.. _nutanix-community-edition:

Nutanix
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Requirements
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* The operator has access to the Nutanix system and the necessary
  knowledge to administer Nutanix..
* :ref:`automate-system-hardware-specification`

Download the OVA file
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Download the ``OVA`` file for your release from the **New Installation** folder
on the client portal.


To create the VM
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If running the Enterprise edition, you can import the Automate OVA.
 
However, for the Community Edition:  

1. Extract the ISO and VMDK file from the OVA using ``tar``.
2. Convert the VMDK file to ``qcow2``, for example:

   ``qemu-img convert filename.vmdk filename.qcow2``

   The ``qemu-img`` command is contained in the ``qemu-utils`` package on
   Debian based Linux distributions.
3. The ``qcow2`` file must be uploaded to Nutanix as a disk image.
4. The ISO file must be uploaded to Nutanix as a CD-ROM image.
5. Create the new VM and specify the respective hardware as per the
   Hardware specifications documentation.
6. For the hard drives:

   a. Attach the ISO image to the default CD-ROM drive.
   b. Create a SCSI disk drive with the ``platform-boot*.qcow2`` file attached.
   c. Continue to create the rest of the disks as per the hardware specifications,
      paying attention to the differences between the node types.
7. Save the VM
8. Boot the VM

Follow the standard deployment instructions through an open console session.
 
.. The Nutanix equivalent of VMWare tools requires root access to install. 
.. So, the decision is to wait for 25.4, where the Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) will
.. be made available as a package or script.
 

.. rubric:: Next steps: 
   
* :ref:`run-install-wizard-on-vm`