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4 Fill in the values for the required configuration parameters and, optionally, enter additional parameters
and their values.
For example, if you want to use an IPv4 DHCP assignment for the network of the appliance, in the
network subsection of the template, change the value of the mode parameter to dhcp and remove the
default configuration parameters that are for a static assignment.
"network": {
"ip_family": "ipv4",
"mode": "dhcp"
},
Important The string values, including the passwords, must contain only ASCII characters.
Extended ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported.
To set a value that contains a backslash (\) or quotation mark (") character, you must precede the
character with the backslash (\) character. For example, "password":"my\"password" sets the
password my"password, "image":"G:\\vcsa\\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-6.7.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova" sets the path G:\vcsa\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-6.7.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova.
The Boolean values must contain only lowercase characters, that is, a value can be either true or
false. For example, "ssh_enable":false.
5 (Optional) Use a JSON editor of your choice to validate the JSON file.
6 Save in UTF-8 format and close the file.
What to do next
You can create and save additional templates if needed for your deployment specification.
JSON Templates for CLI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and
Platform Services Controller Appliance
The vCenter Server Appliance installer contains JSON templates that are located in the vcsa-cli-
installer/templates directory. In the install subfolder, you can find eight JSON templates with the
minimum configuration parameters for all deployment types.
For each deployment type, there is one template for deploying the appliance on an ESXi host and another
template for deploying the appliance on a vCenter Server instance.
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