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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
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When a cloud blueprint is created, the specified Amazon machine image is selected from regions that
have been data-collected. If multiple Amazon Web Services accounts are available, the business
group manager must have rights to any private Amazon machine images. The Amazon machine
image region and the specified user location restrict provisioning request to reservations that match
the corresponding region and location.
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Use reservations and policies to distribute Amazon machine images in your Amazon Web Services
accounts. Use policies to restrict provisioning from a blueprint to a particular set of reservations.
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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
Installation and Configuration.
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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
A tenant administrator or business group manager selects one or more Amazon instance types when
creating Amazon EC2 blueprints. An IaaS administrator can add or remove them.
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 on the Amazon EC2 blueprint.
When creating an Amazon EC2 blueprint, you identify one or more instance types to be available for
selection by the user when they 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 EC2 blueprints. An
IaaS administrator can add and remove instance types.
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