Step 1

Login to the vSphere Web Client and select the blade where you want to create a new VM to install the cluster manager VM.

Step 2

Right-click on the blade and select New Virtual Machine. New Virtual Machine window opens up.

Step 3

Select Create a new virtual machine and click Next to open Select a name and folder.

Step 4

Enter a name for the virtual machine (for example, CPS Cluster Manager) and select the location for the virtual machine. Click Next.

Step 5

Select blade IP address from Select a compute resource window and click Next to open Select storage window.

Step 6

From Select storage window, select datastorename and click Next to open Select compatibility window.

Step 7

From Compatible with: drop-down list, select ESXi 6.7 and later and click Next to open Select a guest OS window.

Step 8

From Guest OS Family: drop-down list, select Linux and from Guest OS Version: drop-down list, select Ubuntu Linux (64-bit).

Step 9

Click Next to open Customize hardware window.

Step 10

In Virtual Hardware tab:

1. Select 4 CPUs.

2. Select Memory size as 32 GB.

3. Delete New Hard Disk (VM will use the existing disk created earlier with vmkfstools command).

4. Expand New SCSI controller and from Change Type drop-down list, select VMware Paravirtual.

5. 2 NICs are required (one for eth1 as internal and second for eth2 as management). One NIC already exists as default under New Network.

   Under New Network, check Connect At Power On is selected.

6. To add another NIC, click ADD NEW DEVICE and from the list select Network Adapter.

   Under New Network, check Connect At Power On is selected.

7. Click Next to open Ready to complete window.

Step 11

Review the settings displayed on Ready to complete window and click Finish.

Step 12

Press Ctrl + Alt +2 to go back to Hosts and Clusters and select the VM created above (CPS Cluster Manager).

1. Right-click and select Edit Settings.... Virtual Hardware tab is displayed as default.

2. Click ADD NEW DEVICE and from the list select Existing Hard Disk to open Select File window.

3. Navigate to cps-deployer-host_<version>-esxi.vmdk file created earlier with the vmkfstools command and click OK.

Step 13

Adjust hard disk size.

1. Press Ctrl + Alt +2 to go back to Hosts and Clusters and select the VM created above (CPS Cluster Manager).

2. Right-click and select Edit Settings.... Virtual Hardware tab is displayed as default.

3. In the Hard disk 1 text box enter 100 and click OK.

Step 14

Power ON the VM and open the console.

Step 1

Log into the VM Console as user: cps, password: cisco123.

Step 2

Create the /etc/network/interfaces file using vi or using the here document syntax as shown in the example:

cps@ubuntu:~$ sudo -i
root@ubuntu:~# cat > /etc/network/interfaces <<EOF
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
 
auto ens160
iface ens160 inet static
address 10.10.10.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.10.10.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.2
dns-search cisco.com
EOF
root@ubuntu:~#

Step 3

Restart networking as shown in the following example:

root@ubuntu:~# systemctl restart networking
root@ubuntu:~# ifdown ens160
root@ubuntu:~# ifup ens160
root@ubuntu:~# exit
cps@ubuntu:~$