Deploy Lumu VA in VMware ESXi

Deploy Lumu VA in VMware ESXi

Lumu Virtual Appliance (VA) is a virtualized machine that provides you with all the elements required to collect network metadata to provide you with maximum visibility when it comes to identifying compromised network endpoints within your infrastructure. This guide provides instructions on configuring Lumu VA in VMware ESXi.

Requirements

To ensure the Lumu VA works correctly, you must use supported virtualization platforms’ versions. These are the minimum requirements and supported versions for deploying Lumu VA in VMware ESXi:

  1. VMware ESXi 5.5+.
Note: For deploying Lumu on a VMware Workstation, consult this document.

Virtual Appliance Setup

Now that you have created and downloaded a pre-configured image of Lumu Virtual Appliance for VMware, it is time to set up the VA.

Import the VA into the VMware

1. Log in to the VMware server administrator panel and in the Navigator pane, go to the Virtual Machines toolbar (1), then click Create/Register VM.

Creating a VM on ESXi Navigator pane Creating a VM on the ESXi Navigator pane

2. On the Select creation type tab, select the option “Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file”, then click Next.

Select creation type Select creation type

3. On the Select OVF and VMDK files tab (1), enter a name for the virtual machine, and select the Click to select files or drag/drop pane to upload the OVA file (3) you downloaded from the Lumu Portal.

Virtual machine names can contain up to 80 characters and must be unique within each ESXi instance.

Select the OVA file Select the OVA file

4. On the Select storage and Deployment options tab, define the parameters according to your organization’s needs.
Review our sizing guidelines to evaluate the virtual hardware requirements we recommend.

5. On the Ready to complete tab, review your settings, and then click Finish. If you need to adjust any settings you can click Back and review any settings.

Finish the VA import Finish the VA import

Initialize the Virtual Appliance

The initialization process consists of downloading the latest settings for the Virtual Appliance and performing pre-configuration tasks.

Before starting up the virtual machine, please make sure that the network where the Virtual Appliance operates is connected to the internet. The Virtual Appliance is an integrated device and needs an internet connection to pull its components as well as to upload the DNS resolution information to our cloud platform.
Select the newly created virtual machine, select the option to power on, and the machine will initialize.
VA start process on VMware ESXi VA start process on VMware ESXi

Activate and Configure the Virtual Appliance

Once you have installed the Lumu Virtual Appliance, you are ready to activate and explore the VA general settings. See Lumu VA configuration guide for guidance.

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