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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
2 Use the Installation ID field to specify the installation ID for this installation of vCloud Director.
If a datacenter includes multiple installations of vCloud Director, each installation must specify a
unique installation ID.
Ready to Log In to vCloud Director
After you provide all of the information that the Setup Wizard requires, you can confirm your settings and
complete the wizard. After the wizard finishes, the login screen of the vCloud Director Web Console
appears.
The Ready to Log In page lists all the settings you have provided to the wizard. Review the settings
carefully.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have access to vCenter and vShield Manager. The vCloud Director Web Console requires
access to the installations of vCenter and vShield Manager that you want to configure as part of this
vCloud Director. These installations must be running and configured to work with each other before you
finish this task. For more information, see “vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements,” on
page 8.
Procedure
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To change a setting, click Back until you get to the page where the setting originated.
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To confirm all settings and complete the configuration process, click Finish.
When you click Finish, the wizard applies the settings you specified, then starts the vCloud Director Web
Console and displays its login screen.
What to do next
Log in to the vCloud Director Web Console using the user name and password you provided for the system
administrator account. After you have logged in, the console displays a set of Quickstart steps that you must
complete before you can use this cloud. When the steps are complete, the Guided Tasks are enabled, and
your cloud is ready for use.
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