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New-vRACloudAccount

Synopsis

Creates vSphere and NSX Cloud Accounts

Syntax

New-vRACloudAccount [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [[-domain] <String>] [[-vraUser] <String>] [[-vraPass] <String>] [[-capabilityTab] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The New-vRACloudAccount cmdlet creates the vSphere and NSX Cloud Accounts for a Workload Domain in VMware Aria Automation. The cmdlet connects to SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -password values:

  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to SDDC Manager
  • Validates that VMware Aria Automation has been deployed in VMware Cloud Foundation aware mode and retrieves its details
  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to VMware Aria Automation
  • Retrieves details from SDDC Manager for the vCenter Server and NSX Manager cluster
  • Adds a Cloud Account for vCenter Server and NSX Manager cluster.

Examples

Example 1

New-vRACloudAccount -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -domain sfo-w01 -vraUser configadmin -vraPass VMw@re1! -capabilityTab private

This example creates vSphere and NSX Cloud Accounts in VMware Aria Automation.

Parameters

-server

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-domain

The name of the workload domain to run against.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-vraUser

The VMware Aria Automation user name.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-vraPass

The VMware Aria Automation password.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-capabilityTab

The capability tag.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 7
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Progress Action

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.