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Importing the virtual appliance

Importing virtual appliances depends on the virtualization environment used. This documentation describes importing for VMware, which uses virtual appliances in OVA format, and Hyper-V, which uses complete virtual appliances (labeled VHDX on the Marketplace).

  1. Log in to the VMware console with an account that has the right to deploy a new OVF.
  2. Start importing the OVF:
  3. Select the virtual appliance to import:
  4. Name and place the new virtual machine:
  5. Assign the VM to a hypervisor or cluster:
  6. Validate the template details:
  7. Select storage:
  8. Link the machine's network to one of the available networks:
  9. Check and then validate all settings to launch the import process:
  1. Unzip the virtual appliance and place the unzipped files in a folder or file share accessible from the Hyper-V host or cluster.
  2. From a Hyper-V management console, start by importing a new machine:
  3. Then select the folder where the virtual appliance was unzipped:
  4. Finally, select the third option to import the machine by copying it:

After importing the first PostgreSQL virtual cluster appliance, repeat the operation twice more to have a total of three PostgreSQL nodes.

Then continue with the cluster installation: Installing the PostgreSQL cluster