Install Host User World Automatically

Carbon Black Cloud Host Module runs on the ESXi as a host user world process and provides unique identity information to the VMs. To save time from manual installation of a host user world on every host in your vCenter Server and then configure its settings to communicate with the appliance, you can use a newly introduced automatic installation and configuration flow.

You install the host user world on a single host or on many hosts in a cluster.

Prerequisites

• Host with ESXi 6.7 or later.
• vCenter Server 6.7 or later.
• Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance 1.1 or later.
• The host must be powered on and connected to the vCenter Server.
• Add the Manage host module on ESX server and Fetch ESX server details permissions in the Carbon Black Cloud console. For more information, see Step 1C: Create Custom API Access Level for Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance.

Procedure

1. Log in to the vSphere Client with administrator credentials.
2. Select a host from the inventory tree and click the Configure tab.
3. Navigate to the Carbon Black > Security page and click Enable Host Module.
   This action takes up to 5 minutes.
   Once the installation completes, the status changes from Installable to Up to date. You can see the host user world version and its general status as being connected.
4. To upgrade the host user world to its latest version, click the Upgrade Host Module.
   Once the upgrade completes, the status changes from Upgradable to Up to date.
5. Optional. To install the Carbon Black Cloud Host Module on all hosts within a cluster:
   1. Select the cluster from the inventory tree and click the Configure tab.
   2. Navigate to the Carbon Black > Security page, and click Enable Host Module.
   3. Select Confirm in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud pop-up.

What to do next

Install Carbon Black Cloud sensors on Linux or Windows VMs in a vCenter Server environment to enable the automatic identification and registration of VDI clones. For more information, see VMware Carbon Black Cloud Sensor Installation Guide.