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SAMPLE EXCERCISES FOR BEGINEERS

GETTING STARTED WITH VMWARE INTEGRATED CONTAINERS (VIC)

#Date : November 2019

SAMPLE EXCERCISES FOR BEGINEERS

In this thread we will have working examples with different scenarios :

Our setup details :

1. vCenter 6.7

2. esxi hosts : 6.7

3. Storage: vSAN

4. Networks: NSX-V Bridge network PG - created Management network PG - Created Container network PG - Created

5. VIC 1.5.4 ( latetst available)

6. Deploy VIC host using following command:

   create

    --target homelabvc01.vsphere.local/VIC_COMPUTE_CLUSTER 
    --user '[email protected]' 
    --password 'VMware@12345' 
    --no-tlsverify 
    --force 
    --bridge-network vxw-dvs-564-virtualwire-21-sid-2144-NSX-VIC-Bridge
    --bridge-network-range 192.168.125.0/12 
    --dns-server 10.126.193.47  
    --public-network vxw-dvs-564-virtualwire-21-sid-2144-NSX-public
    --container-network vxw-dvs-564-virtualwire-21-sid-2144-NSX-Container:public 
    --container-network-firewall vxw-dvs-564-virtualwire-21-sid-2144-NSX-Container:open 
    --compute-resource 'TEST_CLUSTER' 
    --image-store DATASTORE_VSAN 
    --timeout 20m 
    --endpoint-cpu 4  
    --memory 30000
    --endpoint-memory 8192 
    --volume-store DATASTORE_VSAN/volumes:default 
    --thumbprint 09:21:29:EF:0G:DE:78:9D:FG:89:DF:8F:89:3S:89:0A:FF:67:ZX 
    --name MyFirstVCH
   

7. Once you run the above command you should get a message

      msg="Initialization of appliance successful"
      msg="VCH ID: vm-89467"
      msg="VCH Admin Portal:"
      msg="https://10.12.1.2:2378"
      msg="VCH Default Bridge Network Range: 192.168.125.0/12"
      msg="VCH Default Bridge Network Width: 16"
      msg="Published ports can be reached at:"
      msg=10.12.1.2
      msg="Management traffic will use:"
      msg=10.12.1.2
      msg="Docker environment variables:"
      msg="DOCKER_HOST=10.12.1.2:2376 COMPOSE_TLS_VERSION=TLSv1_2"
      msg="Environment saved in MyFirstVCH/MyFirstVCH.env"
      msg="Connect to docker:"
      msg="docker -H 10.12.1.2:2376 --tls info"
      msg="Installer completed successfully"
   

8. Use any of the docker client to connect to the doker host ( DOCKER_HOST=10.12.1.2:2376) and follow the scripts in the repository

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