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Command-Line Deployment of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
To deploy the vCenter Server Appliance from a machine with a Windows OS:
1 At the command prompt, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer\win32 directory.
2 Deploy the appliance.
 Deploy the appliance from the template:
vcsa-deploy path-to-templates-directory \ name-of-the-template .json
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Deploy the appliance from the template by using command-line options:
vcsa-deploy Optional_Argument path-to-templates-directory \ name-of-the-template .json
For example, the following command string deploys the appliance as specified in the JSON template.
If the vCenter Single Sign-On password that you enter in the command string is different from the
vCenter Single Sign-On password in the template, the command-line installer sets up vCenter Single
Sign-On with the password provided in the command string.
vcsa-deploy --sso-password SSO-PASSWORD
path-to-templates-directory \ name-of-the-template .json
Command-Line Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance from a Linux Machine
You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance from a machine that is running on Linux.
Prerequisites:
 Download the ISO installer file from the VMware Web site.
 Prepare the deployment templates as described in section “Prepare the Templates” on page 6.
To deploy the vCenter Server Appliance from a machine with Linux OS:
1 At the command prompt, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer/lin64 directory.
2 Deploy the appliance.
 Deploy the appliance from the template:
./vcsa-deploy path-to-temlpates-directory / name-of-the-template .json

Deploy the appliance from the template by using command-line options:
vcsa-deploy Optional_Argument path-to-templates-directory / name-of-the-template .json
For example, the following command string deploys the appliance as specified in the JSON template.
If the vCenter Single Sign-On password that you enter in the command string is different from the
vCenter Single Sign-On password in the template, the command-line installer sets up vCenter Single
Sign-On with the password provided in the command string.
vcsa-deploy --sso-password SSO-PASSWORD
path-to-templates-directory / name-of-the-template .json
Command-Line Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance from a Mac Machine
You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance from a machine that is running on Mac.
Prerequisites:
 Download the ISO installer file from the VMware Web site.
 Prepare the deployment templates as described in section “Prepare the Templates” on page 6.
To deploy the vCenter Server Appliance from a machine with Mac OS:
1 At the command prompt, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer/mac directory.
2 Deploy the appliance.
 Deploy the appliance from the template: