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Creating a Blueprint for the NSX Load Balancer

Creating a Blueprint for the NSX Load Balancer

To create a blueprint:

  1. In vRealize Automation, click Design –> Blueprints.
  2. Click New.
  3. On the General tab, specify the necessary information.
  4. On the NSX Settings tab, specify the transport zone.
  5. Click OK.
  6. In the Categories pane, select Machine Types and drag-and-drop the vSphere Machine component onto the design canvas.
  7. On the General tab for the machine, complete the necessary information, including the maximum number of instances of the NSX machines.
  8. On the Build Information tab, select to clone the machines and specify the necessary information.
  9. Click Save.
  10. In the Categories pane, select Network & Security and drag-and-drop the Existing Network component onto the design canvas.
  11. On the General tab for the network, click the three dots button for Existing network, select the NSX network profile, and click OK.
  12. Click the vSphere Machine component in the design canvas.
  13. On the Network tab, click New.

  14. Select the NSX network added earlier and click OK.

  15. From Categories –> Network & Security, select On-Demand Load Balancer and drag-and-drop it onto the design canvas.

  16. On the General tab for the load balancer, specify the necessary information, including the above vSphere machine in the Member field, the predefined NSX items in Member network and VIP network, and the required protocols in Virtual servers.
    Note: Leave the IP address blank as it is taken from NIOS when the machine is provisioned.

  17. Click the vSphere Machine component in the design canvas.

  18. On the Properties tab, click Add to add a property group.

  19. Select the Infoblox property group, for example, Infoblox-Default, and click OK.

  20. Click Finish.
    The created blueprint appears in the list of blueprints.

  21. Select the created blueprint and click Publish.
    The new blueprint is published in vRealize Automation.

    Once the blueprint is published, create an NSX provisioning service in vRA Catalog. See Creating a VM Request Service in vRealize Catalog. After that, you can provision NSX machines and scale out the NSX deployment.