This guide has been written to help System Administrators understand all the system characteristics and configuration details required to install and manage the Abiquo Platform.
It is also highly recommended that the User's Guide is read alongside this document to help you understand the concepts of the IaaS offered by this our Platform.
Requirements
When planning an Abiquo installation, check the requisites in the links below first.
Then you must install the essential base configuration described here before you install the Abiquo platform servers.
Required knowledge
Some essential systems administration skills required for managing the cloud platform are as follows.
- CentOS/RedHat Linux expertise for maintaining the Abiquo servers, which are Linux servers
- Computer and network security expertise is required to configure and maintain the cloud platform
- Advanced hypervisor knowledge including virtual machine templates
- Networking including design, switch configuration, VLAN and DHCP
- Storage including hypervisor datastores, NFS/CIFS and iSCSI storage
Browsers
Abiquo UI requires a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 for productive work. It is based on HTML 5 and you must use browsers that support the next HTML 5 features:
- Forms block
- Drag and drop
The following browsers are compatible with the Abiquo client UI.
Vendor | Browser | From Version | Recommended Operating System | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft | Internet Explorer | 11 (Upload template from local disk up to 2 GB) | Windows | Trust the site and enable active scripting - for Abiquo login and infrastructure map. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/genuine/ie-active-script |
Mozilla | Firefox | 50 | Windows, Linux, Macintosh | |
Chrome | 55 | Windows, Linux, Macintosh | ||
Apple | Safari | 10 | Macintosh |
For mobile devices, check if your browser is compatible with HTML5 using a test such as https://html5test.com/