Deploying
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
You begin the
VMware Cloud Foundation
deployment process by deploying the VMware Cloud Builder appliance
. The VMware Cloud Builder appliance
includes the VMware Imaging
Appliance service
, which you can use to image your servers with ESXi software.
After imaging your servers, you download and complete the deployment parameters workbook
from the VMware Cloud Builder appliance
to define your network
information, host details, and other required information. During the deployment process,
this workbook is uploaded to the VMware Cloud Builder appliance
, where a JSON file is generated to drive the
bring-up process. The provided information is validated, and the automated phase of the
bring-up process begins. You must prepare your environment for
deploying
VMware Cloud Foundation
.
See the Planning and Preparation
Workbook
. You can perform bring-up with
certificates generated by an external CA, in which case
ESXi
certificates are not replaced with vCenter
Server
signed certificates. If you use external certificates
for ESXi
hosts in the management domain,
hosts added after bring-up must also be added with external certificates. This feature
is supported only through APIs. For more information, see Deploy the Management Domain Using ESXi Hosts with External Certificates.