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Comment: Small note to clarify difference in examples.

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  1. Use ssh to log in on the license server instance (assuming that username/password login is possible for an on-premises VMware installation).
    # ssh <user>@<license-server-ip>
    where
    1. <user> is the user for interactive login associated with your license server system
    2. <license-server-ip> the ip address of your license server system
  2. Become the privileged user and run the esxi_bind program.
    1. Become the root user: # sudo -i
    2. Run the c2v program: # /opt/license-server/esxi_bind -a <address> -u <username> -p <password>
      where
      1. <address> is the IP address of the ESXi host or vCenter server
      2. <username> is a user with administrative rights on the ESXi host or vCenter server
      3. <password> is the password of the administrative user
  3. If the command is successful, it will create the file /opt/license-server/config.ini containing the connection data (the password is encrypted).

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