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Table 2‑10. Sections and Subsections of Configuration Parameters in the JSON Deployment
Files (Continued)
Section
Subsecti
on Description
applianc
e
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the appliance. See Table 2‑13.
network
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the network settings for the
appliance. See Table 2‑14.
os
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the operating system settings for
the appliance. See Table 2‑15.
sso
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the vCenter Single Sign-On
settings for the appliance. See Table 2‑16.
ovftool_
argument
s
Optional subsection for adding arbitrary arguments and their values to the OVF Tool
command that the installer generates.
Important The vCenter Server Appliance installer does not validate the configuration
parameters in the ovftool_arguments subsection. If you set arguments that the OVF
Tool does not recognize, the deployment might fail.
ceip - describes joining the
VMware Customer
Experience Improvement
Program (CEIP)
settings
Contains only the ceip_enabled configuration parameter to join or not to join the
VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). See Table 2‑17.
Required only if you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller or a Platform Services Controller appliance.
Note If set to true, you must run the CLI deployment command with the --
acknowledge-ceip argument.
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience
Improvement Program section in vCenter Server and Host Management.
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. Can be either true or false. For example,
"ssh_enable":false.
Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section
Table 2‑11. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, esxi Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the target ESXi host on which you want to deploy the
appliance.
username
string A user name with administrative privileges on the target ESXi host, for example, root.
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