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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 == | ||
− | + | StarlingX may be installed in: | |
+ | * '''Bare Metal''': Real deployments of StarlingX are only supported on physical servers. | ||
+ | * '''Virtual Environment''': It should only be used for evaluation or development purposes. | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | StarlingX installed in virtual environments has two options: | ||
+ | * [[Installation_libvirt_qemu|Libvirt/QEMU]] | ||
+ | * VirtualBox | ||
− | ==Requirements== | + | == Requirements == |
− | Different use cases require different configurations. | + | Different use cases require different configurations. |
− | ===Hardware Requirements=== | + | === Bare Metal === |
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+ | The minimum requirements for the physical servers where StarlingX might be deployed, include: | ||
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+ | * '''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. | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | 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 ==== | ||
A workstation computer with: | A workstation computer with: | ||
* Processor: x86_64 only supported architecture with BIOS enabled hardware virtualization extensions | * Processor: x86_64 only supported architecture with BIOS enabled hardware virtualization extensions | ||
+ | * Cores: 8 (4 with careful monitoring of cpu load) | ||
* Memory: At least 32GB RAM | * Memory: At least 32GB RAM | ||
* Hard Disk: 500GB HDD | * Hard Disk: 500GB HDD | ||
* 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 ===== | |
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− | ===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 == |
− | + | 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 === | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
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** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Duplex|StarlingX Cloud Duplex]] | ** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Duplex|StarlingX Cloud Duplex]] | ||
** [[StarlingX/Installation Guide/Simplex|StarlingX Cloud Simplex]] | ** [[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.