Running the Bash script

You can use the deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh Bash script and the deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini configuration file you modified to automate the deployment of StorageGRID Webscale grid nodes in VMware vSphere.

Before you begin

You have created a deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini configuration file for your environment.

About this task

You can use the help available with the Bash script by entering the help commands (-h/--help). For example:

./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh -h

./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh --help

Steps

Log in to the Linux machine you are using to run the Bash script.
Change to the directory where you extracted the installation archive.
For example:
```
cd StorageGRID-Webscale-version/vsphere
```
To deploy all grid nodes, run the Bash script with the appropriate options for your environment.
For example:
```
./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh --username=user --password=pwd ./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini
```
If a grid node failed to deploy because of an error, resolve the error and rerun the Bash script for only that node.
For example:
```
./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh --username=user --password=pwd --single-node="DC1-S3" ./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini
```

Result

The deployment is complete when the status for each node is "Passed."

Deployment Summary
+-----------------------------+----------+----------------------+
| node                        | attempts | status               |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------------------+
| DC1-ADM1                    |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-G1                      |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-S1                      |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-S2                      |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-S3                      |        1 | Passed               |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------------------+