Introducing the vCenter
Extension vService
The vCenter
Extension vService is a standard vService that vSphere 6.5 provides. With the
vCenter Extension vService you can register virtual machines as
extensions with minimal user interaction.
Typically, you register an
extension with
by running an MSI installer or an installation script in which you enter the
credentials of a
administrator and the connection parameters of the
system. You can avoid these manual steps by using the vCenter Extension
vService to register extensions in
.
vCenter Extension vService performs the following functions.
- Provides the virtual machine with the connection parameters and a login token of the system on which you install the extension.
- Registers the vCenter extension certificate of the solution with .
To deploy an extension using the
vCenter Extension vService, you must deliver the vCenter extension in a virtual
appliance that you deploy using OVF.