6.5.1

For a complete list of the configuration parameters and their descriptions, navigate to the installer
subdirectory for your operating system and run the vcsa-deploy install --template-help command
or see Deployment Configuration Parameters.
Prerequisites
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You must be familiar with the JSON syntax.
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Download and Mount the vCenter Server Appliance Installer.
Procedure
1 In the vCenter Server Appliance installer, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer directory, and open
the templates subfolder.
2 Copy the deployment templates from the install subfolder to your workspace.
Important The path to the JSON configuration files must contain only ASCII characters. Extended
ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported.
3 In a text editor, open the template file for your specification.
To ensure the correct syntax of your JSON configuration file, use a JSON editor.
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-6.5.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova" sets the path G:\vcsa\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-6.5.0.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.
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