5.2
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- Table of Contents
- 1. About Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- 2. Quick Start Guide
- 3. Overview of vFabric Suite 5.2
- vFabric Suite Editions and Components
- vFabric Administration Server for Easier Component Management
- Simplified VM-Based Licensing Model
- vFabric Suite Product Integration and vSphere Integration
- Engineered for Spring-Built Applications
- VMware Support for Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, and RabbitMQ
- 4. vFabric Licensing
- 5. Installing vFabric Suite
- Install vFabric License Server on Your vCenter Server
- Activate vFabric Suite Licenses
- RHEL: Example Walkthrough of Installing Component From the VMware RPM Repository
- Windows/Linux: Example Walkthrough of Installing Component from Download Page
- RHEL: Optionally Configure VM to Track Open-Source Software Component Usage
- Upgrade vFabric License Server
- Uninstall vFabric License Server from vCenter Server
- 6. Monitoring vFabric License Usage
24 vFabric Suite
24 Installing vFabric Suite
• Create an ODBC data source that connects to the either the vCenter database system or a separate database system; be sure
that only vFabric License uses this ODBC data source. vFabric License Server supports Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle
databases. See Create the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Data Source or Create the Oracle ODBC Data Source for details.
• From the Windows computer on which you are running vCenter Server, download the vFabric License Server installer
program from the VMware Download Center and save it to your computer.
The installer program is called vFabric_License_Server-version.exe.
Procedure
1. On the same Windows computer on which you are running vCenter Server, login as the Administrator user (or user with
administrator privileges) if you have User Account Control (UAC) enabled. If UAC is disabled, you can login as any user.
2. Double-click the vFabric License Server installer program from Windows Explorer to start the installation. After preparing
the installation, the vFabric Welcome Screen appears.
3. Continue clicking Next to accept the license agreement and view where the installer will install the vFabric License Server.
You cannot change the location of the vFabric License Server, which is a Web application and thus must be located in the
webapps directory of the vCenter Tomcat instance.
4. Enter the credentials of the vCenter user who has the appropriate privileges to register the vFabric License Server as an
extension. At a minimum, the user must have the following vCenter privileges:
• Extension.Register
• Extension.Update
By default, vCenter users with the Administrator role have all these privileges, although you might have customized the
users and roles for your particular environment, so check with your vCenter Server administrator. See Authentication and
User Management for information on assigning vCenter privileges.
Click Next to continue. The installer program performs the required validations and other tasks.