06-30-2025 02:54 PM
Is it not possible to terraform a ISE VM appliance in vCenter?
Sure, I can give the VM a name, and set resources like disk, cpu, mem, but other things like IP Address, admin passwords, enable API, set NTP servers etc doesn't seem to work.
All examples I have seen for this is when deploying ISE appliances in Azure or AWS. But not for a local vCenter
So.. possible or not possible? Examples would be nice.
Thanks
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06-30-2025 05:34 PM
Yes you can do this. It's part of the ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning)
It's very good. I have used the 2nd .iso disk option, and also the VMWare custom attributes (which is a bit more intricate with all that BASE64 conversion stuff)
06-30-2025 05:34 PM
Yes you can do this. It's part of the ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning)
It's very good. I have used the 2nd .iso disk option, and also the VMWare custom attributes (which is a bit more intricate with all that BASE64 conversion stuff)
06-30-2025 06:39 PM
Hi @dal ,
beyond what @Arne Bier already said ... please take a look at: ISE - What we need to know about SNS / VM, special attention to the ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning) part.
Hope this helps !!!
07-01-2025 12:38 AM
I can recommend the VM Data approach, in my experience it is more reliable than the ISO version as there are fewer things that can break. Good luck!
07-01-2025 12:42 AM
Very nice! Wasn't aware of this.
But.. I am trying the OVA version. The VM is deployed and turned on. I also see the "use setup as login" for a little while, then the screen goes black apart from a little cursor that blinks in the upper left corner
Shouldn't there be some kind of feedback ? Did it hang, or is the installation silent from here and out?
07-01-2025 01:17 PM
It's been a while since I used ZTP - you should see the usual install menu - and then (no key presses) after a few minutes the ZTP starts - I think the screen does blank a while while all the Red Hat packages are installed.
07-01-2025 01:41 PM
I figured it out. It turns out the nature of the conf file that the script uses don't like the # character in the password
When I removed that, it worked like a charm!
Thanks again
07-02-2025 12:58 AM
One more question: When using ZTP, is it possible to set a parameter that removes the "Change password on next login" ?
07-02-2025 04:46 AM
Hi @dal ,
in ISE - What we need to know about SNS / VM, special attention to the ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning) - Configuration:
Hope this helps !!!
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