After reinstalling my cluster with the latest version of Nutanix Community Edition, I ran into a problem deploying Prism Central.

Indeed, no compatible version is offered as standard for installation:

Problematic you might say! Indeed, and to solve it we will have to recover the binaries to continue the installation manually…

Downloading Prism Central binaries

To recover the Prism Central binaries, you must go to this page: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/downloads?product=prism and identify yourself with your MyNutanix account.

Then, look for the package “Prism Central 1-click deploy from Prism Element

( Version: pc.2024.1.0.2 )”:

Click “Download” and “Metadata” to retrieve the installation package and associated metadata.

Deploying Prism Central

Before starting the deployment of Prism Central, the “Data Service IP” of your cluster must be configured!

Once the download is complete, on the Prism Element home page, click “Register or create new” on the Prism Central widget:

Then click on “Deploy” on the window that appears:

Click on “Upload Installation Binary”:

Select the metadata and binary files you just downloaded and click “Upload”:

Please wait while the transfer is taking place:

Once the transfer is complete, select the package and click “Next”:

Then select the size of Prism Central you want to deploy and click “Next”:

For more information on the X-Small version, do not hesitate to consult my dedicated article: https://juliendumur.fr/nutanix-aos-6-8-ests-et-prism-central-x-small/

Enter the network configuration then click on “Next”:

The last window is new in the latest versions, I advise you to leave the default settings and click on “Deploy”:

A little patience during the deployment:

Once the deployment is complete, go to your Prism Central address and authenticate yourself with the usual default pair of identifiers:

The very first time you log in, you will be asked to set a new password:

Then log in with the new password you just configured. Then validate the conditions of use:

Keep Pulse enabled:

If, like me, you then notice that your cluster is still not registered on Prism Central, return to Prism Element and restart the procedure, this time selecting “Connect”:

Fill in the connection details for your Prism Central and validate to start the recording:

Congratulations, your Prism Central in PC.2024 version is now operational on your Nutanix cluster under AOS 6.8