# Deploying our first Graylog server in VMware 6.7

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511 "2020-05-19T19:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![agoodwinBRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@agoodwinBRF](https://community.graylog.org/u/agoodwinBRF)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511/1 "2020-05-19T19:40:27Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to deploy the OVA file into VMware 6.7. I get the following error in VMware: The provided manifest file is invalid: Invalid OVF manifest entry:.

I tried using the VMware OVF Tool, but the tool fails and says: No manifest entry found for: ‘graylog.ovf’

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![richardm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/richardm1/32/6355_2.png) [@richardm1](https://community.graylog.org/u/richardm1)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511/2 "2020-05-20T13:57:42Z")

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For those running vSphere environments, OVA deployment is a bag of hurt with a long history that fills multiple pages of Google results. If I set up a test lab with all of the common virtualization technologies and land on a configuration that works and makes everyone happy, would it eventually become merged into the project? Consider it my contribution to FOSS…

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**Author:** ![agoodwinBRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@agoodwinBRF](https://community.graylog.org/u/agoodwinBRF)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511/3 "2020-05-20T14:08:25Z")

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Say that we just decided this is a pain and I still want to use VMware. Would it be best in everyone’s opinion to load up a Ubuntu server in VMware and then install Graylog on top of it. Again, I am a novice to this system and to a central logging systems, as we have never used them in the past.

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**Author:** ![agoodwinBRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@agoodwinBRF](https://community.graylog.org/u/agoodwinBRF)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511/4 "2020-05-20T14:46:02Z")

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Server team was able to get the OVA over to VMware successfully. I will open a new thread based on the stability issues if I can’t get them resolved. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511/5 "2020-05-20T15:09:46Z")

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we would really appreciate the this and would be proud to have this in [https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-images](https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-images)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/deploying-our-first-graylog-server-in-vmware-6-7/15511/6 "2020-06-03T15:09:48Z")

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