Before you set up VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions and publish solutions to tenant organizations, you must install the plug-in to VMware Cloud Director.

VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions is distributed as an ISO package with a name in the format vmware-vcd-ds-v.v.v-nnnnnnnnnn.iso where v.v.v is the product version and nnnnnnnnnn is the build number. For example, vmware-vcd-ds-1.0.0-1234567890.iso.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have the credentials of a VMware Cloud Director System Administrator account.
  • Verify that you have downloaded the installation ISO package for VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions.
  • Verify that you have copied the VMware Cloud Director API endpoint SSL certificate file in the local directory.

Procedure

  1. Copy the ISO file to the client machine and upload it to the local file system.
  2. Mount the ISO package to a new folder.
    1. For MacOS: Run the following command: hdiutil mount <FILENAME>.iso -mountroot <FILE_DIRECTORY>
    2. For Linux: Run the following command: mount -o loop <FILENAME>.iso <FILE_DIRECTORY>
  3. To install VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions, navigate to the folder, which contains the extracted ISO package and run the following command:
    1. For MacOS: 
      ./darwin.run create instance --name <EXTENSION_NAME> --encryption-key <ENCRYPTION_KEY> --host <HOST_NAME> --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --certificate-file <CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME> --accept
      or 
       ./darwin-arm64.run create instance --name <EXTENSION_NAME> --encryption-key <ENCRYPTION_KEY> --host <HOST_NAME> --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --certificate-file <CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME> --accept
    2. For Linux: 
      ./linux.run create instance --name <EXTENSION_NAME> --encryption-key <ENCRYPTION_KEY> --host <HOST_NAME> --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --certificate-file <CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME> --accept
    The following table describes the parameters values that you must enter.
    Note: To see the full list of command parametres, run the following command: <run> create instance -h.
    Table 1. Installation command parameters
    Parameter Description
    EXTENSION_NAME The name of the VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions.
    ENCRYPTION_KEY The encryption key to be used for encrypting data. The encryption key can be any string of numbers.
    HOST_NAME The name of the VMware Cloud Director host.
    USER_NAME The user name of the VMware Cloud Director system administrator.
    PASSWORD The password of the VMware Cloud Director system administrator.
    CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME The VMware Cloud Director API endpoint SSL certificate filename If you do not have the certificate file, run the following command: $ run get certificates --host <HOST_NAME> -o ~/vcd_cert.pem.
    Example: 
    $ ./darwin.run create instance --name vcd-des-100 --encryption-key 12345 --host test-vcd-12345.eng.example.com --username admin --password vmware --certificate-file <CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME> --accept

Results

Once the installation is complete, the following line appears in the console:

Successfully created instance <EXTENSION_NAME>

You are now able to open VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions from VMware Cloud Director.