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vRealize Automation cannot create user accounts on a cloud machine. The first time a machine
owner connects to a cloud machine, she must log in as an administrator and add her
vRealize Automation user credentials or an administrator must do that for her. She can then log in
using her vRealize Automation user credentials.
If the Amazon machine image generates the administrator password on every boot, the Edit Machine
Record page displays the password. If it does not, you can find the password in the Amazon Web
Services account. You can configure all Amazon machine images to generate the administrator
password on every boot. You can also provide administrator password information to support users
who provision machines for other users.
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To allow remote Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) requests on cloud machines
provisioned in Amazon Web Services accounts, enable a Microsoft Windows Remote Management
(WinRM) agent to collect data from Windows machines managed by vRealize Automation. See
Installing vRealize Automation.
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A private Amazon machine image can be seen across tenants.
For related information, see Amazon Machine Images (AMI) topics in Amazon documentation.
Understanding Amazon Instance Types
An IaaS architect selects one or more Amazon instance types when creating Amazon EC2 blueprints. An
IaaS administrator can add or remove instance types to control the choices available to the architects.
An Amazon EC2 instance is a virtual server that can run applications in Amazon Web Services. Instances
are created from an Amazon machine image and by choosing an appropriate instance type.
To provision a machine in an Amazon Web Services account, an instance type is applied to the specified
Amazon machine image. The available instance types are listed when architects create the Amazon EC2
blueprint. Architects select one or more instance types, and those instance types become choices
available to the user when they request to provision a machine. The instance types must be supported in
the designated region.
For related information, see Selecting Instance Types and Amazon EC2 Instance Details topics in
Amazon documentation.
Add an Amazon Instance Type
Several instance types are supplied with vRealize Automation for use with Amazon blueprints. An
administrator can add and remove instance types.
The machine instance types managed by IaaS administrators are available to blueprint architects when
they create or edit an Amazon blueprint. Amazon machine images and instance types are made available
through the Amazon Web Services product.
Prerequisites
Log in to vRealize Automation as an IaaS administrator.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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