[Music] in this video I will provide an overview on deploying and configuring the stdc manager Appliance and a VMR Cloud Foundation private cloud in VMR Cloud Foundation you use the stdc manager to perform administrative tasks such as adding and managing host creating workload domains deploying and recy ing Vare clusters tracking and applying software updates and managing passwords and certificates here we see the sddc manager UI the UI provides an integrated view of the physical and virtual infrastructure that makes up the private Cloud along with centralized access to managing these resources the stdc manager is an appliance that runs as a single virtual machine in the management domain here we see that by default it is deployed with four CP and 16 GB of memory to ensure the availability and to protect the stdc manager we use a combination of V for ha and file based backups the stdc manager is bundled with the VMware Cloud Builder appliance that you download from VMware customer connect here you see the two files that are needed to deploy Cloud Foundation the cloud Builder OVA and the deployment parameter workbook note the size of cloud Builder OVA it is a relatively large file as it includes all the software needed to instantiate the full software defined data center to include vsphere vsan NSX and the stdc manager the stdc manager gets deployed as part of the cloud Builder bringup process here we see in the cloud Builder UI that bringup has completed scrolling down we can see that included in the many tasks that are performed as part of bring up are the steps to deploy and configure the stdc manager with an understanding of the stdc manager Appliance how to download it and how it gets deployed let's turn our attention to the configuration task that you'll need to perform after it has been deployed I mentioned earlier that we use file-based backups to protect the stdc manager one of the first tasks you'll need to perform is to configure an external SFP server where you will store the backup files navigating to backups in the I we see a summary showing the last backup status along with options to take a backup or to schedule a backup under site settings we configure the external SFTP server here we see the IP address Port protocol user credentials and backup directory note that this SFTP server will be used to store both the stdc manager and NSX manager backup files switching to putty we can see the current list of files that have been backed up for this environment speaking of putty this is a good time to note that you will also need to have SSH access configured for the stdc manager While most stdc manager operations can be performed from the UI or through API calls there are some tasks that require connecting to the appliance using SSH one of these tasks is to retrieve passwords for the deployed components in your private Cloud the stdc manager includes the look upore passwords command this command line tool lets us query the STC manager database to retrieve passwords here we see how to use this command to query the passwords for the deployed Venter server instances note the access to the passwords is restricted as you do need to provide valid SSO credentials using the lookup passwords command we can query the passwords for the esxi host V Center server instances NSX components and when deployed the ra Suite another task that requires SSH access is viewing log files on the stdc manager the logs are organized into separate directories for example here we see the directories for the domain manager operations manager and LCM inside each directory we see the respective log files note how the log files are automatically rotated over time with older logs stored in a compressed zip archive when troubleshooting problems or when working with VMware support you will need to SSH to the SDC manager in order to view and retrieve the log files returning to the dashboard let's go over some of the additional setup task one of the first things you'll need to do after deploying Cloud Foundation is to configure Network pools the SDC manager uses Network pools to manage the IP addresses that will be assigned to the v motion and vsan VM kernel interfaces that are configured on each esxi host when it is added to a vsphere cluster under under network settings we see a summary of the configured Network pools in this example we have a single Network pool used for the management domain this initial pool is created as part of bringup using values provided in the input parameter workbook here we see that this pool contains the ranges of IP addresses reserved for configuring the vmotion and vsan VM kernel interfaces for the host assigned to any clusters configured in the management domain to create a new network pool click create network pool in this example since I'm running on hyper converged infrastructure I would need to select vmotion and VN I would then provide the VLAN MTU and IP settings and assign a block of ips that the SDC manager can use to configure the pertinent VM kernel interfaces when creating and expanding clusters along with configuring Network pools another setup task is to register the STC manager with the online Depot to enable detecting and downloading available software updates to do this this go to online Depot here we see that I have registered my SDC manager using my VMware customer connect credentials once registered the SDC manager will automatically detect any available update bundles when they are published by VMware available bundles can be viewed by navigating to life cycle management and selecting bundle management note that the bundles are not automatically downloaded the stdc manager provides a list of available bundles with options to download them now or to schedule a time for then to be downloaded after a bundle has been downloaded it will be listed under download history here we see that I have downloaded the install bundle for the aruite life cycle manager after configuring your network pools and registering your SDC manager with the online Depot I recommend you take a backup of the stdc manager to do this navigate to backup and click backup now we see a workflow is invoked that will export the STC manager configuration to files that will be saved on the external SFTP server note that the backup files are password protected this completes my overview on deploying and configuring the SDC manager Appliance to learn more about VMR Cloud Foundation visit the cloud Foundation Resource Center at core. vmware.com