This section details the required components you must configure before you can install the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server successfully on VMware Cloud Director. You can use existing resources from your VMware Cloud Director or create new parameters.

Table 1.

Required component

Description

An organization

Before you can configure VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server, it is necessary to create an organization in VMware Cloud Director. The organization is considered a Cloud Provider managed organization that hosts VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server.

For more information, see Create an Organization.

A virtual data center (VDC) within the organization

 Ability to host VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server vApp. For more information, see Create an Organization Virtual Data Center.

Network connectivity

Network connectivity between the machine where VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension is installed, and the VMware Cloud Director server. VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension communicates with VMware Cloud Director using VMware Cloud Director public API endpoint.