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name: vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-order-req
title: Requirements for VCF for VPC instances
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2025-10-24
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Requirements for VCF for VPC instances
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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With the bare metal server infrastructure provided in IBM Cloud® Virtual Private Cloud (IBM Cloud VPC), you can quickly deploy VMware Cloud Foundation for VPC on IBM Cloud.

Ensure that the following requirements are met:
* [IBM Cloud account requirements](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-plan&format=markdown#vpc-vcf-plan-acc)
* [Required permissions for managing IBM Cloud resources](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-plan&format=markdown#vpc-vcf-plan-permission)
* [Requirements for the list of allowed IP addresses](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-trbl_vcf_vpc_allowlist_ip&format=markdown)

The installation of VCF for VPC on IBM Cloud uses the Terraform IBM Provider to create the necessary infrastructure resources and services.

Do not modify any values that are set during resource deployment and VCF for VPC instance order from the Schematics workspace. After the instance is provisioned, do not add or remove hosts manually.
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## Related links
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* [The IBM Cloud account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-signing_required_accounts&format=markdown#signing_required_accounts-cloud)
* [Getting started with IBM Cloud VPC](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-getting-started&format=markdown)
* [VPC network design](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-vpc-deployment&format=markdown)
* [IaaS endpoints](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-service-endpoints-for-vpc&format=markdown#infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas-endpoints)