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Version: 2.18.1

Deployment

You can follow the steps below to complete the VMware deployment and setup, but please contact us if you have any questions or require more support.

  1. Login to your VMware ESXi console.

  2. In the virtual machines page in ESXi select Create / Register VM to open the new virtual machine window.

  3. Click Select creation type.

  4. Select Deploy a virtual machine from OVF or OVA file and click Next.

Step 1

  1. Click Select OVF and VMDK files.
  • Enter a name for your Glasswall Halo VM
  • Browse and select the Glasswall Halo v2 OVA provided by Glasswall. Enter an appropriate name for the virtual machine.

Step 2

  1. Click Select storage.
  • Select your storage type and datastore

Step 3

  1. Click Deployment options.
  • Select the appropriate settings for the network mappings and disk provisioning.
  • Uncheck Power on automatically

Step 4

  1. Click Finish and wait for the import to complete.

  2. For the best support and feature functionality it is suggested that the image be upgraded to the host client OS compatibility.

  • Select Upgrade VM compatibility under the Actions tab.
  • Select the appropriate minimum level of compatibility from the drop-down (in our example it is ESXi 6.7/8.0).

Note: this process might negatively impact the performance of other client systems on the host, so it might be best to perform it in less critical Windows.

  1. Please note the acknowledgement of potential performance impact and click Yes.

Step 5

Edit settings (virtual hardware)​

  1. Select Edit settings and from the Virtual hardware tab, modify:
  • VCPU to (minimum) 16
  • Memory to 32 GB RAM
  • Hard disk 1 to (minimum) 500 GB SSD/HD.

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Edit settings (VM options)​

12A. From the VM options tab, select General options to open the menu and adjust the server settings as needed.

Note: with the upgrade completed you can now select the correct guest operating system.

  • Select Linux as Guest OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64-bit) as the Guest OS Version.

12B. Click Save.

Step 7

Launch machine​

  1. Verify that the Compatibility, **CPU and Memory allocation are all correct.
  2. Power on and launch the virtual machine.
  3. Login with your provided credentials.

Password change​

  1. For security reasons, you must change the default password provided by Glasswall on your first login. After signing in with the shared credentials, set a new password for the virtual machine.

Note: your new password must be at least 15 characters long and include a combination of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Repeating characters are not permitted.

Network manager configuration​

Initiate Glasswall Halo services​

Note: if your network has a DHCP server, this step can be skipped as the RKE2 server will be started automatically by cloud-init.

  1. Execute the following command to launch Glasswall Halo:
sudo bash start_halo.sh
  1. Once the script has completed, confirm all the Glasswall Halo services and pods are running using the following command:
kubectl get pods

Access Glasswall Halo​

  1. Depending on your network configuration and/or domain configuration, you can now access Halo through the domain name and/or IP address assigned to your virtual machine.

  2. Run the following command to confirm network status:

sudo netstat -tlnp

Step 13

Step 14

Access Glasswall Swagger API endpoints​

Navigate to the following URL to access the Glasswall Halo API endpoints:

https://[your domain or ip]/swagger/index.html

Step 15

Note: don't forget to enter your own domain or IP address into the URL.

Validating deployment​

You are able to validate the deployment by using our API Health Check feature.

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