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title: "Configuring Resources in VMware Aria Automation Assembler"
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This topic details the resources that you must configure in VMware Aria Automation Assembler to deploy VMs and networks using the VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI. The tags assigned when creating some of these resources are particularly important as they will inform the cloud template deployment which resources to use. 

To configure VMware Aria Automation Assembler, complete the *[Prerequisites](#Prerequisites_vRA)* and then perform the following steps to create resources required to deploy a cloud template:

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Prerequisites

As prerequisites, you must set up a cloud zone and cloud account for VMware Aria Automation Assembler to interact with the vCenter server where VMs are provisioned.

Additionally, to integrate NSX-T with VMware Aria Automation Assembler, you must complete prerequisites specific to the network type that an NSX profile is using. The prerequisites have been specified in sections specific to each network type.

For more information about the actions you need to perform for setting up NIOS, refer to the *[Infoblox NIOS Documentation](https://docs.infoblox.com)* and for more information about setting up the NSX environment, refer to the NSX documentation.

## Creating a Cloud Account

VMware Aria Automation Assembler uses the permissions defined in the configured cloud account to collect data from regions and to deploy cloud templates to those regions.

Perform one of the following:

- To deploy a template using an external network profile, set up a cloud account with permissions to access the vCenter server.
- To deploy a template using an NSX network profile, set up two cloud accounts, one account with permissions to access the vCenter server and the second one to access the NSX server. The NSX cloud account must be associated with the account created for vCenter access<span style="color: #ff5630">.</span>

To create a cloud account, complete the following steps:

1. Log in to the *VMware Aria ‌Automation Assembler*.
2. On the **Infrastructure** tab, navigate to **Connections** -> **Cloud Accounts**.
3. Click **ADD CLOUD ACCOUNT**.
4. Select one of the following account types:
  - **vCenter Server**: Select it if you are setting up an account to access the vCenter server.
  - **NSX-T Manager**: Select it if you are setting up an account to access the NSX server.
5. the *New Cloud Account *page, enter a name and password for a admin user in the **Username** and **Password** fields respectively.
6. Specify the server IP address or FQDN and user credentials.
7. (Only for NSX network profile deployment) Associate the NSX cloud account you are creating with a VMware Aria Automation cloud account:
  1. Under **Associations**, click **ADD**.
  2. In the *Add Association* dialog box, select an account to associate, and click **ADD**.
8. Click **Validate**.
9. Once the validation is complete, click **ADD**.

## Creating a Cloud Zone

A cloud zone defines the compute resources used for provisioning virtual machines. It also allows you to define capabilities by adding tags that will be matched when deploying a cloud template.

To create a cloud zone, complete the following steps:

1. On the VMware Aria* ‌Automation Assembler* -> **Infrastructure** tab, navigate to **Configure** -> **Cloud Zones**.
2. Click **NEW CLOUD ZONE**.
3. On the *New Cloud Zone* page -> **Summary** tab, complete the following:
  1. **Account / region**: Click the search field and select your account/region from the displayed list.
  2. **Name**: Enter a name for the cloud zone.
  3. **Placement policy**: Retain the value as **DEFAULT**.
  4. **Capability tags**: Click the field and select a tag from the displayed list.  
You will add these same tags to other resources in later steps to differentiate between them in  
your cloud template.
4. Click **CREATE**.

## Integrating with VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

To use the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator within VMware Aria Automation Assembler, you must create an integration with VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator.

To create an integration:

1. On the *VMware Aria ‌Automation Assembler* -> **Infrastructure** tab, navigate to **Connections** -> **Integrations**.  
The *Integrations* page is displayed.
2. Click **Add Integration**.
3. On the *Integration Types* page, select **Orchestrator** as the type.
4. On the *New Integration* page, complete the following:
  1. **Name**: Enter a name for your integration.
  2. **Description**: Type a description.
  3. **Status**: Retain **Enable endpoint** as enabled.
  4. **VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator URL**: Specify the fully-qualified domain name of the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator server in the following format:
    - For external VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator: https://<*AMware_Aria_Automation_orchestr_FQDN*>.com:443
    - For embedded VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator: https://<*vRVMware Aria ‌Automation AssemblerA_FQDN*>.com:443
  5. Click **Validate**.
  6. **Capability tags**: Click the **Search** field and select a tag from the drop-down list.
  7. Click **ADD**.