Deployment Template

Here's a complete example YAML file that installs Photon Platform on a VMware NSX-T network. The installation includes Lightwave, a load balancer, and VMware vSAN.

Additional templates and explanations of the fields appear in the Photon Controller Quick Start Guide.

compute:
  hypervisors:
    esxi-1:
      hostname: "pc-1"
      ipaddress: "198.51.100.1"
      dns: "198.51.100.12"
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
    esxi-2:
      hostname: "pc-2"
      ipaddress: "198.51.100.12"
      dns: "198.51.100.12"
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
    esxi-3:
      hostname: "pc-3"
      ipaddress: "198.51.100.3"
      dns: "198.51.100.12"
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
    esxi-4:
      hostname: "pc-4"
      ipaddress: "198.51.100.4"
      dns: "198.51.100.12"
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
    esxi-5:
      hostname: "pc-5"
      ipaddress: "198.51.100.8"
      dns: "198.51.100.12"
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
lightwave:
  domain: "example.com"
  credential:
    username: "administrator"
    password: "Secret123$"
  controllers:
    lightwave-1:
      site: "new york"
      appliance:
        hostref: "esxi-1"
        datastore: "datastore1"
        memoryMb: 2048
        cpus: 2
        credential:
          username: "root"
          password: "Secret1!"
        network-config:
          type: "static"
          hostname: "lightwave-1.example.com"
          ipaddress: "198.51.100.12"
          network: "NAT=VM Network"
          dns: "198.51.100.12,198.51.100.13"
          ntp: "203.0.113.1"
          netmask: "255.255.252.0"
          gateway: "198.51.100.253"
    lightwave-2:
      site: "cambridge"
      partner: "198.51.100.13"
      appliance:
        hostref: "esxi-1"
        datastore: "datastore1"
        memoryMb: 2048
        cpus: 2
        credential:
          username: "root"
          password: "Secret1!"
        network-config:
          type: "static"
          hostname: "lightwave-2.example.com"
          ipaddress: "198.51.100.13"
          network: "NAT=VM Network"
          dns: "198.51.100.12,198.51.100.13"
          ntp: "203.0.113.1"
          netmask: "255.255.252.0"
          gateway: "198.51.100.253"
photon:
  imagestore:
    img-store-1:
      datastore: "datastore1, datastore2"
      enableimagestoreforvms: "true"
  cloud:
    hostref-1: "esxi-5"
    hostref-2: "esxi-3"
  administrator-group: "example.com\\Administrators"
  syslog:
    ipaddress: "198.51.100.23"
  controllers:
    pc-1:
      appliance:
        hostref: "esxi-1"
        datastore: "datastore1"
        memoryMb: 2048
        cpus: 2
        credential:
          username: "root"
          password: "Secret1!"
        network-config:
          type: "static"
          hostname: "pc-1.example.com"
          ipaddress: "198.51.100.14"
          network: "NAT=VM Network"
          netmask: "255.255.252.0"
          dns: "198.51.100.12,198.51.100.13"
          ntp: "203.0.113.1"
          gateway: "198.51.100.253"
    pc-2:
      appliance:
        hostref: "esxi-1"
        datastore: "datastore1"
        memoryMb: 2048
        cpus: 2
        credential:
          username: "root"
          password: "Secret1!"
        network-config:
          type: "static"
          hostname: "pc-2.example.com"
          ipaddress: "198.51.100.15"
          network: "NAT=VM Network"
          netmask: "255.255.252.0"
          dns: "198.51.100.12,198.51.100.13"
          ntp: "203.0.113.1"
          gateway: "198.51.100.253"
vsan:
  vsan-1:
    appliance:
      hostref: "esxi-1"
      datastore: "datastore1"
      memoryMb: 2048
      cpus: 2
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
      network-config:
        type: "static"
        hostname: "vsan-1.example.com"
        ipaddress: "198.51.100.20"
        network: "NAT=VM Network"
        netmask: "255.255.252.0"
        dns: "198.51.100.12,198.51.100.13"
        ntp: "203.0.113.1"
        gateway: "198.51.100.253"
loadBalancer:
  load-balancer-1:
    appliance:
      hostref: "esxi-1"
      datastore: "datastore1"
      memoryMb: 2048
      cpus: 2
      credential:
        username: "root"
        password: "Secret1!"
      network-config:
        type: "static"
        hostname: "lb-1.example.com"
        ipaddress: "198.51.100.21"
        network: "NAT=VM Network"
        netmask: "255.255.252.0"
        dns: "198.51.100.12,198.51.100.13"
        ntp: "203.0.113.1"
        gateway: "198.51.100.253"
nsxconfig:
  ipaddress: "203.0.0.1"
  credential:
    username: "root"
    password: "Secret1!"
  privateIpRootCidr: "203.0.0.1"
  floatingIpRootRange: "198.51.100.2-198.51.100.20"
  t0RouterId: "123"
  edgeClusterId: "456"
  overlayTransportZoneId: "123"
  tunnelIpPoolId: "123"
  hostUplinkPnic: "vmnic4"
  hostUplinkVlanId: "0"
  dnsServerAddresses: "198.51.100.12"