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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Overview of vCloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade
- vCloud Director Architecture
- Configuration Planning
- vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
- Browsers That vCloud Director Supports
- Summary of Network Configuration Requirements for vCloud Director
- Installing and Configuring a vCloud Director Database
- Create SSL Certificates
- Installing and Configuring vShield Manager
- Installing and Configuring an AMQP Broker
- Download and Install the VMware Public Key
- Creating a vCloud Director Server Group
- Install and Configure vCloud Director Software on the First Member of a Server Group
- Configure Network and Database Connections
- Install vCloud Director Software on Additional Members of a Server Group
- Install Microsoft Sysprep Files on the Servers
- Start or Stop vCloud Director Services
- Uninstall vCloud Director Software
- Upgrading vCloud Director
- vCloud Director Setup
- Cell Management Tool Reference
- Index
Table 1‑4. Browser Support and Operating System Compatibility on Linux Platforms
Platform Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox
CentOS 6.x YES YES
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x YES YES
Ubuntu 12.x YES YES
Browser Support on Windows Platforms
On Windows platforms, the vCloud Director Web Console is compatible with at least one version of
Microsoft Internet Explorer. Some Windows platforms are also compatible with the most recent version of
Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, and with their immediate predecessor versions.
Table 1‑5. Browser Support and Operating System Compatibility on Microsoft Windows Platforms
Platform
Google
Chrome
Mozilla
Firefox Internet Explorer 8.x
Internet
Explorer 9.x
Internet
Explorer
10.x
Windows XP Pro YES YES YES No No
Windows Server 2003
Enterprise Edition
YES YES YES No No
Windows Server 2008 YES YES YES YES YES
Windows Server 2008 R2 YES YES YES YES YES
Windows Vista YES No YES YES YES
Windows 7 YES YES YES YES YES
Windows 8 YES YES No No YES
Browser Support on Macintosh Platforms
On Macintosh platforms, the vCloud Director Web Console is compatible with the most recent version of
Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, and with their immediate predecessor versions.
Supported Versions of Adobe Flash Player
The vCloud Director Web Console requires Adobe Flash Player 11.2 or later. Only the 32-bit version is
supported.
Supported Versions of Java
vCloud Director clients must have JRE 1.6.0 update 10 or later installed and enabled. Only the 32-bit version
is supported.
Supported TLS and SSL Protocol Versions and Cipher Suites
vCloud Director requires clients to use SSL. The following SSL server protocols are supported:
n
TLS versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2
n
SSL version 3
Supported cipher suites include those with RSA, DSS, or Elliptic Curve signatures and DES3, AES-128, or
AES-256 ciphers.
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