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ISE VM in vCenter - not possible to terraform

dal
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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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Arne Bier
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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)

 

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Arne Bier
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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)

 

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 !!!

 

Torbjørn
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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!

Happy to help! Please mark as helpful/solution if applicable.
Get in touch: https://torbjorn.dev

dal
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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?

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. 

dal
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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

dal
Level 3
Level 3

One more question: When using ZTP, is it possible to set a parameter that removes the "Change password on next login" ?

Hi @dal ,

 in ISE - What we need to know about SNS / VM, special attention to the ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning) - Configuration:

ZTP Configuration.png

 

Hope this helps !!!