VMware vSphere - Scripted Installer for ESX Server - The Actual Config

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The actual configuration

All the rest is pretty much standard ESX config stuff, and goes into the "MORE CONFIG..." section in the esx-post-script.sh file.  The main exception is that we now have access to the ESXID variables.

esxcfg
  1. # During auto-install a vSwitch0 is created, but I wanted a different naming 
  2. echo "Deleting default vSwitch" 
  3. esxcfg-vswif --del vswif0 
  4. esxcfg-vswitch --del-pg='Service Console' vSwitch0 
  5. esxcfg-vswitch --delete vSwitch0 
  6.  
  7.  
  8. # Create the Service Console network 
  9. echo "Creating new Service Console switch" 
  10. esxcfg-vswitch --add VMwareSwitch 
  11. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic1 VMwareSwitch 
  12. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic3 VMwareSwitch 
  13. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg='Service Console' VMwareSwitch 
  14. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg="Service Console Management" VMwareSwitch 
  15. esxcfg-vswif --add vswif0 --portgroup 'Service Console' --ip $ESXSCIP --netmask 255.255.0.0 
  16.  
  17.  
  18. # Create the Storage network 
  19. echo "Creating Storage vSwitch and port-groups" 
  20. esxcfg-vswitch --add StorageSwitch 
  21. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic0 StorageSwitch 
  22. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic2 StorageSwitch 
  23. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg="Storage Management" StorageSwitch 
  24. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg="Storage" StorageSwitch 
  25.  
  26.  
  27. # Create the Storage VM Kernel Port, and enable Jumbo frames on it 
  28. esxcfg-vmknic -a -i $ESXSTORAGEIP -n 255.255.0.0 -m 9000 Storage 
  29. esxcfg-vswitch -m 9000 StorageSwitch 
  30.  
  31.  
  32. # Create the Production network 
  33. echo "Creating Production vSwitch and port-groups" 
  34. esxcfg-vswitch --add ProductionSwitch 
  35. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic4 ProductionSwitch 
  36. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic5 ProductionSwitch 
  37. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic6 ProductionSwitch 
  38. esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic7 ProductionSwitch 
  39. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg="Production" ProductionSwitch 
  40. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg="DMZ" ProductionSwitch 
  41. esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg="Testing" ProductionSwitch 
  42. esxcfg-vswitch --vlan=40 --pg=DMZ ProductionSwitch 
  43. esxcfg-vswitch --vlan=50 --pg=Production ProductionSwitch 
  44. esxcfg-vswitch --vlan=60 --pg=Testing ProductionSwitch 
  45.  
  46.  
  47. # Enable the Software iSCSI adapter 
  48. # The adapter name given to the iSCSI HBA was changing sometimes, so 
  49. I've  
  50. # determined it from the esxcfg-swiscsi command's "scan" subcommand now. 
  51. # (note that the inlined functions need to be escaped) 
  52. echo "Adding iSCSI interfaces" 
  53. esxcfg-swiscsi -e >> /tmp/post.log 
  54. HBANAME=\`esxcfg-swiscsi -s | awk '{print \$2}' | sed 's/\.\.\.\$//'\` 
  55. vmkiscsi-tool -D -a 10.10.10.10 \$HBANAME >> /tmp/post.log 
  56. esxcfg-rescan \$HBANAME >> /tmp/post.log 
  57.  
  58.  
  59. # Activate changes to reflect them into Virtual Center 
  60. echo "Restarting the Management interface" 
  61. service mgmt-vmware restart 
  62.  
  63.  
  64. #Configure Firewall and startup services 
  65. echo "Configuring firewall" 
  66.  
  67. chkconfig snmpd on 
  68. esxcfg-firewall -e ntpClient 
  69. esxcfg-firewall -e snmpd 
  70. esxcfg-firewall -e sshClient 
  71. esxcfg-firewall -e CIMSLP 
  72. esxcfg-firewall -e VCB 
  73. esxcfg-firewall -e swISCSIClient 
  74. esxcfg-firewall -e CIMHttpsServer 
  75. esxcfg-firewall -e vpxHeartbeats 
  76. esxcfg-firewall -e sshServer 
  77. esxcfg-firewall -e updateManager 
  78.  
  79.  
  80. #Configure hosts files to prevent DNS failure 
  81. echo "Configuring hosts file" 
  82. echo "127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost" > /etc/hosts 
  83. echo "10.20.30.1 esx-01.mydomain.vm.local esx-01" >> /etc/hosts 
  84. echo "10.20.30.2 esx-02.mydomain.vm.local esx-02" >> /etc/hosts 
  85. echo "10.20.30.3 esx-03.mydomain.vm.local esx-03" >> /etc/hosts 
  86. echo "10.20.30.4 esx-04.mydomain.vm.local esx-04" >> /etc/hosts 
  87. echo "10.20.10.1 vc-01.mydomain.com vc-01" >> /etc/hosts  
  

 

The full scripts can be downloaded here.


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