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Download the server OVA file and launch it.
Enter the standard parameters, which are as follows:
Friendly hostname, e.g.
server-ova, which must be a valid Linux hostnameManagement interface IPv4 Address, e.g.
10.60.10.100, which should be a static network configurationManagement interface IPv4 Netmask, e.g.
255.255.255.0Default Gateway, e.g.
10.60.10.1Space separated DNS Server list, e.g.
10.60.10.1Space separated NTP Server list, e.g.
10.60.10.1, which is required for features that depend on clock synchronization
Enter the API/UI Server server parameters
Abiquo API server FQDN, e.g.
server-ova.abiquo.comThis FQDN must be resolvable from customer premises for SSL and the Appliance manager to work properly
Remote Services IP, e.g.
10.60.10.100Watchtower IP, e.g.
10.60.10.102
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Datanode
Installation parameters
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Parameter
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Notes
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Services cluster IPs
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We will deploy a single datanode server to form a cluster of one node. Later, you can easily deploy more nodes and add them to the cluster.
Download the datanode OVA file and launch it.
Enter the standard parameters for the datanode server. The description of the parameters is the same as above
Friendly hostname, e.g.
datanode-ova, which must be a valid Linux hostnameManagement interface IPv4 Address, e.g.
10.60.10.185, which should be a static network configuration
Enter the datanode server parameters
Services cluster IPs, e.g.
10.60.10.185, which is the IP of this server because the cluster will only have one node
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Post install steps
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Server
Log in to the API/UI server as an administrator
To use the separate database on the datanode server, edit the tomcat configuration at
/opt/abiquo/tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost/api.xmlChange the DB endpoint from localhost to the Galera cluster (datanode server)
Remove:Code Block driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/kinton?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8"/>
Add this line and replace
{DATANODE_IP_ADDRESS}with the IP address of your datanode server:Code Block driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:mysql://{DATANODE_IP_ADDRESS}:3306/kinton?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8"/>Change the user and password. If you need more information, please contact Abiquo Support
NOT SURE WHICH USER AND PASSWORD? MYSQL?To point to the datanode instead of the local host for RabbitMQ and Redis, edit the
abiquo.propertiesfile at/opt/abiquo/config/abiquo.properties:Change the values of the following properties to be the IP address of the datanode
Code Block abiquo.rabbitmq.addresses={DATANODE_IP_ADDRESS} abiquo.redis.host={DATANODE_IP_ADDRESS}
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Datanode
Log in to the datanode server as an administrator
Configure the Galera cluster with the following command
Code Block galera_new_clusterEdit the RabbitMQ environment configuration file at
/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-env.confSet the
nodenamethat corresponds to the server, such asrabbit@services1Restart the RabbitMQ service
Code Block service rabbitmq-server restartThen run the following command
Code Block /usr/local/abiquo/setup build_cluster
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Configure firewalls
Configure the firewalls as described here.
Server firewall requirements
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From | To | Notes |
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Monitoring | 3306/tcp | MySQL |
5672/tcp | RabbitMQ | |
Server | 2181/tcp | Zookeeper for API load balancing |
3306/tcp | MySQL | |
5672/tcp | RabbitMQ | |
6379/tcp | Redis | |
Remote services | 5672/tcp | RabbitMQ |
V2V | 5672/tcp | RabbitMQ |
Post-OVA install steps
After you install the OVAs, do the configuration described on this page:
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Browser requirements
Abiquo UI requires a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 for productive work.
It is based on HTML5 so browsers must support these HTML5 features: Forms block, Drag and drop.
The Abiquo UI is optimized for use with Firefox and Chrome.
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Validating the server and datanode install
Log in to Abiquo UI. See Starting Abiquo for the first time
Create a user. See Create a user
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Next steps
Install Remote Services…
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Old next steps
For a quick introduction to the platform, do the Abiquo quick tutorial
After that, to present the platform to others, try the Abiquo quick walkthrough of private cloud
To read more details about the platform, see Get started
For more complete user manuals, see Abiquo cloud guides
To get started with the Abiquo API, see The Abiquo API and, in particular, Get started with the Abiquo API
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