Apache cloudstack 4.4.2 installation on malty node

Apache cloudstack 4.4.2 installation on malty node.

Minimum System Requirements

Operating system:

Preferred: CentOS/RHEL 6.3+ or Ubuntu 12.04(.1)

64-bit x86 CPU (more cores results in better performance)

8 GB of memory

250 GB of local disk (more results in better capability; 500 GB recommended)

At least 1 NIC

Statically allocated IP address

Fully qualified domain name as returned by the hostname command

Configuring Management server –Linux vm1.

1)To configure static ip

#vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

i)Ip should be static(BOOTPROTO=static)

ii)ONBOOT=yes

2)To check Hostfull name command

hostname –fqdn (host full name) if hostname not available goto below file and edit the details

#vi /etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=csmgmt1.cloud.com

Also give entry for hostname

#vi /etc/hosts

192.168.0.12(vm ip)=csmgmt1.cloud.com

To update hostname run the command

#Hostname csmgmt1

3)Resolve.conf use to direct the hostnames

vi /etc/resolve.conf

 nameserver 8.8.8.8

4 )ping www.cloudstack.org to check internet connectivity

5)Create the file with the help of vi editor and enter the below commands it is help to download the packages for cloudstack.

#vi /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudstack.repo

[cloudstack]

name=cloudstack

baseurl=http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/rhel/4.4/

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

6)Network time protocol  is a protocol that is used to synchronize computer clock times in a network of computers. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computer clock times to a millisecond, and sometimes to a fraction of a millisecond

#yum install ntp

7) Selinux-CloudStack can be blocked by security mechanisms, such as SELinux. Disable SELinux to ensure + that the Agent has all the required permissions.

#vi /etc/selinux/config

SELINUX=permissive

7.a) setenforce permissive

8)cloudstack-installation The CloudStack Management server can be installed using either RPM or DEB packages. These packages will depend on everything you need to run the Management server

#yum install cloudstack-management

9) Vhd-utilsThis procedure is required only for installations where XenServer is installed on the hypervisor hosts.Before setting up the Management Server

#cd /usr/share/cloudstack-common/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver

In this location download vhd utils 
 wget http://download.cloud.com.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/vhd-util

Configuring Database server –Linux vm2.

 1) Configure static ip

 2)check fully qualified domain name

3) Resolve.conf use to direct the hostnames

4) ping www.cloudstack.org to check internet connectivity

1 ) Install MySQL from the package repository of your distribution

#yum install mysql-server

2) Open the MySQL configuration file. The configuration file is vi /etc/my.cnf (or)vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf, depending on your OS.Insert the following lines in the [mysqld] section.You can put these lines below the datadir line. The max_connections parameter should be set to 350 multiplied by the number of Management Servers you are deploying. This example assumes one Management Server.

 #vi /etc/my.cnf

Insert the following lines below [mysqld] section

innodb_rollback_on_timeout=1

innodb_lock_wait_timeout=600

max_connections=700

log-bin=mysql-bin

binlog-format = 'ROW'

3) Start or restart MySQL to put the new configuration into effect

#service mysqld start

4 ) restart MySQL

#service mysql restart

5 ) Run the following command to secure your installation. You can answer “Y” to all questions

#mysql_secure_installation(optional)

6 )To give all permissions to user “cloud” run the below command on DB server

#mysql -u root –p (to enter in to mysql db)

>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;(grant permissions-root)

>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'cloud'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;( grant permissions-cloud)

Run Below Command in Management server

10 )Set up the database. The following command creates the “cloud” user on the database.

#cloudstack-setup-databases cloud:"password"@dbserverip --deploy-as=root:"password"

11)To check cloudstack running status

12) Now that the database is set up, you can finish configuring the OS for the Management Server. This command will set up iptables, sudoers, and start the Management Server

#cloudstack-setup-management

#Service cloudstack-management restart

13)To download teplet

/usr/share/cloudstack-common/scripts/storage/secondary/cloud-install-sys-tmplt -m /mnt/secondary -u http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/systemvm/4.4/systemvm64template-4.4.1-7-xen.vhd.bz2 -h xenserver

If XenServer is installed on the hypervisor hosts

#xe-switch-network-backend bridge

 enable security groups, elastic load balancing, and elastic IP on XenServer, download and install the CloudStack XenServer Support Package (CSP). After installing XenServer, perform the following additional steps on each XenServer host.

         

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