Follow the steps below to install the Cryptographic Security Platform ISO image as a VMware vSphere virtual machine.

To create a Cryptographic Security Platform virtual machine on VMware vSphere

  1. Log into your VMware vSphere portal.
  2. Right-click on a node of the virtual machine navigation tree.
  3. Select the New Virtual Machine command to display the machine creation wizard.
  4. In each step of this wizard, select the values described below.

Select a creation type

Configure the following settings.

Field

Value

​Select a creation type​

Select Create a new virtual machine​.

Select a name and folder

Configure the following settings.

Field

Value

Virtual machine name

Write a name for the new virtual machine.

Location for the virtual machine

Select a folder for the new virtual machine.

Select a compute resource

Configure the following settings.

Field

Value

Select a compute resource

Select a computing resource for the new virtual machine.

Select storage

Configure the following settings.

Field

Value

Encrypt this virtual machine

Do not enable this option

Storage list

Select a storage resource for the new virtual machine.

Select compatibility

Configure the following settings.

Field

Value

Compatible with

Select ESXi 6.7 and later.

Select a guest OS

Configure the following settings.

Field

Value

Guest OS Family

Select Linux.

Guest OS Version

Select Oracle Linux 8 (64-bit).

Customize hardware / Virtual Hardware 

In the Virtual Hardware tab of the Customize hardware page, configure the main and the additional disks.

To configure the disks

  1. In CPU, select the number of cores recommended in Machine requirements. 
  2. In Memory, select the RAM size recommended in Machine requirements.
  3. In New Hard disk:
    • Select at least 1 TiB for the main disk, as explained in Machine requirements.
    • Set Virtual Device Node to New SCSI controller.
  4. In New SCSI controller, set Change Type to VMware Paravirtual.
  5. In New CD/DVD Drive:
    • Select the location of the ISO file.
    • Check the Connect At Power On box.
  6. Click ADD NEW DEVICE and select Hard disk to add the additional disk.
  7. In New Hard disk 2:
    • Assign at least 15 GiB for the additional disk, as recommended in Machine requirements.
    • Set Disk Provisioning to Thick Provision Eager Zeroed.
    • Set Virtual Device Node to New SCSI controller.

Customize hardware / VM Options 

Configure the following settings in the VM Options tab of the Customize hardware page.

See the next section Configuring the boot mode on VMware vSphere for how to configure the selected boot mode.

Field

Value

Description

Boot Options > Firmware

BIOS

Boot the machine with BIOS firmware.


EFI

Boot the machine with UEFI firmware.