Virtualization
VMware vSphere
Before you start
5 min
verify your environment meets these requirements supported hardware {{k3}} , application version 6 3 1 3 or later, with the kmip license enabled and initial setup completed (including loading a platform master key and network configuration) required access an account on the kmes with administrator permissions to create roles, identities, tls pki, and update system settings local administrator/root access on the vcenter server appliance (vcsa) network and firewall allow outbound tcp port 5696 (default kmip port) from the vcenter server appliance to the kmes series 3, specified by fqdn (for example, kmes example com ) or cidr (for example, 10 0 0 0/24 ) tls inspection or ssl proxies can break mutual tls handshakes exempt the kmes fqdn(s) from inspection configure the kmes series 3 with an fqdn so the exemption applies other vcenter server esxi host or hosts with at least one virtual machine installed on them