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Command-Line Installation of vCenter Server 6.0
Installation Parameters
Depending on your installation specification, in the JSON configuration file, you must determine and provide
a list of the required parameters and their values.
Table 1. Available JSON Installation Parameters
Parameter Description
Deployment type
deployment.node.type Installation type. Possible values:
 embedded
Use this value to install vCenter Server with an embedded
Platform Services Controller.
 infrastructure
Use this value to install an external Platform Services
Controller.
 management
Use this value to install a vCenter Server instance and
register it with an existing Platform Services Controller.
Virtual machine or physical server storage locations
INSTALLDIR Installation directory.
vmware.data.directory VMware common application data directory.
This is the folder where the data for your deployment model will
be stored.
Virtual machine or physical server parameters
appliance.net.pnid IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the virtual
machine or physical server on which you install vCenter Server
or the Platform Services Controller.
This is the system name of the machine that will be used for
communication between vCenter Server and vCenter Single
Sign-On.
VMware recommends that you provide an FQDN and that the
FQDN or IP address that you provide does not change. The
system name cannot be changed after the installation completes.
If the system name changes, you must uninstall vCenter Server
and install it again.
appliance.net.ports
{
"rhttpproxy.ext.port1" : 80,
"rhttpproxy.ext.port2" : 443,
"syslog.ext.port" : 514,
"syslog.ext.tls.port" : 1514,
"netdumper.ext.serviceport" : 6500,
"autodeploy.ext.serviceport" : 6501,
"autodeploy.ext.managementport" : 6502,
"vpxd.ext.port1" : 902,
"vsphere-client.ext.port1" : 9443,
"sts.ext.port1" : 7444
}
Consolidated port settings.
The vCenter Server system must be able to send data to every
managed host and receive data from the vCenter Server services
as well as the Platform Services Controller services.
If you are not changing the port numbers and accepting the
default values, you can omit this parameter. To change a
particular port number, for example, the ESXi Dump Collector
port number, you must include the following lines in your JSON
configuration file:
"appliance.net.ports" : {
"netdumper.ext.serviceport" : your-port-number,
}
Ports 88, 389, 636, 2012, 2014, 2020, 7080, 11711, and 11712 are not
configurable but must be available for vCenter Server
deployments.
For the complete list of required ports, see vSphere Installation and
Setup at http://pubs.vmware.com.