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vSphere Parameters for Terraform


The following items will need to be recorded to your Red5 Pro vSphere Autoscaling checklist for Terraform configuration.

  1. Register a new user, or use an existing user with administrative privileges in vSphere. Record the user name (cloud.vsphere_user) and password (cloud.vsphere_password) in your checklist.
  2. Record the IP address or domain name of your vSphere server (also called a VMware vCenter server) as the cloud.vsphere_server value.
  3. Connect to the vSphere/vCenter server using a Web browser, and log in to the vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
  4. Find the name of the datacenter, and record the ID/name as the cloud.vsphere_datacenter value. Example: dc1
  5. Find the name of the datastore where you will be creating virtual machines, and record the value as the cloud.vsphere_datastore value. Example: datastore1
  6. Find the name of the resource pool where you will be creating virtual machines, and record the value as the cloud.vsphere_resource_pool value. Example: esxi1/Resources
  7. Find the name of the network where you will be creating virtual machines, and record the value as the cloud.vsphere_network value. Example: Private
  8. You will also need to choose a "domain" to use for the node VMs, to be recorded as the cloud.vsphere_domain value. Example: sm.autoscaling