By using the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, you can deploy VMware Cloud Director, VMware Chargeback (formerly 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.
  • All steps are documented assuming that the 1.4.8 version of the interoperability bundle is installed.

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. Enter the product environment details.
    Deployment Type Procedure
    Deploy the product by using a JSON file
    1. Expand the Environment Details section and by clicking on Browse navigate to the JSON file that contains the product configurations.
    2. Upload the JSON file and click Next.
    3. To verify and confirm the information about the product, go through the Datacenter and Datacenter Configurations sections by clicking on Next.
    Deploy the product without using a JSON file
    1. Expand the Environment Details section, enter the environment name and environment type, and click Next.

      Optionally, you can enter an environment ID. If you do not specify an ID, VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager uses the product name as an environment ID.

    2. In the Datacenter section, select the data center in which you want to deploy the product, and click Next.
    3. In the Datacenter Configurations section, enter the data center configuration details and click Next.
  5. Expand the Products tab and provide the product details in the respective sections.
    To use the simplified product deployment method by providing only the general product information without specifying the product nodes, integrations, and certificates, turn on the hide settings toggle. VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager attempts to discover all additional information from the specified endpoint address.
    Important product considerations
    Product Consideration
    RabbitMQ If you want to create more than one RabbitMQ nodes and integrate them with VMware Cloud Director as an AMQP broker, under Product > Specific Configurations > Load Balancer Settings, you must provide the load balancer FQDN and IP address.
  6. Configure the product nodes.
    1. Expand the Nodes tab.
    2. On the displayed node card, click Configure.
    3. Provide the node details and click Close.
  7. (Optional) To add a consecutive node, click Add a node and repeat step 6.
  8. (Optional) Expand the Integrations tab and configure an integration with another product.
    1. Click Add integration.
    2. Enter the integration settings and click Close.
    3. Click Next.
  9. (Optional) Expand the Certificates tab and 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 Close.
    3. Click Next.
  10. 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.

What to do next

To verify if the product is deployed successfully, from the top navigation, select Environments. The Environments screen displays information about the deployed products as a list of cards.

If the deployment completes successfully, the status displays an OK message.

If the deployment status displays an Incomplete error message, navigate to Actions > Complete registering, and provide the missing details.