Setting up your Virtualized Environment
Please note that vCenter data collection is currently only supported for assessments configured for our U.S. endpoint
Creating vCenter Read Only Credentials
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Step 1: Login to the machine which is hosting your vCenter and create a new user account.
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Step 2: Assign the new user to the “Users” group. Click on the “member of” tab and select “Users.”
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Step 3: Go to your vCenter management dashboard, right-click the vCenter, and select “Add Permission.”
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Step 4: Select “Add” from the Assign Permissions screen.
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Step 5: From the user and groups list, select the new, read-only user account and click “OK.”
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Step 6: Next, under “Assign Role” select “Read-only’ and click “OK.”
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Step 7: To verify the set-up was done correctly, select the “Permissions” tab from your vCenter and make sure the role for the newly created account is set to “read-only.”
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Step 8: Check that your login succeeds with the read-only credentials created.
IP address / Names: your vCenter IP address
User name: read-only user name
Password: read-only user password
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Step 9: Enter a name for the vCenter, the IP address (public or private), and the read-only credentials just created.
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NOTE: if your vCenter has a public IP address, then you will need to make sure TCP port 443 is open outbound to our vCenter data collector at IP address 184.72.252.123. Once you have entered and saved your vCenter information, you should see the status as CONNECTED. This concludes the vCenter setup for Cloudamize.
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NOTE: If your vCenter has only a private IP address, then you will need to make sure TCP port 443 is open outbound to our vCenter proxy at IP address 184.73.183.154. Then continue on to setup the Cloudamize proxy which establishes a connection between your vCenter and the Cloudamize vCenter data collector.
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If your vCenter IP address is a private (e.g. 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x) IP address, you will need to install Cloudamize Proxy that will forward data to Cloudamize server.
How does the proxy work?
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The Cloudamize Proxy can be installed either directly on the vCenter machine or on a separate Windows virtual machine. The proxy is unique per vCenter and VM. For example, if you have two vCenters, you will need two unique proxies that will need to get installed on either two Windows VMs or two vCenters.
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Step 1: A window prompting you to download the Cloudamize Proxy will appear immediately after entering your private IP address. Click “Download”.
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Step 2: Once downloaded, run the installer as an administrator and then click “Next.”
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Step 3: Read and accept the terms of the End-User License Agreement and click “Next”.
Step 4: Enter your vCenter IP address and port.
Select the Outgoing Port. Cloudamize recommends "No Preference", as this will search 443, 80 and 22 to determine the best port to use.
Then click “Next.”
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Step 5: Click “Install” to begin the installation.
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Step 6: Your installation is complete.
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Step 7: Following a successful installation, “CONNECTED” will appear on the following screen. Additional vCenters can be added by clicking “Add vCenter” and following the steps above.
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How It Works
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