1) Install required packages yum -y install wget openssl-devel 2) Download latest NRPE agent cd /tmp wget http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/agents/linux-nrpe-agent.tar.gz 3) Unzip NRPEagent tar xzf linux-nrpe-agent.tar.gz 4) Install agent cd linux-nrpe-agent ./fullinstall You will get asked which hosts to add. include your Nagios Server here In this case my Nagios server is 10.0.0.50 6) Read More…
Month: October 2018
Test Outbound Connectivity on VCSA using Telnet
By default, telnet is not installed in the VCSA appliance. In fact its not installed in most VMware appliances. However there is a work around to test connectivity by using CURL Syntax: curl -v telnet://host:port Here are a couple of examples: curl -v telnet://www.google.co.uk:443 curl -v telnet://my.amqpserver:5672
Apply New Certificate to Tenant App Portal for vCloud Director
Here are the steps to apply a new certificate to the tenant portal app (1.2.0) 1. Login into the appliance using the vsphere Web Client using the root username Note: I could not find any documentation on what the root password was so I had to reset the password by entering the GRUB menu.and booting Read More…
Install Postgres 10 for vCloud Director 9.5
Here are the steps to install Postgres 10 on CentOS 7 Spec: OS: CentOS 7 DB: Postgres 10.x RAM: 16GB vCPU: 4 HDD: 100 GB OS Installation: Use Guided GUI installation. Select to partition manually so that all data is on /root LVM. Read More…
Migrate vCloud Director Database from MSSQL to Postgres
As vcloud director 9.5 is the last iteration to support MS SQL we decided to migrate the database to Postgres Here are the instructions to migrate the database Pre-requisites 1) Snapshot all Cells 2) Snapshot MSSQL DB 3) Backup MSSQL DB Procedure: 4) Shutdown all cells service vmware-vcd stop 5) On Read More…
Configure Load Balancer on NSX Edge
The following guide describes how to set up LB on an NSX 6.4.1 Edge 1. Click Manage tab -> Load Balancer -> Edit -> Global Configuration -> Enable Load Balancer -> Enable Logging 2. Under Pools -> Select + (sign) -> {Enter details like below} 3. Click + (sign) -> {Enter details like Read More…
Adding vNICs in UCS Causes vmnic Reorder in ESXi 6.5
Problem I added two new vNics to UCS. When I rebooted I realised there was something wrong. One of my iSCSI paths was down and one of the new vmnics wasnt working at all. Troubleshooting After much investigation it appeared that the NICS in the ESXI had been re-ordered. Looking at the UCS I Read More…
Configure RabbitMQ for vCloud Director 9
In this example we will be using the Web interface for configuration. 1. Login via http:\\{IP}:15672 to with administrator credentials 2. When logged in. Click Exchanges tab -> Add a new exchange -> {Enter details like below} 2. Create user Select Admin tab -> {Enter credentials like below) -> Add user When created Read More…
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