ViBE Initial Setup Guide – VMware Virtual Machine

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Initial Setup Guide
VMware Virtual Machine
April 2016

About this document

This document provides information on setting up a VMware Virtual Machine to use ViBE.

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Installing ViBE Firmware onto a Virtual Machine

Requirements
Before you start, please ensure that:

o A suitable server running VMware ESXi (version 5.1 or higher)

o The VMware vSphere client installed and running on your PC
o Public IP Addresses routed to your ESXi Server for use on your ViBE Server once installed

Step-by-Step Procedure

o Navigate in a web browser to http://portal.vibesupport.com

o Register (if you haven’t already), and then once logged in click the ViBE Setup button.
o Then choose Initial Setup for ViBE VMware VM.

To Download the files from us, you will need click the link that says:
- Please open a Support Ticket to request the ViBE VMware VM Image

When you have received this file from us, save it to your PC and extract the ZIP file, as you will need
the contents to hand in the next few steps.

1) Connect to the host machine using vSphere.

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Once you have logged in you will see the following screen.

At this stage, the host machine has no virtual machine installed.

2) To install the VM image go to: File—Deploy OVF Template.

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3) Select the OVF file to deploy.

4) Go through the setup wizard and accept all the default options. Once the OVF file has
been loaded onto the host machine it will now have a virtual server installed onto it.
The virtual server is called ‘ViBE Appliance’.

5) Press the ‘Start’ button to power on the virtual machine.

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You now need to configure the WAN interface IP address and default Gateway of the ViBE
server.

6) Select the Console tab to access the virtual machine.

7) Click on the console window to access the command prompt and login with the details
below. (To get out of the console window press ‘Ctrl-Alt’.)

Username: root
Password: vmwarev1b3

The default gateway and IP address now need to be configured so that the server can be accessed via
the internet.

To configure the IP address, enter the command:

ifconfig eth0 public.ip.address netmask netmask

For example:
ifconfig eth0 188.146.156.101 netmask 255.255.255.0

The default gateway now needs to be configured. Use the following command:
route add default gw default.gateway.ip.address

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The ViBE server can now be accessed via the Web browser.

8) Go to a web browser and enter the public IP address of the ViBE server.

9) Enter the default login details:

Username: admin
Password: vmwarev1b3

Once you have logged in you need to configure the WAN network to have the IP address previously
configured in the console window (this is because all settings configured in the web browser take
precedence over those configured on the command line). All settings configured via the command line
will be overwritten by the browser-based settings once any of them are changed. Therefore the WAN
IP address needs to be configured immediately to prevent loss of access via the internet.

Licences
Any new VMware installations benefit from a valid evaluation license for 60 days. Unlimited licences
are also available free on the VMware website:

For ESXi Hypervisor 5: https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/p/landing.php?p=free-esxi5

For ESXi Hypervisor 6: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6

You can register an account for free. Once you have done this, login to your account and you will then
be provided with a licence key as well as download links for vSphere and ESXi

Once you have received your licence, you will need to apply it to the host machine. This needs
to be done in vSphere.

1) Select your host machine (not the ViBE appliance).

2) Go to ‘Configuration—Licence Features’ and click ‘Edit’ on the far-right of that window.

The edit window will pop up as shown below.

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3) Enter the licence key in the window shown.

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Activating ViBE on the ViBE Virtual Machine

1) Log in using the default login details (username: “admin” and password: “password”
respectively (without the “” quote marks!)

2) Navigate to the ViBE License menu and copy the license request key displayed there (as
shown below).

3) Copy and paste the Licence Request Key and raise a ticket at http://portal.vibesupport.com/
for a licence request. Paste this in the appropriate field within the support ticket and await a
reply.

4) In the reply you will receive a licence key. Copy the newly-created license key and paste this key
into the text box provided on the ViBE Licence page on the VMware Virtual Machine. Click on
‘Save changes’ and then ‘Apply changes’.

5) Verify that the license is loaded by going to the ‘ViBE > Status’ page of the GUI.

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Upgrading ViBE on the Virtual Machine

Check which version of firmware has been installed. Navigate to the Info page and look for the
following toward the bottom:

Version xxxxx-xxxxxxxx

Version export-xxxxx-xxxxxxxx

Navigate in a web browser to address below, register (if you haven’t already), and then once logged in click
the ViBE Firmware button.

http://portal.vibesupport.com

Select the correct firmware for your device and follow the instructions to upgrade.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ONLY SUPPORT THE LATEST VERSION OF OUR

FIRMWARE, AND WILL ASK YOU TO UPGRADE TO THE LATEST VERSION IF YOU
HAVEN’T ALREADY.

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