Setup

Add SolarWinds Endpoint

  1. Login to vRA tenant
  2. Click on the Catalog tab
  3. Request the Add SolarWinds Endpoint vRA Catalog Item
  4. Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit
  5. Note: For SolarWinds you must specify Domain accounts using Down-level format. ([domain]/[username])
Add SolarWinds Endpoint
Add SolarWinds Endpoint

FieldValue
Configuration label

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Version

SolarWinds version
IP Address Manager Hostname

Shown when 'Version' is 4.5.1+

SolarWinds IP Address Manager FQDN
HTTPS?

Shown when 'Version' is 4.5.1+

Select whether or not the SolarWinds IP Address Manager is HTTPS
Port

Shown when 'Version' is 4.5.1+

SolarWinds IP Address Manager port number
Database Hostname

Shown when 'Version' is 4.3.x, 4.4.x

SolarWinds database FQDN
Database name

Shown when 'Version' is 4.3.x, 4.4.x

The database name, defaults to SolarWindsOrion
Database port

Shown when 'Version' is 4.3.x, 4.4.x

SolarWinds Database port number
Credential Configuration for SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Create credential?

Check the checkbox to create a new credential.

Uncheck the checkbox to use an existing 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 (_) and dash (-)

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
DNS Configuration
Primary DNS Server IP Address

For Microsoft DNS, any authoritative DNS server. For BIND, the primary authoritative DNS server.

Type in the Primary DNS server IP Address
IPAM Configuration
IPAM comment field

Type in an IP Address' comment when reserved

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

SovLabs Template Engine page

Add DNS Configuration

  1. Login to vRA tenant
  2. Click on the Catalog tab
  3. Request the Add DNS Configuration vRA Catalog Item
  4. Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit
Add DNS Configuration
Add DNS Configuration

FieldValue
Configuration label

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

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 (X.X.X.X/CIDR) for this DNS configuration to support
DNS server type

Select SolarWinds as the desired DNS type
DNS Hosts

Select all desired SolarWinds 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)