Virtual Container Host Boot Options
The vic-machine create utility provides options that change the location of the ISO files from which virtual container hosts (VCHs) and container VMs boot.
vic-machine Options
The options in this topic are only available with the vic-machine create command. They are not available in the Create Virtual Container Host wizard in the vSphere Client.
--appliance-iso
Short name: --ai
The path to the ISO image from which the VCH appliance boots. Set this option if you have moved the appliance.iso file to a folder that is not the folder that contains the vic-machine binary or is not the folder from which you are running vic-machine. Include the name of the ISO file in the path.
NOTE: Do not use the --appliance-iso option to point vic-machine to an --appliance-iso file that is of a different version to the version of vic-machine that you are running.
Usage:
--appliance-iso path_to_ISO_file/appliance.iso
--bootstrap-iso
Short name: --bi
The path to the ISO image from which to boot container VMs. Set this option if you have moved the bootstrap.iso file to a folder that is not the folder that contains the vic-machine binary or is not the folder from which you are running vic-machine. Include the name of the ISO file in the path.
NOTE: Do not use the --bootstrap-iso option to point vic-machine to a --bootstrap-iso file that is of a different version to the version of vic-machine that you are running.
Usage:
--bootstrap-iso path_to_ISO_file/bootstrap.iso
Example vic-machine Commands
If you moved the appliance.iso or bootstrap.iso file to a location that is not the folder that contains the vic-machine binary, you must point vic-machine to those ISO files.
This example vic-machine create command deploys a VCH that specifies --appliance-iso to direct vic-machine to the location in which you stored the appliance.iso file.
vic-machine-operating_system create --target 'Administrator@vsphere.local':password@vcenter_server_address/dc1 --compute-resource cluster1 --image-store datastore1 --bridge-network vch1-bridge --name vch1 --thumbprint certificate_thumbprint --no-tlsverify --appliance-iso path_to_iso/appliance.iso
This example vic-machine create command deploys a VCH that specifies --bootstrap-iso to direct vic-machine to the location in which you stored the appliance.iso file.
vic-machine-operating_system create --target 'Administrator@vsphere.local':password@vcenter_server_address/dc1 --compute-resource cluster1 --image-store datastore1 --bridge-network vch1-bridge --name vch1 --thumbprint certificate_thumbprint --no-tlsverify --bootstrap-iso path_to_iso/bootstrap.iso