To deploy an Edge Compute Stack host, you must download the latest installed media to your local computer.

  1. Open the VMware Edge Compute Stack Service.

  2. Click Configure/Launchpad.

  3. To select the media to download, click DOWNLOAD under Download the VMware Edge Compute Stack image.

VMware Edge Compute Stack Media Types

You must download the correct media for the type of deployment you plan to use for your Edge server.

Media Type

Summary

IMG

Use this file to create a USB drive that can be booted. The USB drive must install VMware Edge Compute Stack on that server.

OVA

Use this file to deploy a pre-created virtual machine on a hypervisor for testing, demo, or a CI-CD pipeline.

ISO

With this file, you can boot from a CD-ROM drive or for IPMI/out of bands management virtual media device, or deploy virtual machines.