If you are only using VMs, you can use a DHCP server on a separate machine. However, don't forget that you need to serve out addresses on the public and private networks. The simplest way to do the public side is just to have normal, dynamic addressing. On the private side, each node needs to get the same address every time so that VCL knows how to connect to it after loading to finish the configuration. So, on the private side, you need to have fixed host address entries for each node that you will be provisioning. After you have entered your nodes into the VCL web frontend, you can go to Manage Computers->Computer Utilities and get the text needed for DHCP configuration. However, that formats the configuration for dhcpd as is typically used under linux. I have no experience configuring a DHCP server on windows to know how you would add the entries to it.
Josh On Friday, October 12, 2012 3:50:08 PM [email protected] wrote: > Thank you Josh and Georgy > > with your help I'm able to finish the installation now,you guys are awesome > > but I have another question. > At the end of the guide told me to set up an dhcp server, > I already have a dhcp server set up on a windows machine, do I have to > create another one? > coz I see this in the guide > "You will add host definitions to the dhcpd.conf file after you add > computers to VCL using the website. > The website will display the dhcpd.conf host definitions after the computers > have been added to VCL, > which can be copied and pasted into the dhcpd.conf file." > > so I wonder that will I be fine with the dhcp server on the windows box > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: unable to retrieve management node information from database -- ------------------------------- Josh Thompson Systems Programmer Advanced Computing | VCL Developer North Carolina State University [email protected] 919-515-5323 my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
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