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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
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