Prerequisites

To create and configure Thunder virtual machine on the VMware cloud using VMWare template, you must ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

1. Download A10 custom VMware templates from GitHub.
2. ESXi host with a valid subscription. For more information, see VMware ESXi Installation and Setup.
3. Download and access VMware vSphere client to access Thunder virtual machine.
4. Access VMware Aria Automation Assembler to create Thunder virtual machine using VMware templates.
5. Sign up here to get Thunder Trial license.

6. Download the required vThunder OVA image version https://support.a10networks.com/support/axseries.

   Send a request to A10 Networks Support for A10 vThunder login default user credentials.

7. Download the Linux ISO image ubuntu-22.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso.
8. Download Python 3.x, see Install Python3.
9. Setup vRealize automation Cloud Assembly for VMware templates. For more information, see Setup vRealize automation Cloud Assembly for VMware templates.

For any queries, reach out to A10 Networks Support.

Image Repository

Table 17 provides the list of ACOS versions and modules that support the VMware templates:

Table 1 : Supported ACOS versions

ACOS Version	ADC	CGN	SSLi	TPS
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 6.0.3-P1	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 6.0.3	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 6.0.2	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 6.0.1	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 5.2.1-P9	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 5.2.1-P8	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 5.1.0-P7	√	X	X	X
64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 5.2.1-P6	√	X	X	X