To allow vRealize Automation to communicate with the vSphere environment and discover compute resources, collect data, and provision machines, you need to create a vSphere endpoint. After the vRealize Automation agent discovers the compute resources, create a vRealize Orchestrator endpoint. This allows vRealize Automation to communicate with vRealize Orchestrator and run custom workflows.

Creating a vSphere Endpoint

To create a vSphere endpoint, complete the following steps:

1. In vRA, click Infrastructure –> Endpoints –> Endpoints.
2. Click New –> Virtual –> vSphere (vCenter).
3. Enter the required values for the following:
   — Name: For example, “vCenter”.
   — Description: Optionally, enter a description for the endpoint.
   — Address: Enter the URL in the format: https://ip_address_or_FQDN/sdk for vCenter, for example, https://vcenter.infoblox.demo.com/sdk.
   — User name: Specify the user name for connecting to vSphere.
   — Password: Specify the password for the above user name.
4. Click OK.
   The vRA agent starts discovering compute resources for the created vSphere endpoint.

Creating a vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint

You need to specify a vRealize Orchestrator instance as an endpoint with which vRealize Automation communicates for VM provisioning.

To create a vRealize Orchestrator endpoint, complete the following steps:

1. Go to vRealize Automation and click Infrastructure –> Endpoints –> Endpoints.
2. Click New –> Orchestration –> vRealize Orchestrator.
3. On the General tab, specify the endpoint details:
   — Name: For example, “vRO”.
   — Description: Optionally, enter a description for the endpoint.
   — Address: For an embedded vRO, the URL should have the following format: https://<vroip>/<fqdn>/vco. For an external vRO, the URL should have the following format: https://<vroip>/<fqdn>:8281/vco.
   — User name: Specify the user name for connecting to vRO.
   — Password: Specify the password for the above user name.
   — Priority: Specify the endpoint priority. This is used when you have multiple vRO endpoints for connection.

4. If necessary, add custom properties on the Properties tab:

   1. Click New.

   2. Enter the property name and value .

   3. Click OK.

5. Click OK.