Performing the Basic Plug-In Setup

You can run the Setup Wizard workflow of the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware, to perform a basic setup of the Plug-In, which includes:

• Creating vRealize Automation (vRA) and IaaS host instances in the vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) inventory.

• Registering the “Infoblox IPAM” type of endpoint in vRA.

• Performing vRO customization in vRA. This customization consists of creating a vRO subscription to the events of the VM provisioning workflows in vRA.

• Creating the default property group with default Infoblox IPAM settings in the vRA dictionary. The Infoblox property group is used in the VM request blueprint.

In vRA 7.6, you can run the Setup Wizard workflow from vRO legacy client as well as the web client.

This topic includes the following sections:

Performing the Plug-In Setup in vRA 7.5 and in Legacy Client of vRA 7.6

To perform the basic Plug-In setup in vRA 7.5 or in vRA 7.6 using the legacy client, complete the following steps:

1. Log in to the vRealize Orchestrator client.

2. On the Setup Wizard workflow, right-click and choose Start workflow.

3. In step 1 vRA Host -> 1a Host properties tab, select one of the following for Create vRA host, and then click Next:
   Note: Infoblox recommends that you always install SSL certificates when creating a vRA host. To do so, select Yes for Automatically install SSL certificates.

   • Select Yes for Create vRA host if you use an embedded vRO, and then specify the host properties and connection parameters.
     
     
     

   • Select No for Create vRA host if you use a built-in vRO and do not need to create the vRA host. Click Not set and select the predefined host.
     
     
     

4. If you are creating a new vRA host, on the 1b User credentials tab specify the user credentials information, and then click Next.
   
   
   

5. In step 2 IaaS host -> 2a Host properties tab, select one of the following for Create IaaS host, and then click Next:
   Note: Infoblox recommends that you always install SSL certificates when creating an IaaS host. To do so, select Yes for Automatically install SSL certificates.

   • Select Yes if you want to create a new IaaS host, and then specify the host properties and connection parameters.

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     Optionally, you can use a proxy for the IaaS host. To use a proxy:

     1. Select Use proxy.

     2. On the IaaS Proxy settings tab that appears, specify the proxy information.

   • Select No if you use a predefined IaaS host and do not need to create a new one. Click Not set, and then select the predefined host.

6. On the 2b User credentials tab, specify the user credentials information. You can select either NTLM or SSO as the authentication type.
   

7. Click Next.

8. If you chose NTLM as the IaaS host authentication type, then on the 2c Domain and Workstation tab, specify the domain and workstation information, and then click Next.
   

9. In step 3 Property group -> 3a Group properties tab, specify the details for the default Infoblox IPAM property group. If necessary, you can edit Infoblox IPAM properties in the default group later in vRA.

   
   For more information, see Appendix B Infoblox IPAM Properties.

10. Click Submit.
    You can see the log of the Setup Wizard workflow execution on the Logs tab of the vRO Client:
    
    For steps to verify that the required entries are created in the result of the basic setup, see Verifying Basic Setup Results in Your Environment.
    Note that if there is an error during the Setup Wizard workflow execution, the changes are rolled back.

Performing the Plug-In Setup in vRA 7.6 Using the Web Client

To perform the basic Plug-In setup using the vRO web client in vRA 7.6, complete the following steps:

1. Log in to the vRealize Orchestrator client.

2. In the left panel, expand Library and click the Workflows tab.

3. On the Workflows page, search for Setup Wizard and click Run.

4. On the Setup Wizard page -> vRA Host Properties tab, perform one of the following for the Create vRA host checkbox:
   Note: Infoblox recommends that you always install SSL certificates when creating a vRA host. To do so, select the Automatically install SSL certificates checkbox.

   • Select it if you use an embedded vRO, and then specify the host properties and connection parameters.

   • Do not select if you use a built-in vRO and do not need to create the vRA host. Click Not set, and then select the predefined host.

5. On the vRA User credentials tab, specify the user credentials information If you are creating a new vRA host, and then click Next.

6. On the IaaS Host properties tab, perform one of the following for the Create IaaS host checkbox:
   Note: Infoblox recommends that you always install SSL certificates when creating an IaaS host. To do so, select Yes for Automatically install SSL certificates.

   • Select it if you want to create a new IaaS host, and then specify the host properties and connection parameters.
     Optionally, you can use a proxy for the IaaS host. To use a proxy:

     1. Select Use proxy.

     2. On the IaaS proxy settings tab that appears, specify the proxy information.

   • Do not select it if you use a predefined IaaS host and do not need to create a new one. Click Not set, and then select the predefined host.

7. On the IaaS User credentials tab, specify the user credentials information. You can select either NTLM or SSO as the authentication type. Click Next.

8. If you chose NTLM as the IaaS host authentication type, then on the IaaS Domain and Workstation tab, specify the domain and workstation information, and then click Next.

9. On the Group properties tab, specify the details for the default Infoblox IPAM property group. If necessary, you can edit the default group properties in vRA.
   For Infoblox IPAM properties description, see Appendix B Infoblox IPAM Properties.

10. Click Submit.
    You can see the log of the Setup Wizard workflow execution on the Activity -> Workflow Runs -> Setup Wizard -> Logs tab of the vRealize Orchestrator Client.
    For steps to verify that the required entries are created after the completion of the setup procedure, see Verifying Basic Setup Results in Your Environment.