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Draft documentation - work in progress |
Required resources
You will need the following virtual resources to deploy the Abiquo OVAs.
Server
2 CPUs
8 GB RAM
64 GB HD
Datanode
2 CPUs
8 GB RAM
20 GB HD
Steps
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Perform OVA post install
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Server
The server appliance contains the Abiquo UI, API, and Events servers.
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Parameter | Notes |
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Services cluster IPs | IP of this server, or a comma separated list of IPs in a cluster |
Firewall requirements
Firewall requirements
From
To
Notes
Server appliance
8009/tcp
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 |
Remote services
The Remote services appliance contains the Abiquo private datacenter and public cloud provider management components. A Remote services appliance is required for each private datacenter.
Installation requirements
2 CPUs
8 GB RAM
64 GB HD
Installation parameters
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Parameter
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Notes
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Server FQDN
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This FQDN must be resolvable from customer premises, in order for SSL and the Appliance manager to work as expected. Abiquo will use self-signed certificates for trial environments
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Abiquo Datacenter ID
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Internal ID of the trial DC. It must be unique for each DC, and all remote services and V2V appliances inside the DC must use the same datacenter ID
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NFS Template repository
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NFS share for the VM repository of the DC. Each private DC must have a different NFS share
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Abiquo RabbitMQ server address
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Datanode appliance IP
Firewall requirements
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From
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To
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Notes
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Server appliance
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8009/tcp
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8010/tcp
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4822/tcp
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Remote access server with Guacamole
V2V
The server appliance contains the Abiquo virtualization format conversion components, and it is isolated for performance reasons.
As this appliance deals with conversions, we recommend fast HD storage for this appliance.
Installation requirements
2 CPUs
4 Gb RAM
256 GB HD (Depending on template conversion requirements. Get in touch with Abiquo support for further information)
Installation parameters
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Parameter
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Notes
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Server FQDN
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This FQDN must be resolvable from customer premises, in order for SSL and the Appliance manager to work as expected. Abiquo will use self-signed certificates for trial environments
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Abiquo Datacenter ID
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Internal ID of the DC. It must be unique for each DC, and all remote services and V2V appliances inside the DC must use the same datacenter ID
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NFS Template repository
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NFS share for the VM repository of the DC. Each private DC must have a different NFS share
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Abiquo RabbitMQ IP address
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Abiquo datanode appliance IP
Parameter
Notes
Abiquo Server IP
This must be the same as the Server appliance management IP address
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Monitoring
The Monitoring appliance (optional) contains the Abiquo Watchtower components for VM monitoring and metrics, along with its required services and databases.
Installation requirements
2 CPUs
8 GB RAM
64 GB HD
Installation parameters
RabbitMQ |
Abiquo datanode appliance IP, or comma separated list of IPs for a cluster
Firewall requirements
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From
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To
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Notes
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Remote Services
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36638/tcp
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Watchtower
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Datanode services
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36638/tcp
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Watchtower
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Watchtower
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7000/tcp
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Emmett (One of the Abiquo monitoring services)
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KairosDB
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9042/tcp
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Cassandra
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9160/tcp
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Cassandra
Watchtower
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8080/tcp
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Kairos DB
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3306/tcp
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Database
Configure other firewalls
Additionally open the following ports on the NFS server and hypervisors.
NFS server
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Source
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Destination
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Input port
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Description
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Remote services (RS & V2V), hypervisor
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NFS
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TCP/UDP 2049
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NFS
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Remote services (RS & V2V), hypervisor
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NFS
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TCP/UDP 111
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RPC
Hypervisors
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Source
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Destination
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Input port
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Description
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Remote services (RS & V2V)
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vCenter or ESXi
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TCP 443
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Allow ICMP
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Post-OVA install steps
After you install the OVAs, do the configuration described on this page:
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