After the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance is deployed, you can register the appliance with the vCenter Server that is available in your VMware Cloud on AWS software-defined data center (SDDC).

Prerequisites

  • You have deployed the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance.
  • The Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance VM is powered-on.
  • SDDC is deployed and configured in VMware Cloud on AWS.
  • Configure firewall rules in your SDDC. See Configure Firewall Rules in SDDC.
  • Configure the NAT rule for the appliance IP. See Create a NAT Rule for Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance IP Address.
  • The SSO server time and the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance time are in sync. See Configure NTP Server Settings.
    Important: Time must be synchronized between the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance and the vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) server. NTP server must be specified so that the SSO server time and the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance time are in sync.

Procedure

  1. From your browser, log in to the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance at https://<appliance IP address> using the admin credentials.
  2. Go to the Appliance > Registration page.
  3. In the SSO lookup configuration section, click Edit. Configure the following values.
    SSO lookup configuration Description
    SSO Hostname Enter the IP address or FQDN of the vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) instance and click Register.

    The VMC URLs are listed in vmc.vmware.com under SDDCs > Settings. For example, vcenter.sddc-x-x-x-x.vmwarevmc.com. Do not enter the https:// header.
    VMware Cloud on AWS Toggle the VMware Cloud on AWS environment ON.
    User name and Password Enter the user name and password for the vSphere Administration in VMware Cloud on AWS. For example, [email protected].
    Thumbprint (SHA1) Verify the SHA1 thumbprint of the SSO server.
  4. In the vCenter Server Details section, click Register and configure the following values.
    vCenter Server details Description
    vCenter Server hostname Select the required vCenter Server host name from the list. You can install one Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance per vCenter Server.
    Plug-in The version of the registered Carbon Black Cloud Workload Plug-in is available after the registration is complete.
    Thumbprint (SHA256) Verify the SHA256 thumbprint of the vCenter Server.
  5. Click Register.
    The appliance is registered with the vCenter Server in your VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC.

Results

Log out of the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance and log in to the vCenter Server from your SDDC with the same Cloud Admin role used during registration.

After the registration is successful, you can view the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Plug-in in the vCenter Server. The Carbon Black Carbon Black Cloud logo icon appears in the left navigation pane and in the Shortcuts menu of the vSphere Client.

What to do next

Go to the Carbon Black Cloud console and generate the API ID and secret key.