Deploying the Virtual Appliance Using a Console-Based VMware Client

Before you begin, read the list of information required to setup the system.
  1. Open a console for the VM.
  2. Enter yes (or y) to accept all license agreements.
  3. Enter the time zone. For example, enter America/Denver.
  4. Enter the FQDN hostname for the virtual appliance (for example, onboard.company.com).
  5. Do you want to enable HTTPS? Enter for yes (default) or n.
  6. Do you want to use a STATIC IP (rather than DHCP)? Enter for yes (default) or n.
    • If you enter yes (recommended), you assign the IP address of the virtual appliance, subnet mask, and gateway and DNS server IP addresses for your network.
    • If you enter no, DHCP is used to assign IP address of the virtual appliance interface (ens for VMware, eth0 for Hyper-V), subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server IP addresses for your network. If you are not using DHCP, enter the IP address of the virtual appliance interface.
  7. Enter the IP address of the virtual appliance.
  8. Enter a subnet mask in the format 255.255.252.0.
  9. Enter the gateway IP address for your network.
  10. Enter the DNS server IP address.
  11. Do you want to permit SSH access? Enter yes (default) or n.
  12. Enter and confirm a service password. The service password is used by your support team for access to this system using SSH. Refer to the Cloudpath Command Reference for details.
    Note: The service account is not available if SSH access in not permitted.
  13. Do you want to use an NTP server other than pool.net.org? Enter no (default) or y to specify an NTP server. The setup is complete. Press Enter to reboot the system. After the reboot you are presented with the shelluser login prompt.
    Note: The shelluser is only available during the initial system configuration. After the initial boot, you must use the service password to access the system.

In this section:

  1. Service Account
Parent topic: Deploying the Cloudpath Virtual Appliance to a VMware Server