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Following is an example of a command for deploying an Access Point appliance using OVF Tool on a Linux
client machine:
ovftool --X:enableHiddenProperties \
--powerOffTarget \
--powerOn \
--overwrite \
--vmFolder=folder1 \
--net:Internet="VM Network" \
--net:ManagementNetwork="VM Network" \
--net:BackendNetwork="VM Network" \
-ds=PERFORMANCE-X \
--name=name1 \
--ipAllocationPolicy=fixedPolicy \
--deploymentOption=onenic \
--prop:ip0=10.20.30.41 \
--prop:DNS=192.0.2.1 \
--prop:adminPassword=P@ssw0rd \
--prop:rootPassword=vmware \
--prop:viewDestinationURL=https://192.0.2.2 \
--prop:viewDestinationURLThumbprints="sha1=b6 77 dc 9c 19 94 2e f1 78 f0 ad 4b ec 85 d1 7a f8 8b
dc 34" \
euc-access-point-Y.Y.0.0-xxxxxxx_OVF10.ova \
vi://root:[e-mail]/ExampleDC/host/ap
NOTE The backslashes at the ends of the lines are escape characters for line continuation on Linux, which
can be used in a Linux shell script. You can alternatively just type the entire command on one line.
If you use this command, you can then use the Access Point admin REST API to configure additional
settings such as the security certificate and secure gateways. Alternatively, you can use the settingsJSON
property to configure these settings at deployment time.
Example Using the settings.JSON Property
In addition to the deployment properties shown in the previous example, you can use the settingsJSON
property to pass a JSON string directly to the EdgeServiceSettings resource in the Access Point admin
REST API. In this manner, you can use the OVF Tool to set configuration properties during deployment that
must otherwise be set by using the REST API after deployment.
The following example shows how to use the settingsJSON property to enable the View edge service, so
that Access Point can point to and use View Connection Server or a Horizon Air Node. In addition to
specifying the Horizon server URL and the Horizon server thumbprint, the settingsJSON property sets the
external URLs for the secure gateways. This example uses escape characters for running the command on a
Windows client machine.
ovftool --X:enableHiddenProperties ^
--powerOffTarget ^
--powerOn ^
--overwrite ^
--vmFolder=folder1 ^
--net:Internet="VM Network" ^
--net:ManagementNetwork="VM Network" ^
--net:BackendNetwork="VM Network" ^
-ds="PERFORMANCE-X" ^
--name=name1 ^
--ipAllocationPolicy=fixedPolicy ^
--deploymentOption=onenic ^
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