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esxi-sddc-vcenter-deploy

Run VMware vSphere SDDC Cluster Configuration operations.

This workflow deploys a vSphere vCenter OVA (VCSA) on to a vSphere ESXi node. The process requires the use of a RackN Context to run this workflow, and a Context container with govc in it. RackN provides a lightweight govc only context container, or a larger bloated vmware-tools context container that also includes govc.

The operator must specify the following Params for deploying the VCSA via the OVA.

  • govc/commands - set to import.ova
  • govc/insecure - either true or false depending on TLS certificates (self signed requires true)
  • govc/ova-location - the URL to download the VCSA OVA from - example {{.ProvisionerURL}}/files/images/VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-7.0.0.10700-16749653_OVF10.ova
  • govc/ova-type - must be set to vcsa
  • govc/ova-version - must be set to 7 for vSphere 7.x vCenter version
  • govc/username - must be set to the vSphere ESXi node account to authorize the deploy operation (usually root)
  • govc/password - the password of the ESXi node for authorizing the deploy operation
  • govc/url - the IP address or resolvable DNS host/domain name (FQDN) of the vSphere ESXi node to deploy vCenter OVA to
  • ova/param-json - the Param that describes the vCenter deployment options - there are several "EXAMPLE" named templates in the vmware-lib content pack.

In addition, the operator may specify creation of a local Datastore on the ESXi node to back the vCenter instance. See the govc-datastore-create Stage for more details on customizing this.