New to Nutanix - how to install on Red Hat clones?

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Hello community. I am new to Nutanix, we just got a 3-node POC to evaluate a move off of VMware.

Regarding Nutanix tools, it appears unlike VMware which the clone from template will keep a functional tools, Nutanix does not work that way. You have to install Nutanix tools after the clone or during the deployment. Is there a good KB or blog on this? We are very well versed in Red Had. We use Ansible and Satellite for our Red Hat management. I found a gzip for the Tools you can install, but how do you get it registered to the cluster? Is there a json file or something that we need to include in our clone that has the cluster ip, etc. Any help to get me started on this is appreciated. I will need to tackle Windows later, but I am not versed in Windows very well.

Thank you!

ktelep · Accepted Answer

See if you have access to this article:https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v6_10:mul-ngt-bulk-install-linux-t.html

ktelep · Answer

For deploying tools, talk to your SE to get the official tools distribution to use during your POC for both windows and Linux clients. Just a note you do not need guest tools if you’re just looking for virtio drivers on Linux, they’re baked into the kernel.

If you are using ansible you can use the Nutanix.ncp plugins available in ansible-galaxy to have Prism Central register the installed tools, or do it via direct API call.

Check out Nutanix.dev for details around the API and ansible examples.

I’m traveling this week but can probably knock together a post, your SE should also be able to get you access to the official documentation on how to handle guest tools.

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