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Preparing for Provisioning 3
There is some configuration required outside of vRealize Automation to prepare for machine provisioning.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Choosing a Cloud Provisioning Scenario
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Preparing for Amazon Provisioning
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Preparing for OpenStack Provisioning
Choosing a Cloud Provisioning Scenario
There are several methods you can use with vRealize Automation to provision cloud machines.
Most of these options require some additional configuration outside of vRealize Automation.
Table 31. Choosing a Cloud Provisioning Method
Scenario Supported Platforms Provisioning Method
Launch an instance from an Amazon Machine Image. Amazon AWS Amazon Machine Image
See Preparing for Amazon
Provisioning.
Launch an instance from a virtual machine image. Red Hat OpenStack virtual machine image
See Preparing for Virtual Machine
Image Provisioning.
Provision a machine by booting from an ISO image,
using a kickstart or autoYaSt configuration file and a
Linux distribution image to install the operating system
on the machine.
Red Hat OpenStack Linux Kickstart
See Preparing for Linux Kickstart
Provisioning.
Provision a machine by booting into a WinPE
environment and installing an operating system using a
Windows Imaging File Format (WIM) image of an
existing Windows reference machine.
Red Hat OpenStack WIM Image
See Preparing for WIM
Provisioning.
Preparing for Amazon Provisioning
Before you provision instances with Amazon AWS, you must have Amazon machine images and instance
types associated with your Amazon AWS account.
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