Recall from Reference Architecture that the VLA environment must include an instance of the VLA Appliance. Use the following table to plan the deployment of the appliance.

Table 1. Table 3 VLA Deployment Worksheet

VLA Input Field

Description

Value

FQDN

Needed for deployment

Note:

Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) should resolve to VLA's IP Address

IP Address

Needed for deployment

Network Mask

Needed for deployment

Gateway

Needed for deployment

DNS Server

Needed for deployment NOTE: If a DNS server is not implemented, see Using VLA without DNS Server

Console User Name

User name used to login to the VLA. This must not be “root” and must be between 6-32 characters in length.

Console User Password

Initial password for the console user account. Password must be at least 8 characters in length. You can change the password later by using the “passwd” command on the console, if needed.

SSH Access

Enable or Disable SSH access on the VLA.

Timezone

The timezone selection for the VLA.

VLA Username

Username of VLA application user. The VLA application user is entered to connect LaMa to the VLA. Entered when the appliance is configured.

VLA Password

Password of VLA application user. The VLA application password is entered to connect LaMa to the VLA. Entered when the appliance is configured.

Note:

The password length shall be at least 8 symbols and has to meet the following requirements for classes of characters it contains:

  • Digits

  • Upper case character

  • Lower case character

  • Special character (like '!', '$')

vCenter Server FQDN

FQDN of each vCenter Server that is controlled by the VLA

vCenter Server User Credentials

The username and password for the Limited Rights service account that the VLA will use to gather inventory from vCenter Server. See section Creating a Limited-Rights vCenter Server user

VMware vRealize Orchestrator FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name of the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Server

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Credentials

The username and password for a SSO service account that is in the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Admin group

LaMa Credentials

The administrator username and password of the LaMa application

LaMa SSH Credentials

SSH username and password of LaMa VM