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| + | See the [https://docs.starlingx.io/deploy_install_guides/index.html StarlingX Deploy and Installation Guide] for information on installing StarlingX. This wiki page has been deprecated. | ||
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== Intro == | == Intro == | ||
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* '''Virtual Environment''': It should only be used for evaluation or development purposes. | * '''Virtual Environment''': It should only be used for evaluation or development purposes. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | StarlingX installed in virtual environments has two options | + | StarlingX installed in virtual environments has two options: |
* [[Installation_libvirt_qemu|Libvirt/QEMU]] | * [[Installation_libvirt_qemu|Libvirt/QEMU]] | ||
* VirtualBox | * VirtualBox | ||
| − | ==Requirements== | + | == Requirements == |
Different use cases require different configurations. | Different use cases require different configurations. | ||
| − | ===Bare Metal=== | + | === Bare Metal === |
| − | The | + | The minimum requirements for the physical servers where StarlingX might be deployed, include: |
| − | ===Virtual Environment=== | + | * '''Controller Hosts''' |
| + | ** Minimum Processor is: | ||
| + | *** Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx Family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket | ||
| + | ** Minimum Memory: 64 GB | ||
| + | ** Hard Drives: | ||
| + | *** Primary Hard Drive, minimum 500 GB for OS and system databases. | ||
| + | *** Secondary Hard Drive, minimum 500 GB for persistent VM storage. | ||
| + | ** 2 physical Ethernet interfaces: OAM and MGMT Network. | ||
| + | ** USB boot support. | ||
| + | ** PXE boot support. | ||
| + | * '''Storage Hosts''' | ||
| + | ** Minimum Processor is: | ||
| + | *** Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx Family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket. | ||
| + | ** Minimum Memory: 64 GB. | ||
| + | ** Hard Drives: | ||
| + | *** Primary Hard Drive, minimum 500 GB for OS. | ||
| + | *** 1 or more additional Hard Drives for CEPH OSD storage, and | ||
| + | *** Optionally 1 or more SSD or NVMe Drives for CEPH Journals. | ||
| + | ** 1 physical Ethernet interface: MGMT Network | ||
| + | ** PXE boot support. | ||
| + | * '''Compute Hosts''' | ||
| + | ** Minimum Processor is: | ||
| + | *** Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx Family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket. | ||
| + | ** Minimum Memory: 32 GB. | ||
| + | ** Hard Drives: | ||
| + | *** Primary Hard Drive, minimum 500 GB for OS. | ||
| + | *** 1 or more additional Hard Drives for ephemeral VM Storage. | ||
| + | ** 2 or more physical Ethernet interfaces: MGMT Network and 1 or more Provider Networks. | ||
| + | ** PXE boot support. | ||
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| + | The recommended minimum requirements for the physical servers are described later in each StarlingX Deployment Options guide. | ||
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| + | === Virtual Environment === | ||
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| + | The recommended minimum requirements for the workstation, hosting the Virtual Machine(s) where StarlingX will be deployed, include: | ||
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| + | ==== Hardware Requirements ==== | ||
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A workstation computer with: | A workstation computer with: | ||
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* Network: Two network adapters with active Internet connection | * Network: Two network adapters with active Internet connection | ||
| − | ===Software Requirements=== | + | ==== Software Requirements ==== |
A workstation computer with: | A workstation computer with: | ||
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* StarlingX ISO Image | * StarlingX ISO Image | ||
| − | ==Deployment Environment Setup== | + | ==== Deployment Environment Setup ==== |
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| − | + | This section describes how to set up the workstation computer which will host the Virtual Machine(s) where StarlingX will be deployed. | |
| − | ===Updating Your Operating System=== | + | ===== Updating Your Operating System ===== |
Before proceeding with the build, ensure your OS is up to date. You’ll first need to update the local database list of available packages: | Before proceeding with the build, ensure your OS is up to date. You’ll first need to update the local database list of available packages: | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | ===Install stx-tools project=== | + | ===== Install stx-tools project ===== |
Clone the stx-tools project. Usually you’ll want to clone it under your user’s home directory. | Clone the stx-tools project. Usually you’ll want to clone it under your user’s home directory. | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | ===Installing Requirements and Dependencies=== | + | ===== Installing Requirements and Dependencies ===== |
Navigate to the stx-tools installation libvirt directory: | Navigate to the stx-tools installation libvirt directory: | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | == | + | ===== Disabling Firewall ===== |
| − | + | Unload firewall and disable firewall on boot: | |
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| − | $ | + | $ sudo ufw disable |
| + | Firewall stopped and disabled on system startup | ||
| + | $ sudo ufw status | ||
| + | Status: inactive | ||
</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | === | + | == Getting the StarlingX ISO Image == |
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| + | Follow the instructions from [[StarlingX/Developer_Guide]] to build a StarlingX ISO image. | ||
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| + | === Bare Metal === | ||
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| + | A bootable USB flash drive containing StarlingX ISO image. | ||
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| + | === Virtual Environment === | ||
| − | + | Copy the StarlingX ISO Image to the stx-tools deployment libvirt project directory: | |
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| − | $ | + | $ cp <starlingx iso image> $HOME/stx-tools/deployment/libvirt/ |
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| − | $ | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| − | ==Deployment Options== | + | == Deployment Options == |
* Standard Controller | * Standard Controller | ||
| − | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide | + | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Dedicated Storage|StarlingX Cloud with Dedicated Storage]] |
| − | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide | + | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Controller Storage|StarlingX Cloud with Controller Storage]] |
* All-in-one | * All-in-one | ||
| − | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide | + | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Duplex|StarlingX Cloud Duplex]] |
| − | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide | + | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Simplex|StarlingX Cloud Simplex]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:53, 26 July 2019
See the StarlingX Deploy and Installation Guide for information on installing StarlingX. This wiki page has been deprecated.
