How to deploy Corezoid on VMware

Updated on 19 Sep 2023
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Requirements

VMware	ESXi 6.5 and later (VM version 13 - if your version is lower, then you need to additionally convert the image)
OS	RHEL7/CentOS7
CPU	6
RAM	10
SSD	500GB

Deployment options

We offer 2 options of Corezoid Actor Engine deployment on VMware:

Deploying via OVF + VMDK
Attaching a disk image to a new virtual machine.

Corezoid components availability

Please be aware that Corezoid instances for VMware do not include the following components: Account, Enigma, Merchant API, Limits Server, Git Call, and Database Call.

Installation

Deploying via OVF + VMDK

First, you need to create a network. To do that, open the Edit menu and select the Virtual Network Editor item:

Click the Change Settings button:

You need to have the admin rights to change the configuration

Then click the Add Network button:

And select the network to add from the drop down list:

Specify the subnet IP and mask, and click Apply:

After that you need to upload the previously downloaded ovf-image to the virtual machine. For that, open the File menu and select the Open item:

In the window, browse to the ovf-image file:

After selecting the image file, specify tthe name for the new virtual machine:

Right click the uploaded image in the list on the left, and select the Settings item in the drop down list:

Before proceeding with the configuration of your virtual machine, make sure your hardware meets the minimum requirements (6 CPU cores, 10 GB RAM). To do that, select your virtual machine in the list, open the Settings menu on the Hardware tab:

In the Hardware list, select the Network adapter, and in the adapter's settings select the network, which you've created in the Virtual network editor on the step 1. Click the OK button: