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SeetheCrypt::SSLEaydocumentationfordetailsonsetup.
Deploying vMA
Asanalternativetoapackageinstallation,youcandeployvMAonanESXihostandrunvCLIcommandsfrom
there.vMAisavirtualmachineyoucanusetorunscriptstomanageESXisystems.vMAincludesaLinux
environment,vCLI,andotherprepackagedsoftware.
SettingupvMAconsistsof
afewtasks.ThevSphereManagementAssistantGuidediscusseseachtaskindetail.
1DeployvMAtoanESXisystemthatmeetsthehardwareprerequisites.
SeethevSphereManagementAssistantGuideforprerequisitesanddeploymentdetails.
2ConfigurevMA.
WhenyoubootvMA,youmustspecifythefollowingrequiredconfigurationinformationwhen
prompted:
 Networkinformation(thedefaultisoftenacceptable)
 HostnameforvMA.
 Passwordforthevi‐adminuser.Thevi‐adminuserhassuperuserprivilegesonvMA.Youcannotlog
intovMAastherootuser.
3 (Optional)AddavCenterServersystemoroneormoreESXisystemsastargets.YouconfigurevMAfor
ActiveDirectoryauthenticationandcanthenaddESXi
andvCenterServersystemstovMAwithout
havingtostorepasswordsinthevMAcredentialstore.SeethevSphereManagementAssistantGuide.
CAUTIONIfthetwoenvironmentvariablesHTTPS_CA_FILEandHTTPS_CA_DIRaresetincorrectlyorifa
problemwiththecertificateexists,vCLIcommandsdonotcomplete,anddonotprinterrororwarning
messages.UseHTTPS_DEBUGfortroubleshootingbeforerunningvCLIcommands.