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Configuration Parameters in the ceip Section
Table 2‑17. Configuration Parameters in the ceip Section, settings Subsection
Name Type Description
ceip_enabled
Boolean Set to true to join the CEIP for this appliance.
Deploy a vCenter Server Appliance or
Platform Services Controller Appliance by Using the CLI
You can use the CLI installer to perform an unattended deployment of a vCenter Server Appliance or
Platform Services Controller appliance. You must run the CLI deployment from a Windows, Linux, or Mac
machine that is in the network on which you want to deploy the appliance.
Prerequisites
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See Prerequisites for Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller
Appliance.
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Prepare Your JSON Configuration File for CLI Deployment.
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Review Syntax of the CLI Deployment Command.
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Verify that the user name with which you are logged in to your client machine, the path to the
vCenter Server Appliance installer, the path to your JSON configuration file, and the string values in
your JSON configuration file contain only ASCII characters. Extended ASCII and non-ASCII
characters are unsupported.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer subdirectory for your operating system.
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If you are running the deployment on Windows OS, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer\win32
directory.
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If you are running the deployment on Linux OS, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer/lin64
directory.
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If you are running the deployment on Mac OS, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer/mac
directory.
2 (Optional) Run a pre-deployment check without deploying the appliance to verify that you prepared
the deployment template correctly.
vcsa-deploy install --verify-only path_to_the_json_file
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