You can deploy your VMware Cloud Director appliance as an OVF template by using the vSphere Client (HTML5). After you deploy the OVF template, you must complete the configuration in the appliance management UI.
You must deploy the first member of a VMware Cloud Director server group as a primary cell. You can deploy a subsequent member of a VMware Cloud Director server group as a standby or VMware Cloud Director application cell. See VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployments and Database High Availability Configuration.
Mixed VMware Cloud Director installations on Linux and VMware Cloud Director appliance deployments in one server group are unsupported.
When adding additional or replacement appliances to a database cluster, the vCPU and RAM must match those of the existing primary and standby cells in the cluster.
The OVA version of the newly deployed standby must be the same as the existing appliances in the cluster. To view the version of the running appliances, see the About information in the appliance management UI. The appliance is distributed with a name of the form VMware Cloud Director-v.v.v.v-nnnnnn_OVF10.ova, where v.v.v.v represents the product version and nnnnnn the build number. For example: VMware Cloud Director-10.2.0.0-9229800_OVA10.ova.
For information about deploying OVF templates in vSphere, see vSphere Virtual Machine Administration.
As an alternative, you can deploy the appliance by using VMware OVF Tool. See Deploying Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance by Using VMware OVF Tool.
Prerequisites
What to do next
Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.4, both the console proxy traffic and HTTPS communications go over the default 443 port. VMware Cloud Director 10.4.1 and later do not support the legacy implementation of the console proxy feature.
- To add members to the VMware Cloud Director server group, repeat the procedure.
- To enter the license key, log in to the VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Portal.
- To replace the self-signed certificate that is created during the appliance first boot, you can Create and Import CA-Signed SSL Certificates for Your VMware Cloud Director on Linux.
Start Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployment
To start your VMware Cloud Director appliance deployment, you open the deployment wizard in the vSphere Web Client (Flex) or the vSphere Client (HTML5), and deploy the OVF template.
Procedure
What to do next
- Power on the newly created virtual machine.
- Configure Your VMware Cloud Director Primary Appliance or Configure Your VMware Cloud Director Standby and Application Cells.
Configure Your VMware Cloud Director Primary Appliance
After you deploy the OVF template for the primary appliance, you must continue to the configuration phase in the appliance management UI of the primary VMware Cloud Director appliance instance.
Prerequisites
Power on the newly created virtual machine.
Familiarize yourself with the Preparing the Transfer Server Storage for Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance topic.
Procedure
Results
If the deployment is successful, the Embedded Database Availability and Services tabs appear.
What to do next
Deploy a standby or application cell. See Start Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployment.
Configure Your VMware Cloud Director Standby and Application Cells
Configure Your VMware Cloud Director Standby and Application Cells
After you deploy the OVF template for a standby or application cell, you must continue to the configuration phase in the VMware Cloud Director appliance management user interface of the instance you want to deploy.
Prerequisites
- Deploy a standby or application cell. See Start Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployment.
- See Preparing the Transfer Server Storage for Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance.
- Power on the newly created virtual machine.