Deploy the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance in the vCenter Server

Deploy the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance on-premises in the management cluster. After obtaining the OVA file, you can deploy the appliance using the vSphere Client.

Note: You must implement network controls to limit appliance interface access to authorized administrators only. Unrestricted network access to the appliance interface is not required.

Prerequisites

• Verify the system requirements. See Carbon Black Cloud Workload Operating Environment Requirements.
• Verify that you have the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance OVA file available. See Download the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance OVA.

Procedure

1. Log in to the vSphere Client.
2. Right-click the host on which to install the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance and click Deploy OVF Template.
3. On the Deploy OVF Template page, configure the following values and click Next.

   Option	Description
   Select an OVF Template	URL: Enter the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance URL to a remote Web server. Supported URL sources are HTTP and HTTPS. Example: http://<local-web-server>/cwp-va-1.0.0.0-17066560_OVF10.ova. Local file: Click Choose Files and select the downloaded OVA file.
   Select a name and folder	(Optional) Change the name of the OVA file to Workload Appliance.
   Select a compute resource	(Optional) Verify if the selected host is the correct resource to deploy the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance.
   Review details	Review the details. The Product must be CBC Workload Appliance VA.
   License agreements	To accept the license agreements, click I accept all license agreements.
   Select storage	Select how to store the files for the deployed OVA. Select a datastore to store the deployed OVF or OVA template. The configuration file and virtual disk files are stored on the datastore. Select a datastore large enough to accommodate the virtual machine or vApp and all associated virtual disk files.
   Select networks	Select the network that has connectivity to vCenter Server. IP Allocation Settings: Select IP protocol as IPv4 or IPv6.
   Customize template	Application: Type passwords for the admin and root user account. You will use these passwords later when you register the appliance with vCenter Server. The password must meet the following requirements: At least eight characters At least one lowercase character At least one numeric character At least one special character Not more than 20 characters long Networking Properties: If you want DHCP to be available while configuring the appliance, leave the configuration values empty. If you want to configure a static IP address: Domain Name and Domain Search Path: Host name of the virtual machine. Example: host.example.local; enter host in the domain name field and enter example.local in the domain search path field. Add the following mandatory values: Default Gateway, Domain Name Servers, Network 1 IP Address, Network 1 Netmask.
   Ready to complete	Verify the details and click Finish.

   The OVA begins to import and deploy. It can take some time, depending on the public network download speed.

4. After the deployment is complete, go to the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance virtual machine (VM), and power on the VM.
   The Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance time zone is UTC and cannot be changed.
5. Note the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance IP address.

Results

The Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance is deployed.

What to do next

Register Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance with vCenter Server