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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
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Verify that the SSL certificates that you created for this server are installed in a location that the installer
can access. See “Create and Import a Signed SSL Certificate,” on page 17. The configuration script does
not run with a privileged identity, so the keystore file and the path in which it is stored must be
readable by any user. Using the same keystore path (for example, /tmp/certificates.ks) on all
members of a server group simplifies the installation process.
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Have the following information available:
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The password of the keystore file that includes the SSL certificates for this server.
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Password for each SSL certificate.
Procedure
1 Log in to the target server as root.
2 Download the installation file to the target server.
If you purchased the software on a CD or other media, copy the installation file to a location that is
accessible to all target servers.
3 Ensure that the installation file is executable.
The installation file requires execute permission. To be sure that it has this permission, open a console,
shell, or terminal window and run the following Linux command, where installation-file is the full
pathname to the vCloud Director installation file.
[root@cell1 /tmp]# chmod u+x installation-file
4 Copy the response file to a location accessible to this server.
All directories in the pathname to the response file must be readable by root.
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In a console, shell, or terminal window, run the installation file using the -r option and specifying the
response file pathname.
To run the installation file, type its full pathname, for example:
[root@cell1 /tmp]# ./installation-file -r /path-to-response-file
The file includes an installation script and an embedded RPM package.
NOTE You cannot run the installation file from a directory whose pathname includes any embedded
space characters.
The installer prints a warning of the following form if you have not installed the VMware public key on
the target server.
warning:installation-file.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 signature: NOKEY, key ID 66fd4949
When the installer runs with the -r option, it takes these actions:
a verifies that the host meets all requirements
b verifies the digital signature on the installation file
c creates the vcloud user and group
d unpacks the vCloud Director RPM package
e installs the software
f copies the response file to a location readable by vcloud.vcloud
g runs the configuration script using the response file as input
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