Deployment of a single node VMware Workspace One Access Manager solution, which will be act as an identity management solution.
Prerequisites
Please go through the technical documentation from VMware concerning the requirements. As of this deployment, I will be going with minimum specifications.
Supported vSphere and ESX Versions (8, 7, 6.7, 6.5)
DNS record and IP address
Active Directory (22.09.1.0 version has support for Active Directory on Windows Server 2022)
Firewall configurations
Certificates
Official VMware links
Deployment Steps
Download the Workspace One Access OVA from the VMware site
Download link below
Log in to the vSphere web console Right-click on the Cluster Deploy OVF template
Select Local file Click upload files Select the downloaded Workspace One OVF template Click Next
Name the Virtual Machine Select the location Click Next
Select the compute cluster Click Next
Review details and click next
Accept the license agreements and click next
Select the choice of the deployment configuration Click Next
Select storage and click next
Select Network and Click Next
On the Customize template below options need to be filled
Time zone Host Name (FQDN) Default Gateway Domain Name (Optional) Domain Search Path (Optional) DNS IP Address Netmask Click Next
Review the selections and then click finish
Monitor for the import OVF deployment status. Post successful deployment, power on the Workspace one manager node Open the Virtual Machine console to monitor the boot process and allow 5-15 minutes for the Workspace one manager node to load-up
Post successful startup,
Let’s access the Workspace One Access Manager initial configuration page. On a Browser, access https://FQDN:8443 (Ignore the certificate warning) Click advance for the “Your connection is not private” screen. Click “Proceed to node FQDN(unsafe)
Workspace ONE Access configuration
This concludes the deployment. I ll be creating another post soon for configuring the VMware Workspace One Access (22.09.1.0) node.
Regards
Santosh