Note: Setting up the Automation Remote virtual appliance requires advanced understanding of how to create and manage resources in VMware. If you encounter issues within the vSphere client, contact an administrator in your organization or VMware support.
To configure a new Automation Remote virtual appliance, you must first create the Remote in your Automation tenant. You can then download the appliance and deploy it using VMware vSphere. After you deploy the Remote from VMware, configure targets to use the Remote.
Automation Remote supports the following target types:
Perform the following steps to create a new Remote on your Automation tenant:
Choose Automate > Advanced in the navigation menu.
Click the Remotes tab, and click the New Remote button on the right.
Enter a meaningful Display Name and optional Description.
In the Remote Details section, click the DHCP or Static IP radio button to set your DNS type.
If you are using a Static IP, provide the following information:
IP address in CIDR notation (for example: 192.168.1.100/24)
List of DNS servers (for example: 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2)
Default gateway (for example: 192.168.1.1)
If a proxy is required for the Remote to access the internet, click the Requires Proxy toggle and enter the Proxy Address (only SOCKS5 proxies are supported).
If you want to override the default subnets and provide private subnets to start the Remote, click the Show advanced options toggle and enter the Remote Cluster Subnet and Remote Service Subnet that you want to use instead of the defaults.
Note: In some cases, the default subnets may sometimes collide with your existing network. In such a scenario, you may need to override the default values with whatever subnet you have available. However, any changes you make to the default subnets are permanent and cannot be reversed without installing a new appliance.
Click Submit.
The new Remote will be displayed in the list with a status of Not Connected.
After you create a Remote in Automation and download its configuration file, use VMware vSphere to deploy the virtual appliance OVA and apply the configuration.
On the Remotes page, click the Download Appliance button to download the newest version of the Remote appliance to your computer.
To verify that the OVA is complete and not corrupted, compare its file hash against the following:
If you want to use SSH to access your Remote virtual appliance, you must generate a key pair for authentication. You can use any key pair that is valid for a standard Ubuntu authorized_hosts file (for example, RSA or ED25519).
Use the following examples to generate a default RSA key pair.
Linux/macOS
Open a terminal and execute the following command: