In the first part of the blog I cover the simple steps of completing the Quickstart, you can jump to that here. The following will be to deploy a single vSphere machine using Aria Automation
[Optional] The first thing I want to do for my lab is add my second vCenter (that is in Enhanced Linked Mode)
Throughout this blog series, I will be working primarily out of Assembler which contains the configurations for projects, resources, mappings, design, and much more.
From Assembler >> Infrastructure >> Cloud Zones >> + Add Cloud Account
Select vCenter
Configured the information of my second vCenter and click ‘Create’
This is a prerequisite that can be done before getting started, creating a VM Template in vCenter, I will make this a template basic (not on a Content Library…for now) Once that is completed proceed.
Back into Aria Automation >> Assember >> Infrastructure >> Cloud Accounts >> Open the Cloud Zone where my template is and perform a ‘Sync Images’ because I want to expedite it a little bit.
Back under Infrastructure >> Resources >> Images we will find our template is available now
Next step I will want to create a Flavor Mapping..Small, Meduim, Large deployments as an example
Assember >> Infrastructure >> Configure – Flavor Mappings click +New
Next will be Image Mapping
Assembler >> Infrastructure >> Configure – Image Mappings, customize and click ‘Create’ You may repeat this step for the different sizing options you want to offer.
I chose to do all 3 sizes per the VMware documentation for testing purposes and made all sizes available for both regions (vCenters)
Now that we have our templates in vSphere we want to map them as an Image. I’m creating a mapping for my Windows Server 2022 template, leaving a lot of defaults.
For the next step we want to create a Network Profile under Assembler >> Infrastructure >> Configure >> Network Profiles
Click ‘Networks’ and +Add Networks and click Add
Before we can add a range a network range and in this lab there is NO IPAM integration, I have to manually add some CIDRs to my network.
Click on the Hyperlink of the network
Fill out the information and click Save.
Now that a CIDR is defined, we can add some IP ranges
Configure the range and click ‘Add’ and continue to Save until you’re back in Assembler.
For now, I believe I have enough to get a VM provisioned..please continue to Part 3 of this blog.
