Your organization is implementing Nutanix multicloud automation to reduce manual infrastructure provisioning tasks. Currently, when developers submit requests for new test environments, the IT team manually validates the request against compliance policies, provisions VMs, configures networking, and sends confirmation emails. You need to automate this entire workflow while ensuring governance policies are enforced at each step.
Which combination of Nutanix components should you use to build this automation solution?
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Correct Answer: Create a Self-Service Blueprint for VM provisioning, implement a Runbook to handle post-deployment configuration, and use Categories with governance policies to enforce compliance at each step.
This answer correctly combines multiple Nutanix components for a comprehensive solution:
- Self-Service Blueprint: Provides the infrastructure deployment interface and templates that developers interact with, enforcing required fields and infrastructure consistency
- Runbook: Handles post-deployment tasks such as configuration, validation, and notification that occur after the Blueprint deployment completes
- Categories with Governance: Enforces compliance policies throughout the workflow, ensuring requests meet organizational standards before and during provisioning
Why other options are incorrect:
- Option B: X-Play playbooks are event-driven automation tools designed for operational tasks and remediation, not infrastructure provisioning. They cannot replace Blueprints for deployment operations.
- Option C: Projects provide resource management and access control but do not handle infrastructure deployment or workflow automation directly.
- Option D: Event-driven playbooks are useful for triggering workflows but cannot independently deploy infrastructure. Blueprints are still required for infrastructure provisioning capabilities.
