Deploying Ops Manager on GCP

This topic describes how to deploy VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Ops Manager) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Before you deploy Ops Manager, see the preparation steps in Preparing to Deploy Ops Manager on GCP.

After you complete this procedure, follow the instructions in Configuring BOSH Director on GCP.

Step 1: Locate the Ops Manager Installation File

1. Log in to the VMware Tanzu Network, and click Ops Manager.

2. From the Releases dropdown, select the release to install.

3. Select one of the following download files:

   • Ops Manager for GCP
   • Ops Manager YAML for GCP

   When you click the download link, your browser downloads or opens the OpsManager_VERSION_onGCP.pdf or OpsManager_VERSION_onGCP.yml file.
   
   These documents provide the GCP location of the Ops Manager .tar.gz installation file based on the geographic location of your installation.

4. Copy the filepath string of the Ops Manager image based on your deployment location.

Step 2: Create a Private VM Image

1. Log in to the GCP console.

2. In the left navigation panel, click Compute Engine, and select Images.

3. Click Create Image.

4. Complete the following fields:

   • Name: Enter a name. For example, om-pcf.
   • Encryption: Leave Automatic (recommended) selected.
   • Source: Choose Cloud Storage file.

   • Cloud Storage file: Paste in the Google Cloud Storage filepath you copied from the PDF file in the previous step.

     

5. Click Create. The file might take a few minutes to import.

Step 3: Create the Ops Manager VM Instance

1. Select the check box for the image that you created above.

   

2. Click Create Instance.

3. In the Create an instance form, complete the following fields:

   • Name: Enter a name that matches the naming conventions of your deployment.
   • Zone: Choose a zone from the region in which you created your network.

   • Machine type: Choose n1-standard-2.

     • Click Customize to manually configure the vCPU and memory. An Ops Manager VM instance requires the following minimum specifications:

       Machine Spec	Minimum Value
       CPU	2 vCPUs
       Memory	8 GB

   • Boot disk: Click Change, then perform the following steps:

     • Click Custom images if it is not already selected.
     • Select the Boot disk type. If your environment has high performance needs, select SSD. As an example, environments used to develop Ops Manager tiles might benefit from a higher performing Ops Manager VM boot disk. For most environments, you can select Standard.

     • Set the Size (GB) of the boot disk to the minimum or higher.

       Machine Spec	Minimum Value
       Boot disk	100 GB

     • Select the Ops Manager image you created in the previous step if it is not already selected.
       

       

     • Click Select to save.

   • Under Identity and API access, select the Service account you created when preparing your environment during the step Set up IAM Service Accounts.

   • Allow HTTP traffic: Leave this checkbox unselected.
   • Allow HTTPS traffic: Leave this checkbox unselected.
   • Networking: Select the Networking tab, and perform the following steps:
     • Under Network interfaces, perform the following steps:
       • Remove the default network interface if this interface still exists.
       • Select the network you created when preparing your environment in Create a GCP Network with Subnet in Preparing to Deploy Ops Manager on GCP. For example, pcf-virt-net.
       • Under Subnetwork, select the pcf-infrastructure-subnet-GCP-REGION subnet that you created when preparing your environment in Create a GCP Network with Subnet in Preparing to Deploy Ops Manager on GCP.
       • For Primary internal IP, select Ephemeral (Custom). Enter an IP address (for example, 192.168.101.5) in the Custom ephemeral IP address field. Specify the next available internal IP address located within the reserved IP range that you configure later in BOSH Director. Do not use the Gateway IP, for example 192.168.101.1.
       • For External IP, select Create IP address. In the next form, enter a name for the static IP. For example, om-public-ip. Click Reserve. In the External IP dropdown, select the static IP address you just reserved.
     • For Network tags, enter pcf-opsman and allow-https. These tags apply the firewall rules you created in Create Firewall Rules for the Network to the Ops Manager VM.

4. Click Create to deploy the new Ops Manager VM. This might take a few moments.

5. Navigate to your DNS provider, and create an entry that points a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) opsman.MY-DOMAIN to the pcf-opsman static IP address of Ops Manager that you created in a previous step.

   Note: In order to set up Ops Manager authentication correctly, VMware recommends using an FQDN to access Ops Manager. Using an ephemeral IP address to access Ops Manager can cause authentication errors upon subsequent access.

Next Steps

After you complete this procedure, follow the instructions in Configuring BOSH Director on GCP.

Later on, if you need to SSH into the Ops Manager VM to perform diagnostic troubleshooting, see Log Into the Ops Manager VM.