7.1

Prerequisites
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Create and congure load balancer seings for NSX. See Conguring vRealize Automation and 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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Create a network prole.
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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.
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Verify that at least one vSphere machine component exists in the blueprint design canvas.
Procedure
1 Click Network & Security in the Categories section to display the list of available network and security
components.
2 Drag an On-Demand Load Balancer component onto the design canvas.
3 Enter a name in the Name text box.
4 Select a machine name from the Machine drop-down menu.
The list contains only vSphere machine components in the active blueprint.
5 Select a NIC from the NIC drop-down menu.
The list contains NICs that are dened on the selected vSphere machine component.
6 Select a VIP network from the VIP Network drop-down menu.
7 (Optional) Enter the VIP address for the NIC from the IP Address.
The default seing is the static IP address that is associated with the VIP network. You can specify
another IP address or an IP address range. By default, the next available IP address is allocated for VIP
from the network prole. You can only specify an IP address when VIP is created on a NAT network.
8 Select the check box next to each service that you want to load balance.
Service options include HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP.
9 (Optional) Accept or edit the port and health check seings for each selected service.
10 Enter the address for the selected service in the URL for HTTP service text box.
There is only a single URL available for the HTTP service control for each load balancer.
The URL that you enter is used for service health checks.
Enter the address URL for which to redirect HTTP trac. For example, you can direct trac from
hp://myweb.com to hps://myweb.com. The value that you enter must match the value specied in the
HTTP redirect URL seing in the NSX application.
11 Click Finish to save the blueprint as draft or continue conguring the blueprint.
The congured seings are available on the Network tab in the associated vSphere machine component.
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