Hi Sandeep, Welcome to the community.
If you're facing issues mbx, please report it on the github: https://github.com/shapeblue/mbx -- you must typically use it with a x86 machine (not virtualised) and Linux (Ubuntu Linux is preferred, but can be EL or Fedora) — it won't work with MacOS or Windows or any other arch (M-series chip or arm64). You can also do an all in a box DIY setup using libvirt (virt-manager, cockpit etc using KVM/Linux), UTM (on Mac https://github.com/shapeblue/devcloud-mac) or try VirtualBox/VMware workstation (Linux and Windows) and use it (typically all except the management server and database which runs on your base laptop/OS) for your dev purposes. While developing if you're getting build etc errors, use a released version of cloudstack (such as a stable LTS release, say git tag 4.20.1.0) initially to rule out env and branch related errors. In terms of CloudStack related learning materials you can find my notes at: https://github.com/shapeblue/hackerbook. For writing a new primary storage plugin, you can refer to the existing ones as example: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/tree/main/plugins/storage/volume Some other reading/reference materials: https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest/adminguide/storage.html https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/SSVM%2C+templates%2C+Secondary+storage+troubleshooting https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Storage+subsystem+2.0 Cheers. ________________________________ From: sandeep locharla <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2025 19:16 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Need help setting up dev environment Hello Everyone, I'm *working on a storage plugin* and I'm looking to setup a dev environment. I have *brought up management server via code* as I want to be able to test and debug my changes *on macbook IntelliJ IDE*. I've tried using *Monkeybox to setup kvm + cloudstack agent on an Ubuntu machine*. The *monkeybox *code available *seems to be not updated so the installation failed midway *and I had to *manually install cloudstack agent*. I have followed the wireguard configuration setup and was able to setup a peer network successfully. When I'm *adding Zone *it keeps failing intermittently at 'Add Zone' as the *agent keeps going down or it keeps getting stuck post creating Primary storage as SSVM doesn't come up.* Is there a *straightforward and definitive way to get my dev environment to work*? Would really appreciate any ideas, blogs or documentation. Best, Sandeep
