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VMware vCenter 5.5 Windows Installation module for Puppet

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Version information

  • 0.1.1 (latest)
  • 0.1.0 (deleted)
released Aug 13th 2014

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Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'creativeview-vcenter_win_setup', '0.1.1'
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bolt module add creativeview-vcenter_win_setup
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install creativeview-vcenter_win_setup --version 0.1.1

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creativeview/vcenter_win_setup — version 0.1.1 Aug 13th 2014

VMware vCenter 5.5 Windows Installation module for Puppet

Module Description

This module deploys VMware vCenter 5.5 on Windows and it's components using a MSSQL database. The components can be separated out on to different servers if required.

Components it installs

  • VMware vCenter Single Sign-On
  • VMware vCenter Inventory Service
  • VMware vCenter
  • VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • VMware vSphere Client 5.5
  • VMware vSphere Web Client

The module was written using the VMware "[Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server 5.5] (http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vcenter_server_cmdline_install.pdf)" as a guide. Please reference this to understand what parameters the module uses: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vcenter_server_cmdline_install.pdf

The module has been tested with MS SQL 2008 and MS SQL 2012 on a standalone VMware vCenter server installation. During testing all components have installed in around 18 minutes.

Installation

puppet module install creativeview-vcenter_win_setup

This module depends on DISM module to enable .net 3.5 on Windows Server:

It's recommended to use the [mssql_system_dsn] (https://forge.puppetlabs.com/creativeview/mssql_system_dsn) module to setup the ODBC System DSN.

Usage

Important: The puppet run should be started using "Run Puppet Agent". Running the installation via the Puppet service will cause errors during the installation.

Example:
class {'mssql_system_dsn':
        dsn_name => 'vcenter',
        db_name => 'vcenter',
        db_server_ip => '10.10.78.24',
        sql_version => '2008',
        dsn_64bit => true,
}

class{'vcenter_win_setup':
}

class{'vcenter_win_setup::msvc2005':
 media => 'C:\Software\VMware\vCenter 5.5a\\',
}

class{'vcenter_win_setup::set_logon_as_service':
 account => 'domain\administrator',
}

class{'vcenter_win_setup::sso':
        require => [Class["vcenter_win_setup::msvc2005"],Class["mssql_system_dsn"]],
        media => 'C:\Software\VMware\vCenter 5.5a\\',
        sso_pwd => 'Pa$$word',
        sso_deploymode => 'FIRSTDOMAIN',
        sso_site => 'TestSite',
 }

class{'vcenter_win_setup::inventory_service':
        require => Class["vcenter_win_setup::sso"],
        media => 'C:\Software\VMware\vCenter 5.5a\\',
        sso_pwd => 'Pa$$word',
        sso_admin => 'administrator@vsphere.local',
        vcenterIPAddress => 'vcenteraddress.domain.local',
        inventoryService_query_service_nuke_database => '1',
 }

class{'vcenter_win_setup::vcenter':
        require => [Class["vcenter_win_setup::inventory_service"],Class["vcenter_win_setup::set_logon_as_service"]],
        media => 'C:\Software\VMware\vCenter 5.5a\\',
        sso_pwd => 'Pa$$word',
        sso_admin => 'administrator@vsphere.local',
        vcenterIPAddress => 'vcenteraddress.domain.local',
        vc_ADMIN_USER => 'administrator@vsphere.local',
        db_DSN => 'vCenter',
        vCenter_FORMAT_DB => '1',
        vpx_ACCOUNT => 'domain\administrator',
        vpx_PASSWORD => 'Pa$$word',
 }

class{'vcenter_win_setup::client':
        require => Class["vcenter_win_setup::vcenter"],
        media => 'C:\Software\VMware\vCenter 5.5a\\',
 }

class{'vcenter_win_setup::webclient':
        require => Class["vcenter_win_setup::client"],
        media => 'C:\Software\VMware\vCenter 5.5a\\',
        vcenterIPAddress => 'vcenteraddress.domain.local',
        sso_pwd => 'Pa$$word',
        sso_admin => 'administrator@vsphere.local',
 }

Full list of parameters

vcenter_win_setup::set_logon_as_service

  • account - Account to add logon as service rights. Used for the vCenter service.

vcenter_win_setup::msvc2005

  • media - location of installation media

vcenter_win_setup::sso

  • media - location of installation media
  • sso_pwd
  • sso_deploymode
  • sso_site
  • sso_httpport

vcenter_win_setup::inventory_service

  • media - location of installation media
  • sso_pwd
  • sso_httpport
  • sso_admin
  • vcenterIPAddress
  • inventoryService_https_port
  • inventoryService_query_service_nuke_database
  • inventoryService_xdb_port
  • inventoryService_federation_port
  • inventoryService_tomcat_max_memory_option

vcenter_win_setup::vcenter

  • media - location of installation media
  • sso_pwd,
  • sso_httpport
  • sso_admin
  • vcenterIPAddress
  • vc_ADMIN_USER
  • vCenter_FORMAT_DB
  • vCenter_JVM_MEMORY_OPTION
  • db_DSN
  • vpx_ACCOUNT
  • vpx_PASSWORD
  • vcenter_VCS_HTTP_PORT
  • vcenter_VCS_HTTPS_PORT
  • vcenter_VCS_HEARTBEAT_PORT
  • vcenter_TC_HTTP_PORT
  • vcenter_TC_HTTPS_PORT
  • vcenter_VCS_ADAM_LDAP_PORT
  • vcenter_VCS_ADAM_SSL_PORT

vcenter_win_setup::client

  • media - location of installation media

vcenter_win_setup::webclient

  • media - location of installation media
  • vcenterIPAddress
  • sso_pwd
  • sso_httpport
  • sso_admin
  • webclient_HTTP_PORT
  • webclient_HTTPS_PORT

Development

  • Further contributions and feedback is welcomed - please submit a pull request or issue on GitHub.