Preparing for Installation

Work through these items prior to VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs tile installation.

• The Networking for On-Demand Services section describes networking requirements for Tanzu GemFire.

• Tanzu GemFire requires TLS encryption for using gfsh and Pulse. Follow the instructions in Preparing for TLS to set up TLS encryption.

• For systems that implement an external authentication such as LDAP via User Account and Authentication (UAA), follow the instructions within such as LDAP, follow the instructions within Create a UAA Client. There are also additional configuration steps to set up the system, as given within Configuring UAA Roles.