vCenter Appliance without Domain

[aaAliRazaaa]

Is it possible to deploy vCenter Appliance without having a Active directory domain network and DNS? 

 

[Scott Vessey]

Your post needs moving, so I have reported it.

 

[a_p_]

Deploying the vCSA may work, if you enter the vCSA's IP address rather than a hostname as the FQDN in the installation wizard. This way the installation will not try to resolve the hostname.

André

[Ajay Achary]

AD is not mandate but DNS is a requirement >>https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vcenter.install.doc/GUID-24D34C53-B00E-47B7-92A7-6B0155DF6889.html

[Digory34]

Active Directoy is not mandatory and for DNS, this is a requirement but using IP instead of FQDN should work,  this link should be already accurate :

Is a DNS server still required when using a Static IP for VCSA? (williamlam.com)

Used IP for the FQDN, you can replace it when you will set a DNS server using the VAMI console later.

The only issue is that when you will renew your certificate, you can have some issue.

[ptarnawski]

Here is a great post by William Lan:

 

https://williamlam.com/2021/10/can-you-really-deploy-the-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa-without-dns-and-ntp.html

 

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Is it possible to deploy vCenter Appliance without having a Active directory domain network and DNS? 

 

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The simple answer is Yes. Now, you might be wondering why anyone would want to put themselves through the pain without setting up proper DNS and NTP?