Monolithic appliance
Installation requirements
- 2 CPUs
- 8 Gb RAM
- 64 Gb HD
Installation parameters
Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
Server FQDN | 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 |
| Abiquo Datacenter ID | 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 |
| NFS Template repository | NFS share for the VM repository of the DC. Each private DC must have a different NFS share |
Firewall requirements
From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Anywhere | TCP/80 (HTTP) | It will be redirected to port 443 by default |
| Anywhere | TCP/443 (HTTPS) | Proxy port for API/AM/UI services |
| Anywhere | TCP/41337 (HTTPS) | Proxy port for VNC services |
| Monitoring appliance | TCP/5672 | RabbitMQ default port for Abiquo components to exchange messages |
Post-installation steps
- Change the Abiquo default passwords as soon as possible (Base OS and UI passwords)
- Extend the appropriate filesystems accordingly to the VM templates sizes that the environment will manage
- Review the appliances /opt/abiquo/config/abiquo.properties file. You may need to tune it depending on your environment configuration.
- If the appliance is not connected to the internet, configure the UI accordingly
- Monitor the appliance to prevent outages: See Monitor platform servers
- Work through the section on Configuring Abiquo
Worksheets
Monolithic environment worksheet
Monolithic environment worksheet sample