By using the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, you can deploy VMware Cloud Director, vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App, RabbitMQ, and vCloud Usage Meter.

When specifying the environment for the product you want to deploy, you can specify the product nodes, integrations with other products, and product certificates.

Prerequisites

To deploy a product by using the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, you must first register an infrastructure vCenter Server as data center component.

Procedure

  1. To access the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, navigate to https://vcplcm-host-name and login as vcplcm.
  2. In the top navigation bar, click Environments.
  3. Click Create Environments.
  4. Click the Products tab.
  5. From the Product tab, select the product you want to deploy and click Next.
  6. Enter the general product configurations and click Next.
  7. Enter the specific product configurations and click Next.
    The Nodes tab opens.
  8. To configure a product node, click Configure.
  9. In the Editing node dialog box, enter the node settings and click OK.
  10. (Optional) To add a consecutive node, click Add a node and repeat step Step 9
  11. Click Next.
  12. (Optional) On the Integrations tab, configure an integration with another product.
    1. Click Add integration.
    2. Enter the integration settings and click OK.
    3. Click Next.
  13. (Optional) On the Certificates tab, configure the product certificate.
    Note: The certificate and private key must be in PEM format.
    1. Click Add certificate.
    2. In the Adding new certificate dialog box, enter the certificate settings and click OK.
    3. Click Next.
  14. On the Complete deployment setup tab, verify the product summary and select from the options.
    Action Description
    Validate Run a pre-deploy validation operation for the specified product.
    Deploy Deploy the product.
    Register Register a deployed product with VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager and enable day 2 operations.
    Download environment as JSON Download the product information as a JSON file.