Before deploying VMware Cloud Director, you must meet all deployment prerequisites.
| From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager | vCenter infra server | VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager need access to the vCenter to deploy the VMware Cloud Director cells. |
| VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager | vCenter resource server | VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager need access to the vCenter to validate access for VMware Cloud Director. |
| VMware Cloud Director | vCenter resource server | The resource vCenter is configured as a provider VDC in VMware Cloud Director, thus it must be accessible. |
| VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager | NSX-T Manager | To validate access for VMware Cloud Director, VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager must access NSX-T Manager. |
| VMware Cloud Director | NSX-T Manager | To manage the provider VDC, VMware Cloud Director must access NSX-T Manager. |
| VMware Cloud Director | NFS Mount | To mount the NFS share, the VMware Cloud Director cells need access to NFS Mount. |
| VMware Cloud Director | VMware Cloud Director | Communication between all VMware Cloud Director cells. |
| VMware Cloud Director | VMware Cloud Director Load Balancer | To use the load balancer as a base endpoint in VMware Cloud Director, the load balancer IP address must be accessible. |
| VMware Cloud Director Load Balancer | VMware Cloud Director | Used by the load balancer to access the VMware Cloud Director cells on ports 443 and 8443. |
| VMware Cloud Director | RabbitMQ | Used by VMware Cloud Director to access the RabbitMQ instance through AMQP on the configured ports. |
| VMware Cloud Director | NTP | The VMware Cloud Director cells must access the NTP server. |
| VMware Cloud Director | DNS | The VMware Cloud Director cells must access the DNS server. |
| Port | Protocol | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | TCP/ UDP | DNS |
| 111 | TCP/ UDP | NFS |
| 123 | TCP/ UDP | NTP |
| 443 | TCP | Used to:
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| 920 | TCP/ UDP | NFS |
| 2049 | TCP/ UDP | Used by VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager to mount NFS share. |
| 5432 | TCP | Postgres Database |
| 5671 | TCP/ UDP | Used to access RabbitMQ. |
For information about port requirements, see Network Security Requirements in the VMware Cloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade documentation.
| System | Usage |
|---|---|
| Management VC | Used to deploy the VMware Cloud Director cells in the management vCenter. |
| Resource VC | Used to register the vCenter Server with VMware Cloud Director. |
| Resource NSX-T Manager | Used to register NSX-T with VMware Cloud Director. |
| RabbitMQ | Used to access RabbitMQ. You can create the account during the deployment of RabbitMQ. |
Additional Prerequisites
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- The VMware Cloud Director cells must have access to the NFS share. Before deploying VMware Cloud Director, the NFS share must be empty and read/write access must be enabled without authentication.
- VMware Cloud Director Load Balancer - before deploying the VMware Cloud Director cell, you must configure the dedicated load balancer.
- To enable forward and reverse lookup of IP addresses and hostnames, you must configure DNS A and PTR records for each VMware Cloud Director cell and load balancer.
- To deploy VMware Cloud Director with CA-signed certificates, you must generate the required certificates and provide them in the REST API payload.
- PVDC:
- vCenter cluster or dedicated resource pool available to be configured for PVDC (if root resource pool of the cluster is used, no resource pool name should be specified).
- Storage profile preconfigured in vCenter, including compliant datastores.
- NSX-T Manager is accessible and provides overlay transport zone that can be used for network pool.
- NSX-T tier0 gateway is available and a subnet that is accessible to be used for configuring a VMware Cloud Director external network.
