NSX-T Edge join NSX-T Management Plane

Author: William Lam

powershell/edge-auto-join-nsxt-management-plane.ps1

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+# Author: William Lam
+# Website: www.virtuallyghetto.com
+
+$NSXTEdgeOVA = "C:\Users\william\Desktop\Project-Pacific\nsx-edge-3.0.0.0.0.15946012.ova"
+
+# vCenter Server used to deploy NSX-T Edge
+$VMCluster = "Cluster-01"
+$VMNetwork = "SJC-CORP-NESTED-1736"
+$VMDatastore = "vsanDatastore"
+$VMNetmask = "255.255.255.0"
+$VMGateway = "172.17.36.253"
+$VMDNS = "172.17.31.5"
+$VMNTP = "pool.ntp.org"
+$VMDomain = "cpbu.corp"
+
+# NSX-T Manager to add Edge to
+$NSXTMgrIPAddress = "172.17.36.14"
+$NSXTMgrUsername = "admin"
+$NSXTMgrPassword = "VMware1!VMware1!"
+
+# NSX-T Edge Configuration
+$NSXTEdgeDeploymentSize = "medium"
+$NSXTEdgevCPU = "8" #override default size
+$NSXTEdgevMEM = "32" #override default size
+$NSXTEdgeHostnameToIPs = @{
+    "pacific-nsx-edge-2a" = "172.17.36.15"
+}
+
+$NSXRootPassword = "VMware1!VMware1!"
+$NSXAdminUsername = "admin"
+$NSXAdminPassword = "VMware1!VMware1!"
+$NSXAuditUsername = "audit"
+$NSXAuditPassword = "VMware1!VMware1!"
+$NSXSSHEnable = "false"
+$NSXEnableRootLogin = "true"
+$NSXVTEPNetwork = "Pacific-VTEP"
+
+$cluster = Get-Cluster $VMCluster
+$datastore = Get-Datastore $VMDatastore
+$vmhost = $cluster | Get-VMHost | Get-Random
+
+Write-Host "Connecting to NSX-T Manager ..."
+if(!(Connect-NsxtServer -Server $NSXTMgrIPAddress -Username $NSXTMgrUsername -Password $NSXTMgrPassword -WarningAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Unable to connect to NSX-T Manager, please check the deployment"
+    exit
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Successfully logged into NSX-T Manager $NSXTMgrHostname ..."
+}
+
+# Retrieve NSX Manager Thumbprint which will be needed later
+Write-Host "Retrieving NSX Manager Thumbprint ..."
+$nsxMgrID = ((Get-NsxtService -Name "com.vmware.nsx.cluster.nodes").list().results | where {$_.manager_role -ne $null}).id
+$nsxMgrCertThumbprint = (Get-NsxtService -Name "com.vmware.nsx.cluster.nodes").get($nsxMgrID).manager_role.api_listen_addr.certificate_sha256_thumbprint
+
+Write-Host "Disconnecting from NSX-T Manager ..."
+Disconnect-NsxtServer -Confirm:$false
+
+# Deploy Edges
+$nsxEdgeOvfConfig = Get-OvfConfiguration $NSXTEdgeOVA
+$NSXTEdgeHostnameToIPs.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object -Property Value | Foreach-Object {
+    $VMName = $_.Key
+    $VMIPAddress = $_.Value
+    $VMHostname = "$VMName" + "@" + $VMDomain
+
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.DeploymentOption.Value = $NSXTEdgeDeploymentSize
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.NetworkMapping.Network_0.value = $VMNetwork
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.NetworkMapping.Network_1.value = $NSXVTEPNetwork
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.NetworkMapping.Network_2.value = $VMNetwork
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.NetworkMapping.Network_3.value = $VMNetwork
+
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_hostname.Value = $VMHostname
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_ip_0.Value = $VMIPAddress
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_netmask_0.Value = $VMNetmask
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_gateway_0.Value = $VMGateway
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_dns1_0.Value = $VMDNS
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_domain_0.Value = $VMDomain
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_ntp_0.Value = $VMNTP
+
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.mpUser.Value = $NSXTMgrUsername
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.mpPassword.Value = $NSXTMgrPassword
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.mpIp.Value = $NSXTMgrIPAddress
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.mpThumbprint.Value = $nsxMgrCertThumbprint
+
+    if($NSXSSHEnable -eq "true") {
+        $NSXSSHEnableVar = $true
+    } else {
+        $NSXSSHEnableVar = $false
+    }
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_isSSHEnabled.Value = $NSXSSHEnableVar
+    if($NSXEnableRootLogin -eq "true") {
+        $NSXRootPasswordVar = $true
+    } else {
+        $NSXRootPasswordVar = $false
+    }
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_allowSSHRootLogin.Value = $NSXRootPasswordVar
+
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_passwd_0.Value = $NSXRootPassword
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_cli_username.Value = $NSXAdminUsername
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_cli_passwd_0.Value = $NSXAdminPassword
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_cli_audit_username.Value = $NSXAuditUsername
+    $nsxEdgeOvfConfig.Common.nsx_cli_audit_passwd_0.Value = $NSXAuditPassword
+
+    Write-Host "Deploying NSX Edge VM $VMName ..."
+    $nsxedge_vm = Import-VApp -Source $NSXTEdgeOVA -OvfConfiguration $nsxEdgeOvfConfig -Name $VMName -Location $cluster -VMHost $vmhost -Datastore $datastore -DiskStorageFormat thin
+
+    Write-Host "Updating vCPU Count to $NSXTEdgevCPU & vMEM to $NSXTEdgevMEM GB ..."
+    Set-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $nsxedge_vm -NumCpu $NSXTEdgevCPU -MemoryGB $NSXTEdgevMEM -Confirm:$false
+
+    Write-Host "Powering On $VMName ..."
+    $nsxedge_vm | Start-Vm -RunAsync | Out-Null
+}
+