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 Aruba 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 Aruba SD-WAN (previously Silver Peak), select the link to install Orchestrator. The Aruba SD-WAN (previously Silver Peak) website displays.

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

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

3. Select Download Software.

4. Select the Aruba Orchestrator file for your appropriate hypervisor. Aruba Orchestrator supports the following hypervisors:

   • VMware

   • Microsoft Hyper-V

   • Citrix XenServer

   • KVM

5. Select Initial Installation Packages.

6. Select Orchestrator (GMS).

7. Select GA (General Availability).

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 Aruba Orchestrator has been downloaded, it is ready to be deployed using the hypervisor.

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 Aruba Orchestrator appliance using the hypervisor of your choice. The guides in the Deployment Guides section of the Aruba 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, Aruba 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.

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