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Hi SC,
This doesn't cover all of the exact details, but it should be a good start.
Please follow up with any questions about the details of specific steps, and
we can help you through those. We also have an IRC channel on Freenode -
#asfvcl - you can join to get help as you work through the installation (if
during business hours EST time). I'm assuming you're going to use NAT for
users to connect to the 2 compute VMs. I'm a little fuzzy on some details of
ESXi. So, I might use some terminology wrong in those parts.
* set up 3 vswitches on the ESXi host
* one that is generally referred to as the "private" network (how VCL
manages VMs) - plan on using 192.168.1.0/24 as the IP space for this one
* create a port group named "private" on this vswitch
* one that is generally referred to as the "NAT" network - plan on using
10.0.0.0/24 as the IP space for this one
* create a port group named "nat" on this vswitch
* one that is generally referred to as the "public" network - this one will
need to be connected to a NIC on the ESXi host - this will use whatever public
IP space you have available. I'll use YOURPUBIP in this guide
* create a port group named "public" on this vswitch
* create a datastore (network or local) on the ESXi host where the disk files
for the VMs will be located named "vcldatastore"
* manually create a VM on ESXi installed with CentOS 7 with the latest updates
(CentOS 8 is not yet supported for the management node)
* this VM will need to have 3 NICs, one on each network, use 192.168.1.10
for the private IP, 10.0.0.10 for the NAT IP, and give it a public IP
(YOURPUBIP)
* for NAT management, I think root on the management node needs to be able
to ssh to itself without a password (using identity keys). So, this will need
to be configured as well.
* configure your ESXi host to have a NIC on the private network with an IP of
192.168.1.11 (I'm assuming it already has a NIC on the public network that you
are using to manage it)
* configure the ESXi host so that you can ssh from the management node to the
ESXi host using identity keys (look here https://vcl.apache.org/docs/
vmwareconfiguration)
* download and validate the VCL installation script on the management node
(http://vcl.apache.org/docs/VCL251InstallGuide.html)
* run the installation script
* give a password for the admin user
* specify a time zone
* select the NIC with IP 192.168.1.10 for the private network
* select the NIC with IP 10.0.0.10 for the public network (yes, this will be
NAT even though it says public)
* install dhcpd
* type 'YES' for the license agreement
* go to https://YOURPUBIP/vcl/
* login with admin and the password you entered in the installation script
* go to Manage->Virtual Hosts->VM Host Profiles
* select "VMware ESXi - local storage" -> Configure Profile
* click the value next to "Virtual Disk Path" and change it to
"vcldatastore" (these values get saved just by clicking off of them)
* click the value next to "VM Working Directory Path" and change it to
"vcldatastore"
* click the value next to "VM Network 0" and change it to "private"
* click the value next to "VM Network 1" and change it to "nat"
* go to Manage->Management Nodes
* click Submit for "Edit Management Node Profiles"
* click Edit for localhost
* check the box for "Use as NAT Host"
* NAT Public IP Address: YOURPUBIP
* NAT Internal IP Address: 10.0.0.10
* click Save Changes
* go to Manage->Manage Computers
* click Submit for "Edit Computer Profiles"
* click Add New Computer
* hostname: vmhost1
* public IP: 1.1.1.1 (doesn't matter what you enter as long as it is a valid
IP)
* private IP: 192.168.1.11
* state: vmhostinuse
* VM Host Profile: "VMware ESXi - local storage"
* RAM: whatever your host has
* Cores: whatever your host has
* Processor: enter something, but it's unused
* Network: whatever your host has
* click Add Computer
* select "allComputer" then <-Add
* click Close
* click Add new Computer
* change "Single Computer" to "Multiple Computers" at the top
* Name: vm%
* Start: 1
* End: 2
* Type: Virtual Machine
* Start Public IP Address: 10.0.0.100
* End Public IP Address: 10.0.0.101
* Start Private IP Address: 192.168.1.100
* End Private IP Address: 192.168.1.101
* Start MAC Address: 00:50:56:00:00:01
* Provisioning Engine: VMware
* RAM: some value in MB, this will be the max value an image deployed to
this VM could have, the actual RAM configured for VMs deployed in this slot is
set on each image
* Cores: similar information as RAM
* Processor Speed: this is kind of an old leftover item from when VCL just
did bare metal provisioning. Now, it's just used in ranking the VMs that could
be used to fulfill a reservation. Just enter something like 3000.
* Network: same that you entered for the host
* Connect Using NAT: checked
* Nat Host: localhost
* click Add Computers
* select "All VM Computers" then <-Add
* click Close
Now, you need to create your first base image. You'll need to manually
install Windows or Linux (CentOS 7 or Ubuntu 16 or 18) on a VM on the ESXi
host. When you create the VM shell, give it 2 NICs, one on private with mac
address 00:50:56:00:00:01 and one on NAT with 00:50:56:00:00:02. You may
actually want to give it a 3rd NIC on the public network since NAT won't have
been fully set up on the management node yet so that it can get to outside
resources. Remove this NIC before capturing the VM. Use the documentation
here: http://vcl.apache.org/docs/baseimagecreation
After the image is captured, ensure it is added to the allVMimages image
group. Do this under Manage->Manage Images->Edit Grouping & Mapping. In the
"Group By Image" tab (opened by default after you have an image), select the
image, click Get Groups, then select "allVMimages" and click <-Add.
If everything went correctly, you should now be able to go to Reservations,
click New Reservation, and reserve the image.
Follow up with questions as you go through the process.
Josh
On Thursday, April 30, 2020 1:37:38 PM EDT Scania 2019 wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I have an urgent deployment I need to make as follows:
>
> I have one ESXI host, and in it I would like to install one vm that runs
> the web portal, database, and management node.
>
> Alongside this, in the same host I would like to setup two VMs, which will
> be the compute nodes.
>
> I'm therefore requesting a clear step by step how-to, with the assumption
> that I know nothing. Hopefully this time I won't give up on setting up VCL
> as I believe it to be a great product. Only the documentation is not clear
> and in some crucial parts assumes we already have the technical knowledge.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
> SC
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