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Thursday 24 December 2015

Part 5. Import external application to AppD

1. Login to the AppD server using the darwin_user account or the one has sufficient permissions,

a. Once logged in Login run to launch the Darwin CLI,

Part 4. Prepare the VM template for Cloud provisioning - Linux

1. Agent files and Location (on AppDirector).

Copy the necessary agents files depending on the OS and architecture to the VM template /tmp folder. You can use SCP/WGET/WinSCP anything.

Tuesday 15 December 2015

vRA Guest (gugent) deploy on Windows VM template

1. Login to the Windows template server where you want to deploy the vRA agent. Open the vRA appliance webpage and click on the IaaS Install tab.

Click and download the desired version x32 or x64 of Windows agent under 'Provisioning Utilities'. 

Part 3. Add templates to Cloud Provider and map it with Logical template

1. Login to AppD page and Click on 'Cloud Provider' from drop down menu.

Part 2. Create Cloud Provider in AppD

vCloud Application Director registers a cloud provider by connecting to a vCloud Automation Center provisioning or business group. Verify that your user account has the ROLE_CLOUD_ADMIN cloud administrator role assigned to it in vRA.

VMware vRA Application Director Basic Guide

Pre-requisites and Assumptions

Part 1. Install & Configure vRA Application Director

1. Download the vRA Application Services OVA file from the VMware website.

This is the link: Download Link

2. Deploy the appliance the usual way in vCenter and open the console window.

3. At the course of installation you will see the configuration items in the Console, starting with License key,