ITOP Appliance Setup Guide
1.0 Overview
The ITOP virtual appliance is virtual machine with a Linux operating system and an installed instance of ITOP with all of
its prerequisites.
2.0 Import Virtual Appliance
The following directions show how to import a virtual appliance into VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, or Oracle
Virtualbox.
2.1 VMware vSphere
1. In your vSphere Client, from the File menu, select Deploy OVF Template.
2. For Source, browse to the location of your OVA file.
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3. For Name and Location, give the appliance a descriptive name.
4. For Storage, select the appropriate datastore.
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5. For Disk Format, select one of the three presented formats.
6. At the Ready to Complete window, select the "Power on after deployment" checkbox.
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2.2 VMware Workstation
1. In VMware Workstation, from the menu, select File ‐> Open.
2. Select the OVA file to open.
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3. Click Import to import the virtual appliance.
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2.3 Oracle Virtualbox
1. In VirtualBox, from the menu, select File ‐> Import Appliance.
2. Browse to and select the OVA file.
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3. Click Import to import the virtual appliance.
2.4 Access ITOP
You can access ITOP using one of two methods‐‐ locally or remotely.
2.4.1 Local Access
Local access requires the user to logon to the virtual machine.
1. Login into the appliance.
The login credentials are:
Username: user
Password: password
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2. Elevate privileges:
The password for user is password.
3. Start X‐Windows:
4. From within the virtual appliance, select Applications Menu ‐> Internet ‐> Firefox Web Browser.
5. From the Web browser, go to http://localhost/
6. The ITOP credentials are:
Username: admin
Password: password
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2.4.2 Remote Access
Remote access is possible if your virtual appliance has acquired an IP address either via DHCP or statically. From a
workstation, all you need to do end the IP address in to the address bar of your Web browser.
1. From within the virtual appliance get the IP address by issuing the ipconfig command.
2. Enter the IP address in to the address of the Web browser:
3.0 Support
Questions about this virtual appliance can be sent to [email protected].
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