Follow the steps below to install the Entrust PKI Hub ISO image as a VMware vSphere virtual machine.

To create an Entrust PKI Hub 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit).

Customize hardware / Virtual Hardware 

Configure the following settings in the Virtual Hardware tab of the Customize hardware page.

Field

Value

CPU

Select the number of cores recommended in CPU requirements. 

Memory

Select the RAM size recommended in Memory requirements.

New Hard Disk

Select at least 1 TiB for the root disk, as explained in Disk requirements.

New Hard Disk

Click ADD NEW DEVICE > Hard disk and add a second disk for the etcd daemon. As explained in Disk requirements, this disk requires at least 15 GiB. 

New CD/DVD Drive

Select the location of the ISO file.

New CD/DVD Drive > Status

Mark the Connect At Power On checkbox.

Customize hardware / VM Options 

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

Field

Value

Description

Boot Options > Firmware

BIOS

Boot the machine with BIOS firmware.


EFI

Boot the machine with UEFI firmware.