Use the following checklist to track your progress with the NSX Application Platform deployment workflow and the activation of the NSX features that the platform hosts.

  1. Install VMware NSX® 3.2 or later.

    Find your specific installation scenario in the following table and use the corresponding installation procedure.

    Installation Scenario

    Procedure

    Fresh installation of NSX version 3.2 or later

    Install NSX version 3.2 or later. For details, see NSX Installation Guide in the NSX Documentation set.

    NSX 3.1 or earlier installation exists and does not have Security Intelligence 1.x appliance installed.

    Upgrade to NSX 3.2 or later. For details, see NSX Upgrade Guide in the NSX Documentation set.

    NSX 3.1 or earlier exists with Security Intelligence 1.x appliance installed.

    1. Prepare your Security Intelligence 1.x installation for the upgrade to Security Intelligence 3.2. See the "Upgrading Security Intelligence" section in Activating and Upgrading Security Intelligence for version 3.2 or later in the Security Intelligence Documentation set.

    2. Upgrade to NSX 3.2 or later. For details, see the NSX Upgrade Guide for version 3.2 or later in the NSX Documentation set.
  2. Ensure that you have a valid license in effect in your NSX 3.2 or later installation. See NSX Feature and Edition Guide for details.
  3. Verify the compatibility of the NSX Application Platform version that you plan to deploy with the NSX Manager version that you plan to use for the deployment.

    See NSX Application Platform Deployment Prerequisites for the compatibility information.

    Important: In an NSX Federation environment, you can deploy the NSX Application Platform on Local Managers only. You cannot deploy the NSX Application Platform using Global Managers. You can access the NSX Application Platform using a Local Manager only.
  4. Configure the ports and protocols required for deploying and using the NSX Application Platform. See the VMware Ports and Protocols webpage.
  5. Ask your infrastructure administrator to install and configure Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Cluster on Supervisor or an Upstream Kubernetes cluster. After the cluster installation and configuration are successfully completed, ask them to allocate the TKG Cluster on Supervisor or Upstream Kubernetes cluster resources necessary to deploy the NSX Application Platform and to activate any of the hosted NSX features that you want to use. See the information about resources for TKG Cluster on Supervisor or Upstream Kubernetes cluster in NSX Application Platform Deployment Prerequisites.
  6. Ensure that you have satisfied all the NSX Application Platform deployment prerequisites. See NSX Application Platform Deployment Prerequisites for more information.
  7. Confirm that the NSX Manager appliance and the TKG Cluster on Supervisor or Upstream Kubernetes cluster are reachable to each other, and that their system times are synchronized on both.
  8. Deploy the NSX Application Platform. See Manual Deployment of the NSX Application Platform.
  9. Activate one or more of the available security services that are hosted on the NSX Application Platform and begin using the activated features. See Related Security Services for more information.
  10. Backup and restore functionality is not available for NSX Application Platform.
    Note: If you experience data corruption, you must redeploy NSX Application Platform.