[V13] Software Appliance scripted installation, unattended installs

[leemurphy]

Hi

I have been playing with the VSA since Beta 1. I quite like the look and feel thus far but I would like to see a situation where it is possible to automate the deployment of the appliance via OVA. We are a partner and build managed deployments for customers and reducing the time to delivery would be ideal (I know the VSA delivery time is shorter than the old VBR).

But one thing I am hoping for in future is the ability to script the OVA installation using a tool (such ovftool cli or ansible or something). It would generally require being able to inject the values that currently need to get inputted on the console after OVA deployment

The key things that are set in the Console after OVA build are:

- Network info (IP, Mask, Gateway, DNS, etc.)
- veeamadmin credential
- veeamso credential (optional)

I think the block might be the MFA set up on the veeamadmin but I believe it should be possible to make that a "first login" requirement after the OVA is built. That's how it is for veeamso when you create a password for that account (and also lines up with how other portals like the Veeam Service Provider Console) might act when MFA is mandated

[Gostev]

Hi, Lee. We do have auto-deploy available for ISO, the proper public documentation is being created as we speak but this capability is already being used internally for our labs. Fun fact, it cuts down the VSA deployment time in half comparing to manual (7 min vs. 15 min).

@Egor Yakovlev is the creator and the man to bug for updates or submit related feature requests to.