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Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section
Table 4‑6. 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.
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 port number of the ESXi host. The default port is 443.
ssl_certificate_verific
ation
string The CLI verifies that a server's security certificate is signed by a Certificate Authority
(CA), and establishes a secure connection. If the certificate is self-signed, the CLI will
stop the upgrade unless you specify one of the following SSL certificate configuration
options.
Specify the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) certificate thumbprint. A certificate
thumbprint is a hexadecimal string that uniquely identifies a certificate. The thumbprint
is calculated from the content of the certificate using a thumbprint algorithm.
"thumbprint": "certificate SHA-1 thumbprint"
Set verification_mode to NONE.
"verification_mode": "NONE"
If you are connecting to a server with a self-signed certificate, and fail to either specify
the SHA-1 certificate thumbprint or set the verification mode to NONE, the CLI will
display the server's self-signed cert's thumbprint, and prompt you to accept or reject
the certificate thumbprint.
You may also specify that the CLI ignore the self-signed using the vcsa-deploy
upgrade command parameter --no-ssl-certificate-validation. See Syntax of
the CLI Migrate Command .
Table 4‑7. 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.
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