- Overview
- OVA Images and Upgrade Scripts Verification
- Installing the OVA
- Installing Custom CA Certificates and Importing SUDI Certificate
- Configuring IoT FND for IPv6 Tunnel Provisioning and Registration
- Starting and Stopping FND
- Starting and Stopping Fog Director
- Upgrading IoT FND OVA
- Obtaining Status of All Services Running on the Host
- Backup and Restore
- Setting the Time and Timezone Using NTP Service
Installing the OVA
Prerequisites
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Log in to the IP address of a VMware ESXi server running 6.5 and above via a web browser with your user credentials (username and password).
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Ensure that you meet the VMware server machine (VM CPU and memory) requirements as listed below.
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24 GB memory
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4 vCPUs
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Hard disk: 450 GB
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To install the OVA:
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From IoT FND 4.12 onwards, use the following credentials for SSH access after installing OVA. The existing credentials username/password (root/cisco123) is disabled for 4.12 and later releases:
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Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to the IP address of a VMware ESXi server running 6.5 and above via a web browser with your user credentials (username and password). |
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Step 2 |
In the Host page, select Create/ Register VM. |
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Step 3 |
In the New virtual machine window, select Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file in Select creation type tab and click Next. |
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Step 4 |
In the Select OVF and VMDK files tab, provide a name for the virtual machine and browse to an OVF package from the internet or a file accessible from your computer (for example, iot-fnd-4.10.0-40.ova). Click Next. |
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Step 5 |
Select a storage location for the virtual machines from the listed options (example - Datastore-2). |
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Step 6 |
After selecting the data store, select the provisioning type and enable the Power on automatically option. This ensures to power on the virtual machine once the deployment process is complete. Click Next.
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Step 7 |
Do a final review of the Ready to Complete window. If you do not want to change any settings, click Finish.
The virtual machine deployment is initiated. After completion of the install, the "Completed successfully" message appears in the Recent tasks pane at the bottom of the install window. |
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Step 8 |
Click Virtual Machines in the left pane and select the newly deployed VM. |
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Step 9 |
The deployed VM gets listed in the left pane. Select the IoT FND machine name. |
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Step 10 |
Click Console and login with root/cisco123 once the OS is up. Once you enter the default password, you are prompted to reset your password.
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Step 11 |
Reset the default root password. After you complete the password reset, IoT FND is fully deployed. From FND 4.12 release, the conditions mentioned in Step 10 are applicable to reset the default password. |
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Step 12 |
Once logged in, navigate to Applications > System Tools > Settings > Network. |
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Step 13 |
Click the cog icon under Wired, navigate to IPv4 tab to assign a static IP address or set up a DHCP server in the network.
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Step 14 |
Open a terminal window, and set up Health Monitoring for the Fog Director Container from FND.
After completing these steps, IoT FND starts monitoring the Fog Director container on the ADMIN > SERVERS page. |