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- 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- <user> is the user for interactive login associated with your license server system
- <license-server-ip> the ip address of your license server system
- Become the privileged user and run the esxi_bind program.
- Become the root user:
# sudo -i
- Run the esxi_bind program:
# /opt/license-server/esxi_bind -a <address> -u <username> -p <password>
where- <address> is the IP address of the ESXi host or vCenter Server
- <username> is a user with administrative rights on the ESXi host or vCenter Server. Make sure the user has at least the following permissions:
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- Become the root user:
- 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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