To provide identity and access management services to NSX, you deploy the standalone Workspace ONE Access instance in the management domain cluster, configure storage, network, and other appliance attributes.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<management_vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as administrator@vsphere.local.
  2. In the VMs and templates inventory, navigate to the default management domain data center.

  3. Deploy the Workspace ONE Access appliance.

    1. Right-click the Workspace ONE Access folder and select Deploy OVF template.

    2. On the Select an OVF template page, select Local file, click Upload files, browse to the location of the Workspace ONE Access OVA file, and click Next.

    3. On the Select a name and folder page, in the Virtual machine name text box, enter a virtual machine name according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    4. On the Select a compute resource page, select the compute resource and click Next.

    5. On the Review details page, review the settings and click Next.

    6. On the License agreements page, accept the license agreement and click Next.

    7. On the Configuration page, configure the size according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Next.

    8. On the Select storage page, select the vSAN datastore and click Next.

    9. On the Select networks page, from the Destination network drop-down menu, select the overlay-backed NSX segment port group and click Next.

    10. On the Customize template page, configure the settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.

    11. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish and wait for the process to complete.

  4. Power on the Workspace ONE Access appliance.

    1. In the VMs and templates inventory, navigate to the default management domain data center.

    2. Expand the Workspace ONE Access folder.

    3. Right-click the Workspace ONE Access virtual machine and, from the Actions menu, select Power > Power on.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start Windows PowerShell.

  2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

    $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
    $sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
    $sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"
    
    $wsaFqdn = "sfo-wsa01.sfo.rainpole.io"
    $wsaIpAddress = "192.168.31.60"
    $wsaGateway = "192.168.31.1"
    $wsaSubnetMask = "255.255.255.0"
    $wsaFolder = "sfo-m01-fd-wsa"
  3. Deploy the standalone Workspace ONE Access instance.

    1. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

      Install-WorkspaceOne -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -wsaFqdn $wsaFqdn -wsaIpAddress $wsaIpAddress -wsaGateway $wsaGateway -wsaSubnetMask $wsaSubnetMask -wsaFolder $wsaFolder
    2. In the dialog box that opens, navigate to and open the Workspace One Access .ova installer file.