This section describes how to deploy an Abiquo distributed environment.

For a distributed deployment, you will need at least the Abiquo appliances below:

One Abiquo server
One V2V server in each Abiquo datacenter
One Remote Services server in each Abiquo datacenter

Notes

The VM repository folder must be the same in each DC on the V2V appliance and Remote Services appliance.
The datacenter ID must be the same in each DC on the V2V appliance and Remote Services appliance.
The datacenter ID must be different for each datacenter.
The Server appliance FQDN requires DNS resolution.

Appliances

Distributed environments split the Abiquo platform functionality among different servers to improve reliability and performance. They are ideal for production environments.

To deploy a distributed environment, you will need to deploy at least one server, one remote services, and one V2V appliance.

Server

The server appliance contains the Abiquo UI, API, and Events servers.

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

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
Remote services appliance V2V appliance	TCP/8009 TCP/8010
Monitoring appliance Remote services appliance V2V appliance	TCP/5672	RabbitMQ default port for Abiquo components to exchange messages

Remote Services

The Remote Services appliance contains the Abiquo private datacenter and Public Cloud provider management components. A Remote services appliance is require for each private datacenter.

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
Abiquo RabbitMQ server address	Abiquo server appliance IP and and port.

Firewall requirements

From

To

Notes

Server appliance

TCP/8009

TCP/8010

Server appliance

TCP/4822

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

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
Abiquo RabbitMQ server address	Abiquo server appliance IP and and port.

Firewall requirements

From

To

Notes

Server appliance

TCP/8009

TCP/8010

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

Parameter	Notes
Abiquo Server IP	This must be the same as the Server appliance management IP address

Firewall requirements

From	To	Notes
Remote Services	TCP/36638	Watchtower port

Worksheets

Distributed environment worksheet

Distributed environment worksheet example