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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. | ||
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− | 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 | ||
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=== Bare Metal === | === Bare Metal === | ||
+ | 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. | ||
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The recommended minimum requirements for the physical servers are described later in each StarlingX Deployment Options guide. | The recommended minimum requirements for the physical servers are described later in each StarlingX Deployment Options guide. | ||
=== Virtual Environment === | === Virtual Environment === | ||
− | The recommended minimum requirements for the workstation, | + | 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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==== Deployment Environment Setup ==== | ==== Deployment Environment Setup ==== | ||
− | This section describes how to set up | + | This section describes how to set up the workstation computer which will host the Virtual Machine(s) where StarlingX will be deployed. |
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===== Updating Your Operating System ===== | ===== Updating Your Operating System ===== | ||
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== Getting the StarlingX ISO Image == | == Getting the StarlingX ISO Image == | ||
− | Follow the instructions from [[StarlingX/Developer_Guide]] to build a StarlingX ISO image. Copy the StarlingX ISO Image to the | + | 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/ | + | $ cp <starlingx iso image> $HOME/stx-tools/deployment/libvirt/ |
</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
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* 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.