vSphere Parameters for Terraform
The following items will need to be recorded to your Red5 Pro vSphere Autoscaling checklist for Terraform configuration.
- Register a new user, or use an existing user with administrative privileges in vSphere. Record the user name (
cloud.vsphere_user
) and password (cloud.vsphere_password
) in your checklist. - Record the IP address or domain name of your vSphere server (also called a VMware vCenter server) as the
cloud.vsphere_server
value. - Connect to the vSphere/vCenter server using a Web browser, and log in to the vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
- Find the name of the datacenter, and record the ID/name as the
cloud.vsphere_datacenter
value. Example:dc1
- Find the name of the datastore where you will be creating virtual machines, and record the value as the
cloud.vsphere_datastore
value. Example:datastore1
- Find the name of the resource pool where you will be creating virtual machines, and record the value as the
cloud.vsphere_resource_pool
value. Example:esxi1/Resources
- Find the name of the network where you will be creating virtual machines, and record the value as the
cloud.vsphere_network
value. Example:Private
- You will also need to choose a “domain” to use for the node VMs, to be recorded as the
cloud.vsphere_domain
value. Example:sm.autoscaling