VMWare vSphere/EXSi deploy tasks

 Deploying to VMWare vSphere/ESXi involves the following tasks:

Topics

• VMWare vSphere/EXSi deployment tasks
• Post deployment tasks

 

VMWare vSphere/EXSi deployment tasks

Task	Description	Related Topic(s)
Download the latest OVA	Download current version of the Access Gateway OVA.	Download the latest OVA image
Import	Import the OVA into VMWare vSphere/ESXi.	Deploy OVA to VMWare vSphere/ESXi

Post deployment tasks

All deployments of Access Gateway require a set of common tasks including:

Task	Description	Related Topic(s)
First Login	Reset the Access Gateway Management console password. Reset the virtual appliance at the command line.	First login to Command Line Console Initialize Access Gateway Command line
Determine the IP Address assigned and configure DNS	Determine Access Gateway IP address. Configure required /etc/hosts admin entry Configure required DNS entries.	Determine Access Gateway IP address, for non-AWS instances. Configure Admin /etc/hosts entry Configure Access Gateway DNS
Initialize Access Gateway	Initialize the cookie domain and instance hostname.	Initialize Access Gateway Console
Configure an identity provider	Configure Okta tenant as identify provider Setup SAML Access.	Configure your Okta tenant as an Identity Provider
Configure SAML access to Access Gateway from your Okta tenant	Configure Okta Tenant to allow access to Access Gateway using SAML.	Configure Administration Access using SAML