You deploy Filr, then Filrsearch, and finally MySQL. Then you configure them in reverse order, ending with Filr.
For details, including screen shots, see Large Deployment: Deploying and Configuring
in the Filr 1.0.1 Hands-on Guide for Windows.
In a location that is accessible from the vSphere client, unzip the three files that you downloaded in Downloading Filr Software.
Using the vSphere client, attach to the VMware ESX server, click , then select the Filr > .ovf file and proceed through the dialogs until the appliance is deployed.
Edit the virtual machine settings and add a 100 GB second disk to the appliance.
Power on the virtual machine. When prompted accept the license, then fill in the required password and IP/network information and accept the defaults until you see a terminal screen with a message that the system is ready for appliance configuration.
Deploy the Filrsearch appliance in the same way, adding a 25 GB second disk, and entering the IP addresses and settings you identified for the search appliance.
Deploy the MySQL appliance in the same way, adding a 100 GB second disk, and entering the IP addresses and settings you identified for the MySQL appliance.
Configure the MySQL appliance by launching a management browser and entering the following URL:
https://MySQL-appliance-ip-address:9443
Click the phpMyAdmin icon, type root and root, then click .
Add a database user named filr for the Filr appliance and create a database with the same name and all privileges.
Secure the MYSQL appliance by changing the root user password.
Configure the Filrsearch appliance by entering the following URL in the management browser:
https://Filrsearch-appliance-ip-address:9443
Log in as the vaadmin user, using the password you specified in Step 1.
Click the , click icon , type and confirm a for the search service, then click > .
Configure the Filr appliance by entering the following URL in the management browser:
https://Filr-appliance-ip-address:9443
Log in as the vaadmin user, using the password you specified in Step 4.
Click the , select iconLarge Deployment, then click ,
In the Database dialog, specify the full DNS name for the MySQL appliance and the that you specified in Step 1, then click .
In the Search Appliance dialog, specify the full DNS name of the Filrsearch appliance and the that you specified in Step 1, then click .
Select a
, then click .