Installing Edge on ESXi

About this task

This procedure assumes VMware ESXi is installed on a blade server and the VMware vCenter Server version is 6.0 or later.
If you access the Internet through a corporate proxy server, please review the tutorial Define network proxy settings.
Note: It is recommended that non-production images are deployed only in a contained development environment.

Procedure

  1. Download and extract the Edge OS files.
  2. Login to the vCenter Server UI, or ESXi client UI.
  3. Select Actions > Deploy OVA Template.
  4. Click Browse to locate the extracted Edge OS file on your computer. Click Next.
  5. Enter a Name for the OVF. Select the datacenter and folder for deployment from the list. Click Next.
  6. In Select Resource*, select the host that will run the deployed template. Click Next.
  7. Review the template details. Click Next.
  8. Make the following selections, using the guideline values in the table where applicable. Click Next when finished.
    Table 1. Minimum and Recommended Virtual Machine Settings
    Setting Minimum Recommended
    Processors/CPUs 1 2
    RAM 1 GB 4 GB
    Hard disk/disk space 8 GB 20 GB*
    * Certain applications will require more than the recommended 20GB, particularly Historian for Linux on Edge. If you are using this application, please consult the Historian requirements for the disk space recommendation for your tag volume.
    1. Select virtual disk format
    2. VM storage policy
    3. Datastores
  9. Select the destination network. Click Next.
  10. Enter the network details for the deployment. Click Next.
    Note: Avoid changing the hardware compatibility level.
    The default IP addresses for the VM's first interface are as follows:
    • VM running Edge OS 2.7.0: 169.254.0.2/16
    • VM running Edge OS 2.6.0 and earlier: DHCP
  11. Review the configuration data for the template. Click Finish. The template is built, which will take a few minutes. You can view the status in the Recent Tasks view.
  12. Once the Edge OS is created, click Open Console to launch the console for Edge OS.
  13. For the developer (testing) version of Edge, enter the following credentials:
    1. user: root
    2. password: root (not required for version 2.10.0 or later)