Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 2.0 User Guide

In the Name and Location window, specify a name for the virtual machine, and select the appropriate datacenter and/or 
folder for the virtual machine. The VM name must be unique within the datacenter and can contain up to 80 characters. 
Click Next.

The Host or Cluster window may appear depending on your VMware environment. If the Host or Cluster window 
appears, select the Cluster or the ESX host where you want the VM to be created. 

If the Resource Pool window appears, select a resource pool for the VM. 

In the Storage window, choose a datastore name that has enough available disk space, then click Next. The VM requires 
up to 40 GB depending on the disk format you will select in the next step. 

In the Disk Format window, specify the format for storing the virtual hard disk by clicking the appropriate radio button:

Thin provision 

Click Next.

If the Network Mapping window appears, select a destination network from the list. We recommend you to select the 
network name that is connected to a DHCP server that can assign a dynamic IP address for the VM as soon as it is 
deployed and powered up. 

In the Properties window, enter the following information:

Linux Hostname - Enter a new hostname for the virtual machine, as either a single value (such as MyComputer) or 
a fully qualified domain name value (such as MyComputer.example.com).

Linux Root Password - Enter a new password for the Linux "root" superuser account. Enter alphanumeric 
characters only.

Oracle System DBA Password - Enter a new password for the Oracle administrative accounts ("sys" and "system" 
users). Enter alphanumeric characters only. 

Cloud Portal Database User Password - Enter a new password for the database username that owns the Cloud 
Portal schema. Enter alphanumeric characters only.

JBoss Administrator Password - Enter a new password for the JBoss Application Server administrative account. 
Enter alphanumeric characters only.

Cloud Portal Site Administrator Password - Enter a new password for the Cisco Cloud Portal Site Administrator. 
Enter alphanumeric characters only.

Cloud Portal Site Administrator Email - Enter the email address for the Cloud Portal Site Administrator. This is 
used as the sender address for all Cloud Portal system-level email notifications.

Email Server Hostname - Enter the hostname or IP address for the SMTP server used for sending e-mail messages. 
This SMTP server must be listening on port 25.

Click Next.

In the Ready to Complete window, review the settings, select the “Power on after deployment” option. Then click 
Finish. 

Your virtual machine is listed in the left pane of the vSphere Client under the appropriate host or cluster after the OVF Template 
deployment is complete. If your network has a DHCP server, find out the dynamic IP address that was assigned to your new 
virtual machine. You will use this IP address to access the Cisco Cloud Portal application running on the virtual machine.

Open a browser session from a computer that is different from the virtual machine created in the last section. 

In the browser's address line, enter http://<ipaddress>/RequestCenter/, where <ipaddress> is the IP address of the Cloud 
Portal virtual appliance that you deployed in the previous section. The Cloud Portal user interface displays the Login 
window.