Installing the virtual appliance by using VMware

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Use the provided .iso image to install the virtual appliance.

Procedure

  1. Create a new virtual machine with your VMware® ESX or vSphere.
    Note:
    • The instructions for creating a virtual machine vary depending on your VMware ESX or vSphere version. For more information, see the VMware documentation.
    • For the latest list of supported hypervisors and host operating systems, see Software Product Compatibility Reports.
    • Ensure that the virtual machine has sufficient disk space allocated to store configuration and log file data for the appliance. Allocate at least 100 GB of disk space.
    • Specify Virtual Machine Version 7 or later or ESXi 8.0 virtual machine as your virtual machine version.
    • Specify  as the guest operating system and Other 4.x (64-bit) as the guest operating system version. Existing virtual appliances created with Other 3.x (64-bit) are still supported. It is not necessary to re-create appliances when upgrading.
    • The memory size has influence over how many Reverse Proxy instances can be created and how many sessions can be active at a single point in time. The minimum memory size is 4096 MB.
    • A virtual appliance must have a minimum of one and a maximum of eight network adapters.
    • Each network adapter must be of the type E1000 or VMXNET 3. Use VMXNET 3 for better performance.
    • For SCSI controller, select Paravirtual or LSI Logic Parallel.
    • For Virtual Device Node, select SCSI (0:0).
    • Diskette, COM ports, and LPT port must be enabled in the BIOS settings of the VM.
    • Check the boot options and ensure that the firmware is set to BIOS. Newer versions of VMware ESX select EFI type firmware by default. EFI is not supported by the Verify Identity Access virtual appliance.
    • VMware Tools on the appliance provide the following enhancements:
      • VMware commands for graceful shutdown
      • Improved monitoring
      • Time synchronization with the host operating system. Time synchronization is not performed when an NTP server is configured
  2. Configure the virtual machine to boot from the .iso file, and then start the virtual machine.
    Note: If the hard disk that is attached to the virtual machine already contains a Linux® partition, the installer always runs in interactive mode.
    • To run the installer in silent mode, wait 10 seconds or press Enter. After the silent installation completes, the virtual machine is shut down automatically. If you want to continue with setting up the appliance, restart the virtual machine.
    • To run the installer in interactive mode, enter interactive and then press Enter.
      1. Enter YES to proceed with the installation. If you do not want to proceed, enter NO to return to the restart prompt.
      2. Examine the installation messages to verify that the installation was successful. After the installation process is complete, unmount the installation media and then press Enter to restart the appliance.
  3. When the restart operation is complete, you can start the console-based appliance setup wizard by logging on as the admin user with a password of admin. Alternatively, the Appliance Setup wizard can be accessed through the local management interface.