After you install VMware Cloud Director on the first member of the server group, you must run the configuration script that creates the network and database connections for this cell. The script creates a response file that you must use when configuring additional members of the server group.
All members of the VMware Cloud Director server group share database connection and other configuration details. When you run the configuration script on the first member of the VMware Cloud Director server group, the script creates a response file that preserves database connections information for use in subsequent server installations.
You can run the configuration script in either an interactive mode or an unattended mode. For an interactive configuration, you run the command without options and the script prompts you for the required setup information. For an unattended configuration, you provide the setup information by using the command options.
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.
The cell management tool includes subcommands that you can use to change the network and database connection details that you initially configured. Changes you make using these subcommands are written to the global configuration file and the response file. For information about using the cell management tool, see VMware Cloud Director Cell Management Tool Reference.
Prerequisites
- For an interactive configuration, review VMware Cloud Director Interactive Configuration Reference.
- For an unattended configuration, review VMware Cloud Director Unattended Configuration Reference.
- For an unattended configuration, verify that the value of the environment variable
VCLOUD_HOME
is set to the full pathname of the directory in which VMware Cloud Director is installed. This value is typically /opt/vmware/vcloud-director.
Procedure
Results
What to do next
If you plan to add servers to the server group, mount the shared transfer storage at /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer.