Workspace ONE Access provides identity and access management services for the VMware Aria Suite of products. You use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to deploy a Workspace ONE Access instance. You then perform the necessary post-deployment configurations and customization. VMware Cloud Foundation supports both standard and clustered Workspace ONE Access deployments.
Prerequisites
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Download the installation binary directly from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. See "Configure Product Binaries" in the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Installation, Upgrade, and Management Guide for the version of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle listed in the VMware Cloud Foundation BOM.
- Allocate IP addresses:
Standard Deployment Clustered Deployment One IP address from the cross-instance NSX segment and prepare both forward (A) and reverse (PTR) DNS records. Five IP addresses from the cross-instance NSX segment and prepare both forward (A) and reverse (PTR) DNS records. - Three IP addresses for the clustered Workspace ONE Access instance.
- One IP address for the embedded Postgres database for the Workspace ONE Access instance.
- One IP address for the NSX external load balancer virtual server for clustered Workspace ONE Access instance.
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Ensure you have enough storage capacity:
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Required storage per node: 100 GB
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Virtual disk provisioning: Thin
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Verify that the management domain vCenter Server is operational.
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Verify that the cross-instance NSX segment is available.
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Verify that the NSX Manager is operational.
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Verify the Prerequisite Checklist sheet in the Planning and Preparation Workbook.
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Verify that required Active Directory bind service account is created.
Verify that required Active Directory security groups are created.
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Download the CertGenVVS tool and generate the signed certificate for the Workspace ONE Access instance. See KB 85527.
