SDA vGateway installation

Connect vCenter to SDA content library

In vCenter you need to connect to the SDA content library which contains the templates for our virtual machines with vPLC runtimes.

Please follow the following guide for “subscribed content library”

Create a Library

Please get in touch with SDA to receive the URL and login credentials for the content library.

Install Virtual Gateway and connect to SDA Console

• Open vCenter and create a virtual machine from the virtual gateway template in the SDA content library (link to documentation of VMware: Deploy a Virtual Machine from an OVF Template in a Content Library).

• Start the VM and vCenter and wait until it received an IP address via DHCP.

• Now you can login via SSH. The username is “sda” and the default password you will receive separately from SDA.

  • Mac OS: The terminal command to connect via the ssh is ssh sda@<local IP>

  • Windows: You will need a third party tool such as Putty

• Once connected, execute the command sudo -i and enter the default password to execute the next commands you get from the SDA Console as root user

• Log in into the SDA Console and create a new virtual gateway. Use the plus icon next to “Devices” on the left side of the screen.

• You will be asked to provide the IP address and the login credentials for your local vCenter instance.

• In the Console, you will receive a command that you need to execute the on the virtual gateway instance. Copy & Paste the command from the Console to the VMware web console or your SSH terminal and press enter.

• To test the connection, navigate to the context menu of the virtual gateway in the SDA console and select “Configure”. Click on “Check connection” and wait for a green checkmark to appear.

Connect vPLC hosts/servers to SDA Console

All physical servers you want to use for running vPLCs need to be created as vPLC hosts in the SDA Console.

• Log into the SDA Console and create a new vPLC host under the corresponding virtual gateway. You can do this by using the context menu of the corresponding virtual gateway and choose “Add new Host”.

• The Console will ask you to provide the IP and login credentials for the local ESXi interface. These credentials are optional and only used as a fallback in case your vCenter instance cannot be reached. You can test the connection to ESXi by clicking on “Check connection” in the mask to create a vPLC host.

• When the vPLC host is created, the Console will automatically retrieve and show the information of all VMs running on this host.