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Install Apstra on ESXi

These instructions are for installing Apstra software on an ESXi hypervisor. For information about using ESXi in general, refer to VMware's ESXi documentation.

  1. Confirm that you're running one of the Supported Hypervisors and Versions.
  2. Make sure that you allocate enough resources for your network. For example, if you're using more than 25 offbox agents, you'll need to add another VM. See Required Server Resources for more details.
    CAUTION:

    If you allocate insufficient CPU and RAM allocations for your network you'll probably experience issues such as slow response times, system errors and a critical "segmentation fault" (core dump). If this happens, you'll need to delete the VM and redeploy it with additional resources.
  3. Apstra software is delivered pre-installed on a single VM. The same Apstra VM image is used for installing both the Apstra controller and Apstra workers. As a registered support user, download the Apstra VM Image for VMware ESXi (OVA) from Juniper Support Downloads.
    Juniper Networks file download instructions for OVA named aos_server_5.1.0-117. Includes URL link and copy button.
  4. Log in to vCenter, right-click your target deployment environment, then click Deploy OVF Template.
    VMware vSphere Client Actions menu for QNC Apstra with Deploy OVF Template option highlighted by red arrow.
  5. Specify the URL or local file location for the OVA file you downloaded, then click Next. (Screenshot below is from an older Apstra version.)
    Deploy OVF Template wizard step 1: Select an OVF template with Local file option chosen and file aos_server_4.0.2-142.ova selected.
  6. Specify a unique name and target location for the VM, then click Next. (Screenshot below is from an older Apstra version.)
    Step 2 of OVF deployment: Enter VM name aos_server4.0.2-142 and select target folder in virtual infrastructure.
  7. Select your destination compute resource, then click Next.
    Step 3: Select a compute resource for OVF deployment in VMware vSphere; user choosing a cluster.
  8. Review template details, then click Next.
  9. Select storage for the files, then click Next. We recommend thick provisioning for the Apstra server.
    Select storage step of Deploy OVF Template wizard listing datastores with capacities and free space. VM Storage Policy is Datastore Default.
  10. Map the Apstra Management network to enable it to reach the virtual networks that the Apstra server will manage on ESXi, then click Next.
    Step 6 of deploying OVF: select destination network topology1 for source network VM Network. IP allocation is Static - Manual, using IPv4.
  11. Review your specifications, then click Finish.

You're ready to configure the Apstra server.