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Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
- Configuring IaaS
- Configuring IaaS for Cloud Checklist
- Custom Properties in Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
- Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Create a Business Group
- Managing Key Pairs
- Cloud Reservations
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for Provisioning
- Choosing a Cloud Provisioning Scenario
- Preparing for Amazon Provisioning
- Preparing for OpenStack Provisioning
- Preparing for Virtual Machine Image Provisioning
- Preparing for Linux Kickstart Provisioning
- Preparing for WIM Provisioning
- Creating a Cloud Blueprint
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Managing Cloud Infrastructure
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
- Machine Life Cycle and Workflow States for Cloud Platforms
Using Virtual Private Cloud
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud allows you to provision Amazon machine instances in a private section of
the Amazon Web Services cloud.
Amazon AWS users can create a Amazon VPC to design a virtual network topology according to your
specifications. You can assign a Amazon VPC in vRealize Automation. However, vRealize Automation
does not track the cost of using the Amazon VPC.
Use the AWS Management Console to create the following elements:
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An Amazon VPC, which includes Internet gateways, routing table, security groups and subnets, and
available IP addresses.
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An Amazon Virtual Private Network if users will need to log in to Amazon machines instances outside
of the AWS Management Console.
vRealize Automation users can perform the following tasks when working with an Amazon VPC:
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A fabric administrator can assign an Amazon VPC to a cloud reservation. See Create an Amazon
AWS Reservation (VPC).
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A machine owner can assign an Amazon machine instance to an Amazon VPC.
For more information about creating an Amazon VPC, see Amazon Web Services documentation.
Using Elastic Load Balancers
Elastic load balancers distribute incoming application traffic across Amazon Web Services instances.
Amazon load balancing enables improved fault tolerance and performance.
Amazon makes elastic load balancing available for machines provisioned using Amazon EC2 blueprints.
The elastic load balancer must be available in the Amazon Web Services,
Amazon Virtual Private Network and at the provisioning location. For example, if a load balancer is
available in us-east1c and a machine location is us-east1b, the machine cannot use the available load
balancer.
vRealize Automation does not create, manage, or monitor the elastic load balancers.
For information about creating Amazon elastic load balancers by using the
Amazon Web Services Management Console, see Amazon Web Services documentation.
Using Elastic IP Addresses
An elastic IP address is designed for quick fail-over in a dynamic Amazon Web Services cloud
environment.
Using an elastic IP address allows you to rapidly fail over to another machine. In vRealize Automation,
the elastic IP address is available to all business groups that have rights to the region.
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