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How to install SolusVM on a slave node?

Ivan Bezuglov
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How to install SolusVM on a slave node?

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Installation procedure described in details in the following section of SolusVM documentation.

Main requirements listed below:

Supported OSes

CONFIG_TEXT: CentOS 7
RHEL 7
Scientific Linux 7
OpenVZ 7 (for OpenVZ containers)

Partitioning

Note: example of partitioning procedure is described in SolusVM community article

Xen PV/HVM Host
  • Root partition '/' size at least 80GB and more (XEN templates & iso's will be stored in /home/solusvm/xen)
  • SWAP 4GB max (Virtual servers won't use the host swap)
  • Logical Volume Group (LVM) remaining space (Logical Volume Group Only, SolusVM will create the logical volumes for the virtual servers inside this group)

Warning: The PE Size should be set to 32M not the Default of 4M.

KVM Host
  • Root partition '/' size at least 80GB and more(KVM templates & iso's will be stored in /home/solusvm/kvm)
  • SWAP 4GB+ (Virtual servers may use host swap if there is a real memory shortage)
  • Logical Volume Group (LVM) remaining space (Logical Volume Group Only, SolusVM will create the logical volumes for the virtual servers inside this group)

Warning: The Volume Group Name CANNOT be KVM as /dev/kvm/ is a directory created on install.
The PE Size should be set to 32M not the Default of 4M.

OpenVZ Host
  • Root partition '/' size at least 80GB and more
  • SWAP 2 times RAM (if RAM ⇐2GB otherwise RAM + 2GB is plenty)
  • /vz remaining space (templates & virtual servers will be stored here)

Note: Make sure that port 6767 is opened on the slave server among other ports. It is required to communicate master server with slave nodes.

Once all prerequisites are completed, follow the steps below:

  1. Connect to the server via SSH
  2. Download and run SolusVM Installer:

    # wget https://files.soluslabs.com/install.sh
    # sh install.sh

  3. Select the required virtualization with option type Hypervisor and wait when installer completes the installation of the necessary components.
  4. For Xen/KVM nodes it is necessary to configure bridge interface before adding slave nodes. Check SolusVM Documentation for additional instructions: KVM Bridge Setup, Xen - RHEL 7 HV Setup

 

 

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