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4 Fill in the values for the required configuration parameters and, optionally, enter additional
parameters and their values.
For example, if you want to use an IPv4 DHCP assignment for the network of the appliance, in
the network subsection of the template, change the value of the mode parameter to dhcp and
remove the default configuration parameters that are for a static assignment.
"network": {
"ip_family": "ipv4",
"mode": "dhcp"
},
Important The string values, including the passwords, must contain only ASCII characters.
Extended ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported.
To set a value that contains a backslash (\) or quotation mark (") character,
you must precede the character with the backslash (\) character. For example,
"password":"my\"password" sets the password my"password, "image":"G:\\vcsa\\VMware-
vCenter-Server-Appliance-8.0.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova" sets the path G:\vcsa\VMware-
vCenter-Server-Appliance-8.0.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova.
The Boolean values must contain only lowercase characters, that is, a value can be either true
or false. For example, "ssh_enable":false.
5 (Optional) Use a JSON editor of your choice to validate the JSON file.
6 Save in UTF-8 format and close the file.
What to do next
You can create and save additional templates if needed for your deployment specification.
JSON Templates for CLI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance
The vCenter Server installer includes JSON templates with the minimum configuration parameters
for all deployment options. The templates are located in the vcsa-cli-installer/templates/
install directory.
For each deployment option, there is one template for deploying the appliance on an ESXi host
and another template for deploying the appliance on a vCenter Server instance.
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