Deploy ECA Vault Agent on Hyper-V

ECA Vault Agent Hyper-V Installation Guide

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The ECA Vault Agent appliance uses 2 disks:

• OS disk: 32 GB (default disk)
• Data disk: 120 GB (see instructions below to create)

Create ECA Vault Agent Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Deploy the Virtual Machine

1. Download the ECA Vault Agent Hyper-V vhdx file from the Superna Support Portal.
2. Deploy a new Virtual Machine.
3. Enter a Name for the VM.
4. Select Generation 1.
5. Set Startup memory to 24576 MB (24 GB).
6. Select a Network Adapter.
7. Select Use an existing Virtual Hard disk and browse to the downloaded ECA Vault Agent vhdx file.
8. Complete the Wizard.

Configure ECA Vault Agent Data Disk

After deploying the VM:

1. Right-click the new VM and select Settings.
2. From IDE Controller 0, select Hard Drive and click Add.
3. Click New.
4. For Disk Format, select VHDX.
5. For Disk Type, select Fixed size.
6. Enter a Name for the data disk.
7. Create a new blank virtual hard disk: 120 GB.
8. Complete the data disk Wizard.

Configure the ECA Vault Agent

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Default Credentials

• SSH username: ecadmin
• SSH password: 3y3gl4ss

Configure the ECA Vault Agent Node

1. Power up the VM and wait 5-10 minutes to allow the Superna on-boot script to run.

2. Monitor the boot log to ensure the script completes:

   tail -f /var/log/superna-on-boot.log

   Wait for the script to finish, then press Ctrl+C to return to the command prompt.

3. Run the Hyper-V setup command:

   sudo spy-hyperv-setup

4. When prompted, enter the ecadmin user password (default password is: 3y3gl4ss) and provide the following network details:

   • IP Address
   • Netmask
   • Gateway
   • Hostname
   • DNS
   • NTP

5. When prompted whether this is the master node, enter y to complete the node setup.

6. Provide the cluster name using only lowercase alphabets (no numbers or special characters).

7. When the prompt asks for additional node IPs, exit by using Ctrl+C.

8. Wait for the setup to complete. You will see a setup complete message.