On-Prem Orchestrator - Download, Deploy, and Install

If you are installing Orchestrator on-prem, follow the steps in this topic.

You can install Orchestrator for the first time from:

• An email sent by HPE Aruba Networking SD-WAN

• The Silver Peak support portal

NOTE: If you are building a new Orchestrator, download and deploy the latest OVA file.

Download the Orchestrator Package

1. Do one of the following:

   • From the email you received from HPE Aruba Networking SD-WAN (previously Silver Peak), select the link to install Orchestrator. The HPE Aruba Networking SD-WAN (previously Silver Peak) website displays.

   • In your browser URL, enter https://www.silver-peak.com/support/customer-login or https://networkingsupport.hpe.com/home

2. Sign in and click Download Software. Save the software to your local machine.

3. Select Download Software.

   NOTE: Orchestrator release 9.1.10, 9.2.10, 9.3.4, and 9.4.2 are built on Rocky Linux. Select one of these releases to ensure you continue to receive security patches for the underlying Linux OS. Other releases of Orchestrator are built on CentOS. CentOS will no longer receive security updates or patches after June 30, 2024.

4. Select the SD-WAN Orchestrator file for your appropriate hypervisor. SD-WAN Orchestrator supports the following hypervisors:

   • VMware (OVA)

   • Microsoft Hyper-V (VTDX)

   • Citrix XenServer (XVA)

   • KVM (QCOW2)

5. Select Initial Installation Packages.

6. Select Orchestrator (GMS).

7. Select GA (General Availability).

   NOTE: The following steps use VMware (OVA) as an example. The process for the hypervisor you select will be similar.

8. Select the recommended release number to download one of the following OVA files.

   • Orchestrator-release#.#.#-sha256.ova

   • Orchestrator-release#.#.#.ova (This file uses SHA1 checksum. ESXi server versions before 6.5.0 do not support OVF/OVA files with a SHA256 hash.)

9. Save the OVA file in a location where you can import it into your hypervisor environment. Once the OVA file for SD-WAN Orchestrator has been downloaded, it is ready to be deployed using the hypervisor.

10. After the VM is created from the OVA, verify that the underlying OS is Rocky Linux 9.

    1. SSH into the VM as admin.

    2. Enter the following command:

       [admin@orchestrator ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release

    3. Confirm the following:

       Rocky Linux release 9.3 (Blue Onyx)

    4. If your underlying OS is not Rocky Linux 9, migrate to Rocky Linux now. Click here for detailed instructions on migrating your underlying OS to Rocky Linux.

NOTE: When you deploy the OVA file, use the Orchestrator/GUI username and password to log into the Orchestrator. To open the Orchestrator GUI, navigate to a browser and enter HTTPS:// followed by the IP address of the Orchestrator. You will use a different username and password to SSH into the VM to access the Orchestrator CLI.

Deploy Orchestrator Using a Hypervisor

After downloading the Orchestrator virtual appliance, you can deploy the SD-WAN Orchestrator appliance using the hypervisor of your choice. The guides in the Deployment Guides section of the HPE Aruba Networking SD-WAN website can help with this process.

Install On-Prem Orchestrator

If you are installing and configuring on-prem Orchestrator for the first time, SD-WAN Orchestrator versions 8.6.1 and later have a utility option that will walk you through the following configuration steps:

• Configure:

  • NTP settings

  • Time and date

  • Orchestrator hostname

  • Orchestrator IP address, netmask, and gateway DNS servers

• Apply and run security patches

NOTE: You can configure these options in the CLI or configure some of these options in a GUI.

NOTE: If you want to set up Orchestrator as a Stats Collector, see Stats Collector Configuration in the Orchestrator User Guide.

Continue to Configure Orchestrator.

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