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Table 3‑15. Configuration Parameters in the new.vcsa Section, sso Subsection
Name Type Description
password
string Password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user,
administrator@your_domain_name.
n
If you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller or a Platform Services Controller appliance as the
first instance in a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain, you must set the password
for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user.
The password must contain between 8 and 20 characters, at least one uppercase
letter, at least one lowercase letter, at least one number, and at least one special
character, for example, a dollar sign ($), hash key (#), at sign (@), period (.), or
exclamation mark (!). All characters must be ASCII characters.
n
If you are deploying a Platform Services Controller appliance as a replication
partner in an existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain, you must provide the
password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user of the partner
Platform Services Controller.
n
If you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an external
Platform Services Controller, you must provide the password of the vCenter Single
Sign-On administrator user of the external Platform Services Controller.
domain-name
string vCenter Single Sign-On domain name, for example, vsphere.local.
n
If you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller or a Platform Services Controller appliance as the
first instance in a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain, you must set the name for
the new vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
n
If you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an external
Platform Services Controller or a Platform Services Controller appliance as a
replication partner in an existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain, you must
provide the name of the existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
first-instance
Boolean Required only if you are deploying a Platform Services Controller appliance.
The default value is true.
Set to false if you want to join the Platform Services Controller appliance to an
existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
Joined Platform Services Controller instances replicate their infrastructure data and
enable Enhanced Linked Mode. For information about managing the
Platform Services Controller services, see Platform Services Controller Administration.
platform.services.contr
oller
string The system name of the external Platform Services Controller.
Required only if you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an external
Platform Services Controller.
replication-partner-
hostname
string The system name of the partner Platform Services Controller.
Required only if you are deploying a Platform Services Controller appliance as a
replication partner in an existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
sso.port
integer The HTTPS reverse proxy port of the partner Platform Services Controller.
The default port is 443. Use only if you the partner Platform Services Controller uses a
custom HTTPS reverse proxy port.
site-name
string vCenter Single Sign-On site name.
Required only if you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller or a Platform Services Controller appliance.
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