Supported VMware Cloud Director Server Operating Systems
- CentOS 6
- CentOS 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Supported AMQP Servers
VMware Cloud Director uses AMQP to provide the message bus used by extension services, object extensions, and notifications. This release of VMware Cloud Director requires RabbitMQ version 3.7.9 and 3.8.2
For more information, see the VMware Cloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide.
Supported Databases for Storing Historic Metric Data
You can configure your VMware Cloud Director installation to store metrics that VMware Cloud Director collects about virtual machine performance and resource consumption. Data for historic metrics is stored in a Cassandra database. VMware Cloud Director supports Cassandra versions 3.x.
For more information, see the VMware Cloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide.
Disk Space Requirements
Each VMware Cloud Director server requires approximately 2100MB of free space for the installation and log files.
Memory Requirements
Please consult VMware Cloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide for memory requirements
CPU Requirements
VMware Cloud Director is a CPU-bound application. CPU over-commitment guidelines for the appropriate version of vSphere should be followed. In virtualized environments, regardless of the number of cores available to VMware Cloud Director, there must be a sensible vCPU to physical CPU ratio, that does not result in extreme over-committing.
Required Linux Software Packages
Each VMware Cloud Director server must include installations of several common Linux software packages. These packages are typically installed by default with the operating system software. If any of the packages are missing, the installer fails with a diagnostic message.
| alsa-lib bash chkconfig coreutils findutils glibc grep initscripts krb5-libs libgcc | libICE libSM libstdc++ libX11 libXau libXdmcp libXext libXi libXt libXtst | module-init-tools net-tools pciutils procps redhat-lsb sed tar wget which |
In addition to the installer required packages, several procedures for configuring the network connections and creating SSL certificates require the use of the Linux nslookup command, which is available in the Linux bind-utils package.
Supported LDAP Servers
You can import users and groups to VMware Cloud Director from the following LDAP services.
| Platform | LDAP Service | Authentication Methods |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2012 | Active Directory | Simple, Simple SSL |
| Windows Server 2016 | Active Directory | Simple, Simple SSL |
| Linux | OpenLDAP | Simple, Simple SSL |
Supported Security Protocols and Cipher Suites
VMware Cloud Director requires the client connections to be secure. SSL version 3 and TLS version 1.0 and 1.1 have been found to have serious security vulnerabilities and are no longer included in the default set of protocols that the server offers to use when making a client connection. System administrators can enable more protocols and cipher suites. See the Cell Management Tool section in the VMware Cloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide. The following security protocols are supported:
- TLS version 1.2
- TLS version 1.1 (disabled by default)
- TLS version 1.0 (disabled by default)
Supported cipher suites enabled by default:
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
System administrators can use the cell management tool to explicitly enable other supported cipher suites that are disabled by default.
Note: Interoperation with releases of vCenter Server earlier than 5.5-update-3e and versions of ovftool earlier than 4.2 require VMware Cloud Director to support TLS version 1.0. You can use the cell management tool to reconfigure the set of supported SSL protocols or ciphers. See the Cell Management Tool section in the VMware Cloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide.
Supported Browsers
VMware Cloud Director is compatible with the current major and previous major release of the following browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Supported Guest Operating Systems and Virtual Hardware Versions
VMware Cloud Director supports all guest operating systems and virtual hardware versions supported by the ESXi hosts that back each resource pool.
VMware Cloud Director WebMKS 2.1.1
The VMware Cloud Director WebMKS 2.1.1 console adds support for:
- the PrintScreen key in Google Chrome and in Mozilla Firefox for Windows.
- the Windows key in Windows and macOS. To simulate pressing the Windows key, press Ctrl+Windows in Windows OS, or Ctrl+Command in macOS.
- Automatic keyboard layout detection in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Compatibility Matrix
See the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes for current information about:
- VMware Cloud Director interoperability with other VMware platforms
- Supported VMware Cloud Director databases
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