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Configure Network Information for Imaging with the VMware Imaging Appliance

You must provide the
VMware Imaging Appliance service
 with certain network information specific to your environment before you can image your servers. This information is contained in the
via.properties
 file on the
VMware Cloud Builder appliance
.
  1. SSH into the
    VMware Cloud Builder appliance
     using the credentials specified when you deployed the VM. See "Deploy Cloud Foundation Builder Appliance" in the
    VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment Guide
    .
  2. Type
    su
     to switch to the root user.
  3. Navigate to the
    /opt/vmware/evorack-imaging/config/
     directory.
  4. Update the
    via.properties
     file with your network information.
    1. If the
      VMware Cloud Builder appliance
       is using the
      eth0
       interface (default), then you do not need to modify any of the properties in Section A. If the
      VMware Cloud Builder appliance
       has multiple network interfaces and is not using
      eth0
      , you must update the following properties.
      Property
      Description
      via.network.interface
      Interface of the
      VMware Cloud Builder appliance
       configured in management network.
      via.web.url
      The IP address used to access the
      VMware Imaging Appliance service
       UI. Update this with the IP address of
      VMware Cloud Builder appliance
       in the management network.
      via.network.ifaceaddr
      Update this with the IP address of
      VMware Cloud Builder appliance
       in the management network.
      via.dhcp.esxi.tftpServer
      IP address of the server where TFTP is running. Update this with the IP address of
      VMware Cloud Builder appliance
       in the management network.
      via.config.remote.pxe=false
      Do not modify.
    2. Update Section B with the network information for your environment.
      Property
      Description
      via.dhcp.netmask
      Netmask of the management network.
      via.dhcp.subnet
      Subnet of the management network.
      via.dhcp.routers
      Gateway IP of the management network.
      via.esxi.firewall.allowed.network
      CIDR notation for subnet IP of the management network.
  5. Type
    systemctl restart imaging.service
     to restart the imaging service.
    Wait for the imaging service to restart.
  6. Type
    systemctl status imaging.service
     to verify that the imaging service is running.
Log in to the
VMware Imaging Appliance service
 and upload software.

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