You deploy the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle in VMware Cloud Foundation mode by using the SDDC Manager UI.
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, click Administration > VMware Aria Suite.
- Click Deploy.
- Review and verify the prerequisites.
Click each prerequisite check box and then click Begin.
- On the Network Settings page, review the settings and click Next.
- On the Virtual Appliance Settings page, enter the settings and click Next.
Setting
Description
Virtual Appliance: FQDN
The FQDN for the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle virtual appliance.
Note:The reverse (PTR) DNS record of this fully qualified domain name is used as the IP address for the virtual appliance.
NSX Tier 1 Gateway: IP Address
A free IP Address within the cross-instance virtual network segment.
Note:Used to create a service interface on the NSX Tier 1 Gateway, where VMware Cloud Foundation automatically configures the load-balancer for the VMware Aria Suite.
System Administrator
Create and confirm the password for the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle administrator account, vcfadmin@local. The password created is the credential that allows SDDC Manager to connect to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
Note:When VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle is deployed by SDDC Manager it is enabled for VMware Cloud Foundation mode. As a result, the administrator account for is vcfadmin@local instead of admin@local.
SSH Root Account
Create and confirm a password for the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle virtual appliance root account.
- On the Review Summary page, review the installation configuration settings and click Finish.
SDDC Manager validates the values and starts the deployment.
The VMware Aria Suite page displays the following message: Deployment in progress.
If the deployment fails, this page displays a deployment status of Deployment failed. In this case, you can click Restart Task or Rollback.
- (Optional) To view details about the individual deployment tasks, in the Tasks panel at the bottom, click each task.
