Bypass macOS Security Gatekeeper for vCenter Installer

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If you are hitting this error while trying to launch the VCSA Installer, “Installer” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should eject the disk image. This is most likely just macOS Security Gatekeeper getting in the way, don’t worry the fix is simple! Note: This issue also affects the CLI Installer too. To have…

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Launch vCenter VCSA UI/CLI Installer on MacOS

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MacOS from Catalina onwards, a security change prevents non notarized apps from running. To get around this, you need to exclude the VCSA Installer from the MacOS Security Gatekeeper by removing the metadata quarantine attribute “com.apple.quarantine” for the VCSA ISO. Before mounting the ISO, open Terminal and run the following command Now you may mount…

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