I wouldn't recommend to skip basic zone set-up. It is much simpler to
start with it to get basic knowledge of CS net configuration process. I
also had many troubles during set-up, but remembering those days I would
say - I didn't have enough knowledge of hypervisor network layer at that
time. Process is a bit different for different hypervisors (I have tried
KVM and XenServer). I would also recommend to put management server with
database on VM and make snapshots before configuration. Then you only
need to revert configuration if something went wrong. After couple (of
tens) times I got XLS with all the steps and desired configuration
parameters for production.
Vadim.
On 2016-03-03 13:22, Mario Giammarco wrote:
Simon Weller <sweller@...> writes:
I do agree that the docs are confusing, especially if you have a
limited
knowledge of networking concepts.
In terms of the complexity, a lot of that has to do with the fact that
every company has different service
requirements and ACS needs to be flexible enough to accommodate very
different underlying needs.Not agree. Even with good knowledge
documentation is confusing because:
- it assumes you are always in the use case of "I have plenty of
routable ips"
- it forgets to say that two system vms are create to manage routing
and
secondary storage
- it does not say that cloudstack manager can rewrite your host
configuration
It's always best to start with a basic zone, unless you REALLY need
some
functionality within an advanced
zone. As soon as you move into advanced zone networking, you need to
have
a good understanding of layer 2/3
networking.
I was able to make my cloudstack network working only when I skipped
basic
zone and used advanced zone
