Builds

The Builds module in Sigma Automate provides a streamlined, guided workflow for provisioning and customizing virtual machines across cloud and on-prem environments. Whether you’re building a new VM from scratch, migrating an existing workload, or standardizing VM templates across environments, Sigma’s intuitive, step-by-step process ensures consistency, compliance, and operational efficiency — all without requiring deep infrastructure knowledge.

Note

Sigma’s Builds module supports major hypervisors and cloud platforms including VMware vSphere, AWS, Azure, and OCI. The workflow is platform-aware, allowing for intelligent defaults and provider-specific configuration options.

Key Use Cases

• Provision New VMs Spin up virtual machines based on a consistent, policy-driven template. Teams can define compute specs, OS images, storage, networking, and post-provisioning configuration through a single UI or API.

• Migrate Existing VMs Use the build process to migrate workloads from one environment to another (e.g., on-prem VMware to cloud). Sigma supports importing existing configuration parameters and applying them to new destinations, minimizing downtime and manual reconfiguration.

• Standardize Environments Ensure that all new builds comply with internal standards for naming, tagging, resource sizing, and configuration. Policies can be enforced globally or scoped to specific business units or projects.

• Clone and Reuse Convert any previous build into a reusable template or task sequence. This promotes rapid scaling and consistency across environments.

• Select Details
• Select Operating System
• Select Compute Resource
• Select Storage
• Customize Hardware
• Customize Configuration
• Confirm