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Step 1 - Automating the VPC Creation Process

Access the Terraform VM and change the scripts for the Cluster Login

  1. Login to the Prism Central

  2. Click on Infrastructure in the App Switcher

  3. Scroll down on the side bar to go Compute and Storage

  4. Click on "VM"

  5. Select the Terraform VM. Verify the IP address of the Terraform VM

  6. SSH to the Terraform VM with the following credentials

    • username: root
    • password: nutanix/4u

  7. Verify that the scripts exist in the following directory "VPC and PBR Terraform Scripts"

    • cd VPC and PBR Terraform Scripts
    • vi terraform.tfvars
      • This file contains the credentials to used for logging into the prism central, and also the VPC external subnet to be used prism_user = "admin" prism_password = "Password to the Prism Central" prism_server = "Prism Server IP address" prism_port = "9440" external_subnet_name ="External Subnet Name"
    • Save the file using the "wq!" command on the vi

  8. Executing the Terraform Scripts

    • terraform init
    • terraform plan
    • terraform apply

  9. Verify that the VPCs are created in the environment. For this particular script, it will create 1 VPC with 3 subnets in the environment. Each Subnet will have 1 VM. And between Subnet 1 & 2. They will have an additional policy rule that denies traffic between them. An overview of what is created in this automation script is as per the

  10. To destroy the VPCs that are created using the script, exceute the command

    • terraform destroy

An overview of the Script and what was deployed is as per the diagram below