preparation for associating its
seings to one or more vSphere machine components or other available component types in the blueprint.
Prerequisites
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Create and congure a security policy in NSX. See NSX Administration Guide.
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Verify that the NSX plug-in for vRealize Automation is installed and that the NSX inventory has
executed successfully for your cluster .
To use NSX congurations in vRealize Automation, you must install the NSX plug-in and run data
collection.
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as an infrastructure architect.
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Open a new or existing blueprint in the design canvas by using the Design tab.
Procedure
1 Click Network & Security in the Categories section to display the list of available network and security
components.
2 Drag an On-Demand Security Group component onto the design canvas.
3 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
4 Add one or more security policies by clicking the Add icon in the Security policies area and selecting
available security policies.
5 Click OK.
6 Click Finish to save the blueprint as draft or continue conguring the blueprint.
You can continue conguring security seings by adding additional security components and by selecting
seings in the Security tab of a vSphere machine component in the blueprint canvas.
Add an Existing Security Tag Component
You can add a security tag component to the blueprint design canvas in preparation for associating its
seings to one or more machine components in the blueprint.
You can use a security tag component to add an NSX security tag to the design canvas and congure its
seings for use with vSphere machine components and Software components that pertain to vSphere.
You can add multiple network and security components to the blueprint design canvas.
Prerequisites
n
Create and congure security tags in NSX. See Conguring vRealize Automation and NSX Administration
Guide.
n
Verify that the NSX plug-in for vRealize Automation is installed and that the NSX inventory has
executed successfully for your cluster .
To use NSX congurations in vRealize Automation, you must install the NSX plug-in and run data
collection.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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