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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 a Existing Security Tag component onto the design canvas.
3 Click in the Security tag text box and select an existing security tag.
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.
Using Network Components in the Blueprint Canvas
You can add one or more NSX network components to the design canvas and congure their seings for
vSphere machine components in the blueprint.
You can add network components to the canvas to make their congured seings available to one or more
machine components in the blueprint.
The network and security component seings that you add to the blueprint design canvas are derived from
your NSX conguration and require that you have installed the NSX plug-in and run data collection for the
NSX inventory for vSphere clusters. Network and security components are specic to NSX and are available
for use with vSphere machine components only. For information about conguring NSX, see NSX
Administration Guide.
Add an Existing Network Component
You can add an existing NSX network component to the design canvas in preparation for associating its
seings to one or more vSphere machine components in the blueprint.
You can use an existing network component to add an NSX network to the design canvas and congure its
seings for use with vSphere machine components and Software or XaaS components that pertain to
vSphere.
When you associate an existing network component or an on-demand network component with a machine
component, the NIC information is stored with the machine component. The network prole information
that you specify is stored with the network component.
You can add multiple network and security components to the blueprint design canvas.
For machine components that do not have a Network or Security tab, you can add network and security
custom properties, such as VirtualMachine.Network0.Name, to their Properties tab in the blueprint canvas.
NSX load balancer properties are only applicable to vSphere machines.
Prerequisites
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Create and congure network seings for NSX. See Conguring vRealize Automation and NSX
Administration Guide.
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