Preparing a physical host for installation
Colama™ Univ. Edition software is designed to be installed on physical hosts that have been configured as follows.
For all machines (other than the colama-server) that are part of the Colama™ Univ. Edition network, do the following.
- Install an operating system on the physical host.
- Use Ubuntu server version 12.04.1 (Precise Pangolin) available on the internet.
- Configure the machine to use dhcp to acquire an IP address.
For machines designated as servers, additionally do the following.
- Install a virtualization platform.
- Download VMware (version 1.0.9) packages from the internet.
- Follow the installation instructions provided therein.