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:
- Software Raid 0 (only stripe)
- LVM on top of above raid setup.
- Single partition for Ubuntu OS on top of LVM.
- Select the following packages for installation when prompted :
- Samba File server
- OpenSSH server
- Managed host to run virtual machine. (Ubuntu 12.04.1, This will install libvirt and kvm package from CD.)
- Print server
- Install ColamaTM software on the host
- Open bash shell and execute the following command
- $ wget http://colama-server/install.sh
- 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
- Or, if you plan to use Vmware server for virtualization,
- Execute the following command as superuser (root)
- $ ./install.sh -s colama-server -m -v
- Download VMware Server (version 1.0.9 or greater) packages from the internet.
- Follow the installation instructions provided therein.
- Execute the following command as superuser (root)
- Open bash shell and execute the following command
*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.