VSphere Plug in

vSphere plug-in
QlikSense
3.0
Copyright1993-2016QlikTechInternationalAB.Allrightsreserved.
Copyright 1993-2016 QlikTech International AB. All rights reserved.

Qlik, QlikTech, Qlik Sense, QlikView, Sense and the Qlik logo are trademarks which have been
registered in multiple countries or otherwise used as trademarks by QlikTech International AB. Other
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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1vSphereplug-inconventions
Stylecoding
Environmentvariables
1.2Additionaldocumentation
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2 vSphere plug-in requirements
2.1QlikDeploymentConsole
2.2vSphereaccount
2.3vSphereoptions
3 Using the vSphere plug-in
3.1Creatingsites
Connectioninformation
Cloneinformation
Serviceinformation
Machinepoolinformation
3.2Addingnewnodes
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Cloneinformation
Serviceinformation
3.3Configuration
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4 vSphere object types
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4.1vSphereaccountobjecttype
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4.2vSphereserviceuserobjecttype
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vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0
1 Introduction
Introduction
ThisguidedescribestheVMwarevSphereplug-infortheQlikDeploymentConsole(QDC).
ThisdocumentisderivedfromtheonlinehelpforQlikSense.Itisintendedforthosewhowanttoreadparts
ofthehelpofflineorprintpageseasily,anddoesnotincludeanyadditionalinformationcomparedwiththe
onlinehelp.
Aplug-inisaZIPfilethatcontainsallDLLfilesneededtodeployQlikSensesitesinaspecificcloud
computingenvironment.
Aplug-intypicallyincludesfunctionalityfor:
l Configuringthecloudcomputingenvironmentandfetchingstatusinformationfromit
l Settingandgettingthenameandadescription
l Verifyingtheversionoftheenvironment
l Gettingdatafromtheenvironment
l Creatinganddeletingsitesandnodes
l Uploadingfiles
l Gettingnetworkinformationandhandlingcertificatesforcommunication
l SettingtheQlikSenselicense
l Scalingsitesandnodes
l Handlingerrorsandlogging
l Handlingupgrades
Plug-ins are developed outside of the Qlik Deployment Console (QDC).
1.1 vSphereplug-inconventions
ThefollowingconventionsareusedinthedescriptionoftheVMwarevSphereplug-in.
Stylecoding
l Menucommandsanddialogoptionsarewritteninbold.
l FilenamesandpathsarewritteninItalics.
l SamplecodeiswritteninLucida Console.
Environmentvariables
ThepathsusedinthedescriptionofthevSphereplug-inmayuseenvironmentvariables.Thevariablesand
theequivalentpathsintheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystemarelistedbelow.
1 Introduction
Environment variable
Microsoft Windows
%LocalAppData%
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local
%ProgramData%
C:\ProgramData
%ProgramFiles%
C:\Program Files
%UserProfile%
C:\Users\<username>
1.2 Additionaldocumentation
Besidesthisdocument,thefollowingdocumentationisavailablefortheVMwarevSphereplug-in:
l QlikDeploymentConsole(QDC):DescribeshowtodeployandmanageQlikSensesitesincloud
computingenvironmentsusingtheQlikDeploymentConsole(QDC).
l PlanQlikSensedeployments:DescribesQlikSenseandprovidesreferenceinformationonthe
architecture,security,logging,andlicensing.
vSphereplug-inrequirements
ThissectionliststherequirementsthatmustbefulfilledtosuccessfullyusetheVMwarevSphereplug-in.
2.1 QlikDeploymentConsole
TheQlikDeploymentConsole(QDC)mustbeinstalledonthetargetmachineandthefollowingitemsmust
beavailableandconfiguredintheQDC:
l QlikSensesetupfile
l QlikSenselicenseobject
l vSphereserviceuserobject
See:vSphere service user object type (page 15)
2.2 vSphereaccount
AvSphereaccountisneeded.
2.3 vSphereoptions
ThevSphereplug-inprovidesdifferentoptionswhenitcomestocreatingnodesinQlikSensesites,as
describedinthefollowingtable.
Option
Description
vSphere
Automaticallycloneanewmachineforeverynewnode
thatyoucreate.
environment
Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionwhenyouplanto
keepyournodeforalongerperiodoftime.
Requirements
l Theremustexista
useronthemachine
thatcanbeusedtorun
theQlikSense
services.
l TheWindowsUser
AccountControl
(UAC)mustbeturned
off.

Option
Description
Requirements
vSphere
MaketheQlikDeploymentConsole(QDC)picka
machinefromthemachinepool.Thismeansthatyoudo
nothavetowaitforthecloningtofinishwhencreatinga
newnode.
Thesamerequirementsas
above,butwiththefollowing
addition:
environment
(machine
pool)
Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionwhenyouwantto
setupatestserverorneedanewnodeasquicklyas
possible.
l Theharddrivefor
eachmachineinthe
poolmustbesettobe
independentandnonpersistent.
Do not use machines from the machine

pool for long-term deployments as the
machines are reset (that is, the Qlik Sense
installation is lost) when restarted.
UsingthevSphereplug-in
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheVMwarevSphereplug-inintheQlikDeploymentConsole(QDC).
3.1 Creatingsites
This procedure is used to create a new central node.
ProceedasfollowstocreateaQlikSensesitebasedontheVMwarevSphere(vSphere)plug-in:
1. SelectSitesintheleftpanel.
2. ClickCreate new sitetocreateanewsite.
3. SelectthevSphere environmentorvSphere environment (machine pool)plug-in.
Option
Description
vSphere
Automaticallycloneanewmachineforeverynew
nodethatyoucreate.
environment
Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionwhenyouplan
tokeepyournodeforalongerperiodoftime.
Requirements
l Theremustexista
useronthemachine
thatcanbeusedto
runtheQlikSense
services.
l TheWindowsUser
AccountControl
(UAC)mustbe
turnedoff.
vSphere
environment
(machine
pool)
machinefromthemachinepool.Thismeansthat
youdonothavetowaitforthecloningtofinish
whencreatinganewnode.
Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionwhenyouwant
tosetupatestserverorneedanewnodeasquickly
aspossible.
above,butwiththe
followingaddition:
l Theharddrivefor
eachmachineinthe
poolmustbesetto
beindependentand
non-persistent.
Do not use machines from the

machine pool for long-term
deployments as the machines are
reset (that is, the Qlik Sense
4. FillinthefieldsintheSite configurationsection.
ToreturntotheSitesview,click<.

5. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheremainingsections.
See:Connection information (page 9)
See:Clone information (page 9)
See:Service information (page 10)
See:Machine pool information (page 10)
6. Ifneeded,addadditionalnodestothesite:
a. ClickAdd nodetoaddanewnode.
b. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheNode configurationsection.
c. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheremainingsections.
7. ClickDeploy sitetoimplementanychanges.
Thedeploymentisinitiated.Fordetailsontheprogressofaspecificnode,selectthenodeandcheck
theDeployment progresssectioninthePropertiesarea.
Proceedasfollowstofillinthefields.
Account
SelectavSphereaccountobjectinthedrop-downlist.
ThisistheaccounttousewhenloggingintovSphere.
Ifthelistisempty,youneedtoaddanobject.
See:vSphere account object type (page 15)
Cloneinformation
This is only included when vSphere environment was selected in as plug-in.
Template
Selectthetemplatetocloneinthedrop-downlist.
Templatesallowyoutocreatemultiplevirtualmachineswiththesamecharacteristics,
suchasresourcesallocatedtoCPUandmemory,ortypeofvirtualhardware.

Selectafolderinthedrop-downlist.
Folder
ThefolderforthecentralnodeoftheQlikSensesite.
Customization
Selectthetypeofcustomizationinthedrop-downlist.
Thetypeofcustomizationforyournewnode.
Serviceinformation
Service user
Selectaserviceuserobjectinthedrop-downlist.
Theserviceuseris:
l CreatedonthemachinethatisclonedinvSphere
l ConfiguredtobeRootAdmininQlikSenseontheclonedmachine
This is only included when vSphere environment (machine pool) was selected as plug-in.
Machine pool
folder
Selectamachinepoolfolderinthedrop-downlist.
AfolderthatcontainsalreadyexistingvSpheremachines.
Time to wait
for a free
machine
Selecttheamountoftimetowaitforafreemachineinthedrop-downlist.
Ifthereisnomachineavailableinthemachinepoolbeforetheendoftheselectedtime
period,thesiteornodewillbeinanerrorstateandhavetobedeletedmanually.
See also:
p
Adding new nodes (page 10)
3.2 Addingnewnodes
ProceedasfollowstoaddanewnodeinaQlikSensesitebasedontheVMwarevSphere(vSphere)plug-in:
This procedure is used to add new nodes in an existing Qlik Sense site.
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1. SelectSitesintheleftpanel.
2. SelectaQlikSensesite.
3. ClickAdd nodetoaddanewnode.
ToreturntotheSitesview,click<.
4. SelectthevSphere environmentorvSphere environment (machine pool)plug-in.
Option
Description
vSphere
Automaticallycloneanewmachineforeverynew
nodethatyoucreate.
environment
Requirements
l Theremustexista
useronthemachine
thatcanbeusedto
runtheQlikSense
services.
Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionwhenyouplan
tokeepyournodeforalongerperiodoftime.
l TheWindowsUser
AccountControl
(UAC)mustbe
turnedoff.
vSphere
environment
(machine
pool)
machinefromthemachinepool.Thismeansthat
youdonothavetowaitforthecloningtofinish
whencreatinganewnode.
above,butwiththe
followingaddition:
Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionwhenyouwant
tosetupatestserverorneedanewnodeasquickly
aspossible.
l Theharddrivefor
eachmachineinthe
poolmustbesetto
beindependentand
non-persistent.
Do not use machines from the

machine pool for long-term
deployments as the machines are
reset (that is, the Qlik Sense
5. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheNode configurationsection.
6. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheremainingsections.
7. Ifyouwanttoaddanothernode,returntostep3.
8. Ifyouwanttocloneanode,selectanodeandthenclickClone:
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a. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheNode configurationsection.
b. Reviewand,ifneeded,editthefieldsintheremainingsections.
9. ClickDeploy sitetoimplementanychanges.
Thedeploymentisinitiated.Fordetailsontheprogressofaspecificnode,selectthenodeandcheck
theDeployment progresssectioninthePropertiesarea.
Account
SelectavSphereaccountobjectinthedrop-downlist.
See:vSphere account object type (page 15)
Cloneinformation
This is only included when vSphere environment was selected in as plug-in.
Template
Selectthetemplatetocloneinthedrop-downlist.
Folder
Selectafolderinthedrop-downlist.
ThefolderforthecentralnodeoftheQlikSensesite.
Customization
Selectthetypeofcustomizationinthedrop-downlist.
Thetypeofcustomizationforyournewnode.
Serviceinformation
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Service user
Selectaserviceuserobjectinthedrop-downlist.
Theserviceuseris:
This is only included when vSphere environment (machine pool) was selected as plug-in.
Machine pool
folder
Time to wait
for a free
machine
Selectamachinepoolfolderinthedrop-downlist.
Selecttheamountoftimetowaitforafreemachineinthedrop-downlist.
3.3 Configuration
Todisplaythenodeconfiguration,selectanodeintheSitedetailsview.TheConfigurationsectionis
displayedinthePropertiesarea.
UseUandStoshowandhideinformation.
Iftheselectednodeisacentralnode,thefirstfieldsareasfollows:
Site name
Thenameofthesite.
License
ThenameoftheQlikSenselicenseobjectused.
Iftheselectednodeisnotacentralnode,thefirstfieldsareasfollows:
Node
Thenameofthenode.
name
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Node
Thetypeofnode:
type
l Complete:AcompletenodethatincludesallQlikSenseservices.
l Proxy:AnodethatisusedtomanageQlikSenseauthentication,sessionhandling,
andloadbalancing.
l Engine:AnodethatprovidestheanalyticalpowerofQlikSense.
l Proxy&Engine:AnodethatisacombinationoftheProxyandEnginetypeslisted
above.
l Scheduler:AnodethatisusedtomanagescheduledreloadsofQlikSenseappsand
othertypesofreloadtriggering.
TherestofthefieldsareprovidedbytheVMwarevSphereplug-in.
Account
Template
This is only included when vSphere environment was selected in as

plug-in.
Service user
TheuserwhorunstheQlikSenseservices.
Machine pool
folder
This is only included when vSphere environment (machine pool) was
selected as plug-in.
Time to wait
for a free
machine
Thetimetowaitforafreemachine.
This is only included when vSphere environment (machine pool) was

selected as plug-in.
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4 vSphere object types
vSphereobjecttypes
Anobjectisusedtoholdacertaintypeofinformationrelatedtoaspecificplug-inorcloudcomputing
environment.
ThissectionprovidesinformationontheobjecttypesthatareprovidedbytheVMwarevSphereplug-in.
4.1 vSphereaccountobjecttype
TheVMwarevSphereplug-inprovidesthevSphereaccountobjecttypeintheQlikDeploymentConsole
(QDC).TheobjecttypeisusedtoholdvSphereaccesskeys.
ProceedasfollowstofillinthefieldsforavSphereaccountobject.
Name
EnteranameforthevSphereaccountobject.
vSphere URI
EntertheURIforthevSphereenvironment.
User name
EnterthenameoftheuserofthevSphereaccount.
Password
EnterthepasswordfortheuserofthevSphereaccount.
4.2 vSphereserviceuserobjecttype
TheVMwarevSphereplug-inprovidesthevSphereserviceuserobjecttypeintheQlikDeploymentConsole
(QDC).Theobjecttypeisusedtoholdserviceusers.
Theserviceuseris:
ProceedasfollowstofillinthefieldsforavSphereserviceuserobject.
User name
Enteranamefortheserviceuser.
Password
Enterapasswordfortheserviceuser.
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2 vSphere plug-in requirements

3 Using the vSphere plug-in

4 vSphere object types

vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0

Plug-ins are developed outside of the Qlik Deployment Console (QDC).

vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0

vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0

2 vSphere plug-in requirements

vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0

2 vSphere plug-in requirements

Do not use machines from the machine

vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0

3 Using the vSphere plug-in

Do not use machines from the

vSphere plug-in - Qlik Sense, 3.0

3 Using the vSphere plug-in

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3 Using the vSphere plug-in

Adding new nodes (page 10)

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Do not use machines from the

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3 Using the vSphere plug-in

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This is only included when vSphere environment was selected in as

This is only included when vSphere environment (machine pool) was

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4 vSphere object types

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