Pulse On Premises Installation - Server Nodes

1 Deploy Server Node

2 Power On & Complete Server Node VM Configuration

3 Login to Pulse IoT Center

4 (Optional) Deploy Remaining Server Nodes

1A Select Actions\Deploy OVF Template…

2A Enable Local file radial button and select IoTC_VA-2.0.0…449_OVF10.ova

2B Click NEXT

3A Specify Virtual machine name

3B Click NEXT

4A Select destination

4B Click NEXT

5A Review details and click NEXT

6A Select storage

6B Click NEXT

7A Select networks options

7B Click NEXT

8A Enter root password/confirm

8B Enter Pulse IoTC Hostname (FQDN)

8C Enter Admin password/confirm

8D Scroll Down

9A Enter Join Pulse Instance value only if deploying Server Node 2 or 3 (this is NOT the Load Balancer Node 1 that you previously deployed. This only applies to Server Nodes 2 and 3, where you would specify Server Node 1 as this value)

9B Enter Default Gateway

9C Enter Domain Name

9D Enter Domain Search Path

9F Scroll Down

10A Enter Domain Name Servers

10B Enter Network 1 IP Address

10C Enter Network 1 Netmask

10D Click NEXT

11A Review Details and Click FINISH

1A Power\Power On Virtual Machine

2A Validate IP Assignment

3A (Optional) Ping Test

4A Connect to Pulse Management Interface and complete the Configuration (https://[host or ip]:8443)

4B Enter Username (nodeadmin) and Password (utilizing the password you specified during ova import)

4C Click LOGIN

5A Scroll down, Accept License Agreement then click NEXT

6A Select Role: Pulse IoT Center Server Node

6B Click NEXT

7A Enter License Key (this step can be skipped with License Key entered post-deployment)

7B Click NEXT

8A Enter Frontend Load Balancer (FQDN or IP)

8B Enter First Organization Name

8C Enter Console Username

8D Enter Console Password

8E Enter Console User Email ID

8F Click NEXT

9A (Optional) Enable Skip STMP configuration (to receive welcome email and alert notifications, you must enter SMTP details)

9B Enter SMTP Hostname

9C Enter SMTP Port

9D Enter SMTP Username

9E Enter SMTP Password

9F Click NEXT

10A Review Settings then click LAUNCH NODE

11A Monitor while Deployment is in Progress… (this can take several minutes to complete aka Coffee Break)

12A After Deployment Successfully completed, scroll down and verify that all Services are reporting ACTIVE

13A Select Dashboard

13B Note that we can see a visual representation of the Load Balancer node/role that we just deployed in the Topology image

1A Navigate to Pulse IoT Center login URL by FQDN or IP (this is your Load Balancer address) [https://fqdn-or-ip]

1B Enter Username/Password (utilizing the values you specified above)

1C Click NEXT

2A Validate Successful Login

1 Repeat Step 1 Deploy Server Node for each remaining Server Node utilizing unique values for each Server (name/ip/etc.) and Power On these Nodes

2 You do not need to complete the post deployment configuration steps for Server Nodes 2 and 3

3 After the remaining Pulse Server Nodes are online you can confirm their presence via one of the Server Nodes :8443 (admin interface):

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