VMware Prerequisites

If you use VMware, download the ExaVault image, import it into the hypervisor, and create the virtual machine.

Add a secondary drive for data storage and attach it to the virtual machine. ExaVault stores appliance data on this drive. Size it for the expected workload; we recommend starting with at least 500 GB.

After creating the virtual machine, open Edit Settings.

Change the CPU and memory settings to meet the System Requirements: at least 4 vCPU and 12 GB of memory.

Set Guest OS Family to Linux and Guest OS Version to Debian GNU/Linux 6 (64-bit).

The root disk must have at least 100 GB of available space.

Power on the virtual machine and sign in through the console as admin with the password DefaultPassChangeMe1!.

Change the hostname to your desired hostname using the command:

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname files.example.com

Use the passwd command to change the password for the admin user.

Create and apply the appropriate netplan configuration in /etc/netplan/.

Netplan Example Configuration

Use the example template below to create a network configuration for your environment.

network:
  version: 2
  ethernets:
    ens192:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
      - 192.168.0.5/24
      nameservers:
        addresses: [8.8.8.8, 4.2.2.2]
      routes:
      - to: 0.0.0.0/0
        via: 192.168.0.1
      routing-policy:
      - from: 192.168.0.1/24

After the network configuration has been set, apply the changes:

sudo netplan apply