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Virtual Machine Requirements for Creating
vRealize Automation Custom Templates
To create custom virtual machine templates to use in Application Services, verify that certain software and
virtualization requirements are met and that certain Linux and Windows commands are available.
Table 91. Virtual Machine Requirements for Custom Templates
Requirement Description
Operating system For current version requirements for your release, see the Support Matrix in vRealize Automation
documentation at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcac-pubs.html.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
n
Windows Server
n
CentOS
n
SUSE Linux Enterprise
n
Ubuntu
JRE Install JRE 1.7.0.
n
Windows. You can install JRE for Windows from the package
http://Application_Director_IP/agent/jre-1.7.0_51-win64.zip located in the Application Services
virtual appliance. See Prepare vCenter Server Windows Virtual Machine Templates.
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Linux. You have the option to install JRE for Linux during template preparation. See Prepare vCenter
Server Linux Virtual Machine Templates.
Windows agent
bootstrap service
Download the http://Application_Director_IP/agent/vmware-appdirector-agent-bootstrap-
windows_6.0.0.0.zip file from the Application Services virtual appliance.
To install the agent bootstrap service on a Windows-based virtual machine template, see Prepare vCenter
Server Windows Virtual Machine Templates.
vRealize
Automation guest
agent
For Windows templates, download the following file from the vRealize Automation Appliance management
console installation page.
https://vcac-va-hostname_or_IPaddress:5480/installer/LinuxGuestAgentPkgs.zip
The file includes the vRealize Automation guest agent for Windows and Linux, but you need to download the
file only for a Windows template. For a Linux template, the file is downloaded automatically.
To install the Windows and Linux guest agent in a template, see Prepare vCenter Server Windows Virtual
Machine Templates and Prepare vCenter Server Linux Virtual Machine Templates.
Supported
Windows
scripting
Application Services supports scripting with Windows CMD, PowerShell 2.0, and BeanShell 1.3.0.
Supported Linux
scripting
Application Services supports scripting with Bash and BeanShell 1.3.0.
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