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> **Note:** You can click the ellipsis (…) of the selected virtual appliance to view the installation and activation instructions.
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6. Click **Next**. The gateway profile is displayed:
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6. Click **Next**. The gateway profile is displayed.
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* Click the arrow to download the virtual appliance image in your environment.
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7. Click the arrow to download the virtual appliance image in your environment.
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* Follow the **INSTALLATION** instructions to install the gateway collector appliance as a virtual machine on the hypervisor. In our case example, our hypervisor is a VMware ESXi server. The OVA will install Ubuntu Linux Operating System in the virtual machine.
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**Summary of the installation steps:**
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a. Log in to vSphere.
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b. Deploy the OVF template on your ESXi server or cluster environment. Select the downloaded OVA file.
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c. Specify a unique name for the virtual machine and a location in your environment.
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d. Select a compute resource such as an ESXi cluster, ESXi host, or a Resource Pool for the virtual machine.
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e. Review the detailed information.
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f. Select a datastore for the virtual machine and use the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed disk format.
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g. Select a destination Network for the virtual machine.
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h. Verify the deployment settings and click FINISH to start creating the virtual machine in the hypervisor.
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i. Power on the virtual machine.
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Next, once the virtual machine is deployed and powered on, apply the **ACTIVATION** instructions to activate and register the gateway collector appliance on the virtual machine. The activation process takes a few minutes to complete installation of the Kubernetes cluster and activation of the gateway pods in the Kubernetes cluster.
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The activation process will instruct you to:
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a. Step 1 — Log in to the gateway collector appliance.
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b. Step 2 — Set the hostname for the gateway collector appliance and change the default password.
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c. Step 3 — Install the K3s Kubernetes cluster on the gateway collector appliance.
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d. Step 4 — Register the gateway collector appliance in the HPE OpsRamp platform.
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e. Step 5 — Click FINISH when the Activation is completed.
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8. Follow the **INSTALLATION** instructions to install the gateway collector appliance as a virtual machine on the hypervisor. In our case example, our hypervisor is a VMware ESXi server. The OVA will install Ubuntu Linux Operating System in the virtual machine. Summary of the installation steps:
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* Log in to vSphere.
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* Deploy the OVF template on your ESXi server or cluster environment. Select the downloaded OVA file.
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* Specify a unique name for the virtual machine and a location in your environment.
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* Select a compute resource such as an ESXi cluster, ESXi host, or a Resource Pool for the virtual machine.
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* Review the detailed information.
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* Select a datastore for the virtual machine and use the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed disk format.
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* Select a destination Network for the virtual machine.
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* Verify the deployment settings and click FINISH to start creating the virtual machine in the hypervisor.
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* Power on the virtual machine.
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9. Next, once the virtual machine is deployed and powered on, apply the **ACTIVATION** instructions to activate and register the gateway collector appliance on the virtual machine. The activation process takes a few minutes to complete installation of the Kubernetes cluster and activation of the gateway pods in the Kubernetes cluster. The activation process will instruct you to:
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* Step 1 — Log in to the gateway collector appliance.
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* Step 2 — Set the hostname for the gateway collector appliance and change the default password.
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* Step 3 — Install the K3s Kubernetes cluster on the gateway collector appliance.
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* Step 4 — Register the gateway collector appliance in the HPE OpsRamp platform.
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* Step 5 — Click FINISH when the Activation is completed.
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> **Important note:** If you want to assign **a static IP address** to the gateway appliance, refer to the [HPE OpsRamp NextGen gateway installation documentation](https://glp.docs.opsramp.com/platform-features/nextgen-gateways/installation-nextgen-gateway/iso-based-installation/#step-3-update-hostname-and-install-kubernetes). Follow these steps before installing the Kubernetes cluster (step 3 above) on the gateway collector appliance.
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