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Table 2‑11. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, esxi Subsection (Continued)
Name Type Description
password
string The password of the user with administrative privileges on the target ESXi host.
deployment_network
string The name of the network to which to connect the appliance.
Note The network must be accessible from the target ESXi host.
Ignored if the target ESXi host has only one network.
datastore
string The name of the datastore that you want to store all virtual machine configuration files
and virtual disks of the appliance.
Note The datastore must be accessible from the ESXi host.
The datastore must have enough free space.
port
integer The HTTPS reverse proxy port of the target ESXi host.
The default port is 443. Use only if the target ESXi host uses a custom HTTPS reverse
proxy port.
Table 2‑12. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, vc Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the target vCenter Server instance on which you want to
deploy the appliance.
username
string vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name on the target vCenter Server
instance, for example, [e-mail].
password
string The password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user on the target
vCenter Server instance.
deployment_network
string The name of the network to which to connect the appliance.
Note The network must be accessible from the target ESXi host or DRS cluster on
which you want to deploy the appliance.
Ignored if the target ESXi host or DRS cluster has only one network.
datacenter
string or
array
The vCenter Server datacenter that contains the target ESXi host or DRS cluster on
which you want to deploy the appliance.
If the datacenter is located in a folder or a structure of folders, the value must be either
a comma-separated list of strings or a comma-separated list as a single string. For
example,
["parent_folder", "child_folder", "datacenter_name"]
or
"parent_folder, child_folder, datacenter_name"
Note The value is case-sensitive.
datastore
string The name of the datastore that you want to store all virtual machine configuration files
and virtual disks of the appliance.
Note The datastore must be accessible from the target ESXi host or DRS cluster.
The datastore must have at least 15 GB of free space.
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