You can configure networking parameters.

You can configure Service settings and Proxy Config settings on the Global Settings page.
Note: You can override the values for each domain when configuring the domains.

Procedure

  1. Click the Configuration tab under the Infrastructure Automation.
  2. Click Global Settings.
  3. To modify the global parameters, click Edit.
  4. Provide the required details for Service parameters.
    Field Description
    DNS Suffix Address of the DNS suffix for each appliance. For example: telco.example.com
    DNS Server The IP address of the DNS server. You can add multiple DNS server IP, separated by comma.
    Based on the network type selected during the TCA deployment, you can enter one of the following:
    • IPv4 network type: Enter IPv4 addresses or FQDNs
    • IPv6 network type: Enter only FQDNs
    • Dual Stack network type: Enter IPv4 addresses or FQDNs for IPv4 interfaces and FQDNs only for IPv6 interfaces
    NTP Server Name of the NTP server. For example: time.vmware.com. You can add multiple NTP server address, separated by comma.
    Based on the network type selected during the TCA deployment, you can enter one of the following:
    • IPv4 network type: Enter IPv4 addresses or FQDNs
    • IPv6 network type: Enter only FQDNs
    • Dual Stack network type: Enter IPv4 addresses or FQDNs for IPv4 interfaces and FQDNs only for IPv6 interfaces
  5. To use the proxy server, enable the Proxy Config. Click the Enabled button.
  6. Provide the required details for Proxy parameters.
    Field Description
    Protocol Proxy protocol. Select the value from the drop-down menu.
    Proxy Server IP of the proxy server.
    Proxy Port Port of the proxy server.
    Proxy Username Optional. User name to access the proxy server.
    Proxy Password Optional. Password corresponding to the user name to access the proxy server.
    Proxy Exclusion Optional. List of IP and URLs to exclude from proxy. You can use special characters to provide regular expression URLs. For example, *.abx.xyz.com.
  7. Provide the required details for CSI Tagging parameters.
    Field Description

    Enabled

    		 Whether the CSI tagging is enabled.

    Region Tag Naming Scheme

    		 Tagging scheme for data center. Default value: region-{domainName}.

    Cluster Zone Tag Naming Scheme

    		 Tagging scheme for compute cluster or hosts. Default value: zone-{domainName}.
    Host Zone Tag Naming Scheme

    The CSI tag for the hosts. Default value: zone-{hostname}.
    Note: Ensure that you use the following naming schemes:
    • For Region tag, ensure that the naming scheme contains {domainName}. For example, <text_identifier>-{domainName}.
    • For Cluster Zone tag, ensure that the naming scheme contains the {domainName}. For example, <text_identifier>-{domainName}.
    • For Host Zone tag, ensure that the naming scheme contains the {hostname}. For example, <text_identifier>-{hostname}.
  8. Select the activation mode as Standalone.
    Standalone mode of activation is applicable for both air-gapped and non-air-gapped environment.
    Note:
    • You can provide the air-gapped server details for VMware Telco Cloud Automation through cloud_spec.json file.
    • When you provide the air-gapped server details through cloud_spec.json, add the certificate details only if you have a self-signed CA certificate.
  9. Provide the vSphere SSO Domain value.
  10. Provide the TCA SSO Credentials value.
    Note: The TCA SSO credentials are used by Infrastructure Automation for communicating with the TCA Manager.
  11. Provide the Appliance Naming Scheme. Select the value from the drop-down menu. This naming scheme is used for all the appliances added to VMware Telco Cloud Automation.
  12. To deploy the vRealize Log Insight in management domain and share it with workload domain, enable the Share vRLI with management domain.