{
    "__version": "2.13.0",
    "__comments": [
        "Sample template to deploy a vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller on a vCenter Server instance.",
        "Starting with vSphere 6.7, VMware announced a simplified vCenter Single Sign-On domain architecture by enabling vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode support for vCenter Server Appliance installations with an embedded Platform Services Controller.",
        "You can use the vCenter Server converge utility to change the deployment topology from an external Platform Services Controller to an embedded Platform Services Controller with support for vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode.",
        "As of this release, the external Platform Services Controller architecture is deprecated and will not be available in future releases. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/60229 "
        ],
    "new_vcsa": {
        "vc": {
            "__comments": [
                "'datacenter' must end with a datacenter name, and only with a datacenter name. ",
                "'target' must end with an ESXi hostname, a cluster name, or a resource pool name. ",
                "The item 'Resources' must precede the resource pool name. ",
                "All names are case-sensitive. ",
                "For details and examples, refer to template help, i.e. vcsa-deploy {install|upgrade|migrate} --template-help"
            ],
            "hostname": "<FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server instance>",
            "username": "<The user name of a user with administrative privileges or the Single Sign-On administrator on vCenter.>",
            "password": "<The password of a user with administrative privileges or the Single Sign-On administrator on vCenter. If left blank, or omitted, you will be prompted to enter it at the command console during template verification.>",
            "deployment_network": "VM Network",
            "datacenter": [
                "Folder 1 (parent of Folder 2)",
                "Folder 2 (parent of Your Datacenter)",
                "Your Datacenter"
            ],
            "datastore": "<A specific datastore accessible to the ESXi host or DRS cluster in the 'target' path.>",
            "target": [
                "Folder A (parent of Folder B)",
                "Folder B (parent of Your ESXi Host, or Cluster)",
                "Your ESXi Host, or Cluster"
            ]
        },
        "appliance": {
            "__comments": [
                "You must provide the 'deployment_option' key with a value, which will affect the VCSA's configuration parameters, such as the VCSA's number of vCPUs, the memory size, the storage size, and the maximum numbers of ESXi hosts and VMs which can be managed. For a list of acceptable values, run the supported deployment sizes help, i.e. vcsa-deploy --supported-deployment-sizes"
            ],
            "thin_disk_mode": true,
            "deployment_option": "management-small",
            "name": "vCenter-Server-Appliance"
        },
        "network": {
            "ip_family": "ipv4",
            "mode": "static",
            "ip": "<Static IP address. Remove this if using dhcp.>",
            "dns_servers": [
                "<DNS Server IP Address. Remove this if using dhcp.>"
            ],
            "prefix": "<Network prefix length. Use only when the mode is 'static'. Remove if the mode is 'dhcp'. This is the number of bits set in the subnet mask; for instance, if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, there are 24 bits in the binary version of the subnet mask, so the prefix length is 24. If used, the values must be in the inclusive range of 0 to 32 for IPv4 and 0 to 128 for IPv6.>",
            "gateway": "<Gateway IP address. Remove this if using dhcp.>",
            "system_name": "<FQDN or IP address for the appliance. Remove this if using dhcp.>"
        },
        "os": {
            "password": "<Appliance root password; refer to --template-help for password policy. If left blank, or omitted, you will be prompted to enter it at the command console during template verification.>",
            "ntp_servers": "time.nist.gov",
            "ssh_enable": false
        },
        "sso": {
            "password": "<vCenter Single Sign-On administrator password; refer to --template-help for password policy. If left blank, or omitted, you will be prompted to enter it at the command console during template verification.>",
            "domain_name": "vsphere.local",
            "platform_services_controller": "<System name of the Platform Services Controller>",
            "sso_port": 443
        }
    }
}