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    Cisco Software Manager Server 4.

    0
    OVA Installation Guide
    Table of Contents
    Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2
    Administrative Tasks .................................................................................................................. 2
    Creating the CSM Server Virtual Machine Using the vSphere GUI ............................................. 4
    Introduction
    This OVA Installation Guide covers administrative tasks and steps to install CSM Server 4.0 in
    both VMware ESXi and Fusion with an OVA file.

    An OVA (open virtual appliance or application) is a package in the TAR format that contains files
    that are used to describe a virtual machine which, in this case, contains a CSM Server
    distribution. For example,

    $ tar -tvf csm-4.0.0-stable-ubuntu1804-esxi55.ova


    -rw-r--r-- 0 someone someone 8848 Dec 20 13:18 CSM40Ubuntu1804.ovf
    -rw-r--r-- 0 someone someone 195 Dec 20 13:18 CSM40Ubuntu1804.mf
    -rw-r--r-- 0 someone someone 2056605696 Dec 20 13:23 CSM40Ubuntu1804-disk1.vmdk

    The OVA is built on Ubuntu 18.04 Server distribution. Additional ova for different Linux
    distributions such as CentOS will become available later.

    The OVA installation has been verified with ESXi 5.5, 6.5, and VMware Fusion 8.

    Administrative Tasks
    The default VM configurations included 2 CPU, 8 GB Memory, 64 GB hard disk (Thick Provision
    Lazy Zeroed), and 1 NIC.

    A leapfrog enhancement of CSM Server 4.0 is to deploy Docker technology and CSM-Cloud,
    which provide a smooth installation experience and future upgrade path with a click of a button.

    Both Docker and CSM-Cloud are installed in OVA already.

    Username and password for VM login are:


    * Username: cisco
    * Password: cisco123

    After VM deployment and login, please consider to perform the following administrative tasks:

    (1) Network configuration: Please configure NIC IP address, Netmask, Gateway, and DNS.

    For OVA with Ubuntu 18.04 Server, the network configuration file is

    /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml.

    Below are two examples for DHCP and Static IP configuration:


    I. DHCP:

    network:
    ethernets:
    ens160:
    dhcp4: yes
    version: 2

    II. Static IP:

    network:
    ethernets:
    ens160:
    addresses:
    - 172.27.147.110/25
    gateway4: 172.27.147.1
    nameservers:
    addresses:
    - 171.70.168.183
    search:
    - cisco.com
    optional: true
    version: 2

    (2) Proxy Configurations: This section is only required when you are behind a proxy server.

    Below is an example to configure the system wide proxy environment variables:

    $ sudo cat /etc/environment


    no_proxy=.cisco.com
    http_proxy=http://proxy.esl.cisco.com:80/
    https_proxy=http://proxy.esl.cisco.com:80/
    ftp_proxy=http://proxy.esl.cisco.com:80/

    After updating /etc/environment, please issue the following command so that the
    change will take effect.

    $ su - cisco

    It is important to configure Docker Proxy as CSM-Cloud requires correct Docker Proxy


    configuration for its execution.
    Please refer to the “Proxy Configuration” section in “Cisco Software Manager Server 4.0
    Installation Guide With Docker” for steps to configure Docker Proxy.
    After Proxy is properly configured, please refer to the “Configuring PROXY” section in
    “Cisco Software Manager Server 4.0 System Administration Guide” to restart Docker
    and CSM-Cloud services.

    (3) Configure NTP client.

    (4) Configure proper firewall settings.

    Once the services start running, their running status can be viewed by issuing the following
    command:

    $ sudo docker ps -a

    Below is a sample output.

    Creating the CSM Server Virtual Machine Using the vSphere GUI
    The installation steps may vary according to releases. In general:
    Step 1: In the vSphere client, select vCenter > Virtual Machines
    Step 2: Click on the second icon from the left under Objects, Deploy OVF Template.
    Step 3: Select Local file and browse to the downloaded OVA.
    Step 4: Select the source location where the CSM Server .ova file is stored and click Next.
    Step 5: Verify OVF template details, and click Next.
    Step 6: Specify the name and location for the deployed template, and click Next.
    Step 7: Select where to run the deployed template, and click Next.
    Step 8: Select the location to store the files for the deployed template, and click Next.
    Step 9: Configure the networks that the deployed template should use, and click Next.
    Step 10: Please decide if 'Power on after deployment' is checked. Then click Finish to deploy the
    OVA.

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