Colama

Configuring a physical machine as a managed host on the Colama™ server involves installing the managed host software packages on the physical host. The installation will automatically register the new host with the Colama™ server.

Hardware requirements

           PCs with >1GB of RAM and >80GB of hard disk space and a network interface card.

Here are the steps to be followed for the installation.

• Ensure Colama server is properly installed. You can do so by accessing " http://colama-server/colama" using Firefox (right now only Firefox 3.0 and above are supported).

• Identify a physical host that satisfies the hardware requirements listed above.

• Install Ubuntu 12.04.1 for 64 bit on the identified machine. During setup configure to acquire IP address via DHCP. Following partition layout is required:
  1. Software Raid 0 (only stripe)
  2. LVM on top of above raid setup.
  3. Single partition for Ubuntu OS on top of LVM.

• Select the following packages for installation when prompted :
  1. Samba File server
  2. OpenSSH server
  3. Managed host to run virtual machine. (Ubuntu 12.04.1, This will install libvirt and kvm package from CD.)
  4. Print server

• Install ColamaTM software on the host
  1. Open bash shell and execute the following command
     • $ wget  http://colama-server/install.sh
  2. If you plan to use KVM (linux kernel virtual machine) for virtualization, execute the following command as superuser (root)
     • $ ./install.sh -s colama-server -m -k
  3. Or, if you plan to use Vmware server for virtualization,
     1. Execute the following command as superuser (root)
        • $ ./install.sh -s colama-server -m -v
     2. Download VMware Server (version 1.0.9 or greater) packages from the internet.
     3. Follow the installation instructions provided therein.

*Note:

• "colama-server" is the host name of the machine in which Colama™ server has been installed.
• KVM can only be installed on a machine that supports hardware virtualization.
• While Installing Managed Server on a  Colama™ server br0 has to be configured manually.