Downloading the Media

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 from the URL provided to you when registering.

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.