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Preparing prerequisites of deployment

First, we create some prerequisites like Binaries, DNS, certificate, and user. luckily the binaries already copied inside vRLCM while the easy install wizard installation process

1- Adding vROps Binary to vLCM, using My VMware account that was created

 2- Create DNS record

Before going forward vRLCM has the concept of Environment (VMware vRealize suite products) mapped to Datacenters which can contain one or more vCenter.

3- Create CSR and import vRLI certificate

After completing CSR request a certificate file (*.pem) will be created, the file contains both CSR request and private key.

Next, we need to open CA web enrollment interface to request a public certificate using CSR

Now we go back to vRLCM > Locker to import the certificate

• Name: name in certificate store
• Private key: generated while creating CSR
• Certificate Chain: public certificate followed by CA chain ( all intimidate and root CA)

4- create a password to be used for vRLI root and admin user

Create VRLI environment

With all prerequisites in hand, we can start deploying single node vRLI

I have selected small, but deployment failed as minimum supported deployment size is medium

VLCM completes vRLI deployment in 22 mins

Now lets login

I have noticed when login from vIDM redirection to vRLI IP not FQDN, this because the application in vIDM has IP configured not FQDN.

next I check VRLI configuration and found the redirect host is IP not FQDN

to change this I Followed the VMware KB https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/81967

vRLI installed and integrated with vIDM, The next product is vRealize Network Insight

Written by,

Amr Abdelshafi