Setup
Add BT Diamond Endpoint
- Login to vRA tenant
- Click on the Catalog tab
- Request the Add BT Diamond Endpoint vRA Catalog Item
- Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit

Add BT Diamond Endpoint
Field | Value |
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Configuration label |
No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore ( Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_ |
Version |
BT Diamond IPControl version |
Hostname |
BT Diamond IPControl FQDN |
Port |
BT Diamond IPControl port number |
Credential Configuration for BT Diamond IPControl Endpoint | |
Create credential? |
Check the checkbox to create a new credential. |
Credential |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is not checked Select the appropriate credential from an existing list of credentials |
Credential Configuration label |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore ( Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_ |
Username |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked Username that has necessary permissions |
Password |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked User's password |
Add DNS Configuration
- Login to vRA tenant
- Click on the Catalog tab
- Request the Add DNS Configuration vRA Catalog Item
- Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit

Add DNS Configuration
Field | Value |
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Configuration label |
No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore ( Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_ |
Domains |
Must be a qualified domain (e.g. example.com, example.org, example.co) Add in all domains for this DNS configuration to support |
Networks |
Add in all the networks ( |
DNS server type |
Select BT Diamond as the desired DNS type |
DNS Hosts |
Select all desired BT Diamond DNS endpoints |
Create A Records? |
Select to create A records |
Create PTR Records? |
Select to create PTR records |
Create Host Records? |
Only shown when DNS server type is Infoblox Select to create Host Records NOTE: If you select Create Host Records?, leave Create A Records? and Create PTR Records? unchecked. |
Use as default server? |
Only recommended in very simple examples or test environments. Select to have this DNS configuration be the default if domain or network is not matched in any other DNS configuration(s) |