You can use the CLI installer to perform a silent deployment of a vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller appliance on an ESXi host or vCenter Server instance.
Reference Documentation
Before we being we need to ensure we do following
- Download and Mount the vCenter Server Appliance Installer
- Prepare Your JSON Configuration File for CLI Deployment
Prepare JSON File
Browse to the template directory and choose your appropriate json file. I will be deploying embedded VCSA on VC in my lab. Update the file with your environment specific details. Following is my JSON file
Installation
Mount the ISO as CD-ROM and Browse the vcsa-deploy.exe setup file
Run the deployment command
vcsa-deploy install –accept-eula –acknowledge-ceip optional_arguments path_to_the_json_file
You might get warnings for the certificate thumb print which you need to Accept
You could provide additional argument so that you don’t have this warning. I wanted to demonstrate hence I ran with minimal arguments
Once you Accept and Continue it will deploy the VCSA Appliance
Once it is deployed it will Power ON the VM and start installing & configuring services
It should take about 20-25 mins to finish the setup post which you should be able to access it via web client
You should be able to access vCenter it via Web Client.
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