About the Pexip Infinity software files

The Pexip Infinity platform is entirely software-based, and is deployed by installing the files provided by Pexip onto your hypervisor to create Virtual Machines (VMs), which you then configure appropriately for your environment.

The Pexip Infinity version 12 release includes the files described below. Which set of files you require depends on:

• the hypervisor you are deploying on
• whether you are deploying a new instance of Pexip Infinity or upgrading an existing deployment
• if you are deploying new Conferencing Nodes via a generic VM template and configuration file

Note that If you are deploying Pexip Infinity on a cloud platform then you do not need to download these software files. See Deploying Pexip Infinity on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Deploying Pexip Infinity on Microsoft Azure for more information.

Files used to upgrade an existing deployment

Description	File name	Location	Hypervisor	Notes
Pexip Infinity upgrade package	Pexip_Infinity_v12_UPGRADE_<release>.tar	www.pexip.com/software-download	Any	Used when upgrading the Pexip Infinity platform from version 4 or later to version 12. For more information, see Upgrading the Pexip Infinity platform.

Files used to deploy a new Management Node

Description	File name	Location	Hypervisor	Notes
Pexip Infinity OVA	Pexip_Infinity_v12_generic_pxMgr_<release>.ova	www.pexip.com/software-download	Any except Microsoft Hyper‑V	Used to deploy a new generic Management Node VM using VMware, KVM, Xen or other hypervisors except Microsoft Hyper‑V. For more information, see Management Node installation overview.
Pexip Infinity ZIP	Pexip_Infinity_v12_HyperV_pxMgr_<release>.zip	www.pexip.com/software-download	Microsoft Hyper‑V	Used to deploy a generic Management Node VM using Hyper‑V. For more information, see Management Node installation overview.

Files used to manually deploy new Conferencing Nodes

Description	File name	Location	Hypervisor	Notes
Generic Pexip Infinity Conferencing Node OVA	Pexip_Infinity_v12_generic_ConfNode_<release>.ova	www.pexip.com/software-download	Any hypervisor in a cloud-based deployment except Hyper‑V.	Used to manually deploy a generic Conferencing Node VM using hypervisors other than Hyper‑V. For more information, see Deploying a Conferencing Node using a generic VM template and configuration file.
Generic Pexip Infinity Conferencing Node ZIP	Pexip_Infinity_v12_HyperV_ConfNode_<release>.zip	www.pexip.com/software-download	Hyper-V in a cloud-based deployment	Used to manually deploy a generic Conferencing Node VM using Hyper‑V in certain cloud-based environments. For more information, see Deploying a Conferencing Node using a generic VM template and configuration file.
Generated Pexip Infinity Conferencing Node OVA	pexip-<hostname>.<domain>.ova	Generated on request by the Management Node	VMware / KVM / Xen	See Deploying new Conferencing Nodes
Generated Pexip Infinity Conferencing Node ZIP	pexip-<hostname>.<domain>.zip	Generated on request by the Management Node	Hyper‑V	See Manually deploying a Conferencing Node on a Hyper-V host.

Files used to automatically deploy new Conferencing Nodes

You can automatically deploy a new Conferencing Node on to a VMware ESXi host.

When deploying a Conferencing Node automatically, the Pexip Infinity Management Node generates a file that contains a template for a generic VM along with Conferencing Node-specific configuration details, and uploads it automatically onto the hypervisor. The new Conferencing Node VM is then created without any further intervention by the administrator.

There is no requirement to download any files from the Pexip website when automatically deploying new Conferencing Nodes.

For more information, see Automatically deploying a new Conferencing Node on a VMware host.