Create a VPC
At first we need to log on to our AWS account and create a VPC in the Region where you want to deploy your SDDC, that VPC will be then our “Connected VPC”.
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On the left side select [Your VPCs].
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First choose your region, here we have chosen Frankfurt, and then [Create VPC].
During the creation of the VPC we can define a Name for our VPC and we must define a network range for it.
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Give your new VPC a descriptive name and a network, in this case we used 10.190.96.0/20 and continue by clicking on [Create VPC].
In the next step we will need to configure subnet for our VPC.
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Back in our newly created VPC we need now to create Subnets in each Availability Zone. In the left menu click on [Subnets]
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In the Subnets page we are going to [Create Subnet] in the right upper corner which opens the Subnet creations page.
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In the SUBNET creation dialog fill out the neccesary information per Availibility Zone.
1. select your newly created “VPC-4-SDDC”
2. give your subnet a descriptive name
3. choose a Availability Zone
4. enter a network range
5. continue by clicking on [Create Subnet]
Repeat these 5 steps for each Availability Zone in your Region
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Great, now we have the minimal prerequisites fulfilled on the AWS side.
Create a SDDC
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Open in your favorite browser https://cloud.vmware.com and in the top right under “Log In” goto [Cloud Service Console].
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The cloud services are loading..
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Once the page is up, select under [Services] on the left side, the service [VMware Cloud on AWS] in the main page.
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On the Launchpad click [SDDCs] on the main menu on the left.
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Select [CREATE SDDC] in the main page to kick off the SDDC creation wizard.
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In the first step of the creation of the SDDC we can choose:
· Region where our SDDC should be located Frankfurt
· deployment type Multi host
· Host type i3
· SDDC name de-fr-cdip-sddc-01
· Number of hosts (cluster size) 2
· Management Appliance size medium
Select the (i) for more information about the selected items if you need further information.
In our case we are creating a 2node cluster, as stated in the small red box, if the EDRS add a node or you add a node manually and grow to a 3node cluster,
you cannot go back to a 2 node cluster anymore!
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When you have entered all your parameters click on [NEXT] to continue.
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Now it is time to tie together our SDDC to the AWS account.
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Sign in to your AWS root/IAM account by entering you access details.
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Create your cloud formation stack creation and accept the changes to IAM resources by clicking on [Create stack].
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Stand by while refreshing the page, and enjoy the progress…..
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Still stand by while refreshing the page, and enjoy the progress…..once finished switch back to your VMware Cloud Console.
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Back in your VMware Cloud console you see, that all the information is now there and proceed by clicking on [NEXT].
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In this step we configure the VPC and the Subnet we configured in the AWS console as we started out.
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In this dialog we configure the range for our management network, depending on the size of your SDDC.
Please take care of the prerequisites stated in this step.
· No overlapping IP ranges
· Appropriate network size and range
· Do not use reserved IP´s
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Finally accept incurring charges start after pressing [Deploy SDDC].
Our SDDC will now be rolled out an this will take some time…
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…where you can enjoy coffee…
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…additional coffee.
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After approximately 2 hours your SDDC is ready for consumption.
Further information on how to and configure the firewall to access your vCenter instance, uploading ISOs will come soon.