2.2. Installing with GUI Management¶

2.2.4.1. Creating Bonded and Teamed Connections¶

Bonded and teamed connections offer increased throughput beyond the capabilities of a single network card as well as improved redundancy.

During installation, you can configure bonding on the NETWORK & HOSTNAME screen as described below. Teaming can be configured in a similar way after choosing Team on step 1.

1. To add a new bonded connection, click the plus button in the bottom, select Bond from the drop-down list, and click Add.

   

2. In the Editing Bond connection… window, set the following parameters:

   1. Mode to XOR.

   2. Link Monitoring to MII (recommended).

   3. Monitoring frequency, Link up delay, and Link down delay to 300.

   

   Note

   It is also recommended to manually set xmit_hash_policy to layer3+4 after the installation as detailed in Setting Up Network Bonding. For more information on network bonding, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide and Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO.

3. In the Bonded connections section on the Bond tab, click Add.

4. In the Choose a Connection Type window, select Ethernet from the in the drop-down list, and click Create.

   

5. In the Editing bond slave… window, select a network interface to bond from the Device drop-down list.

2.2.5.1. Installing Management Panel and Compute on the First Server¶

On the first server in your Virtuozzo Automator infrastructure, you will need to install both the management panel and compute components.

Do the following on the VIRTUOZZO AUTOMATOR screen:

1. Choose Management Panel and Compute.

   

2. Specify an VA Management Node IP address and, optionally, a VA Management Node hostname.

   Virtuozzo Hybrid Server will create a container with the specified IP and install the management panel in it. The management panel will be available at the specified IP address (or hostname) on default port 4648.

3. Click Done and proceed to configure Virtuozzo Storage as described in Installing Virtuozzo Storage Components.

2.2.5.2. Installing Compute on the Second and Other Servers¶

On the second and other servers in your Virtuozzo Automator infrastructure, you will need to install the compute component only.

Do the following on the VIRTUOZZO AUTOMATOR screen:

1. Choose Compute.

   

2. To register the node in the management panel, specify the following:

   1. in the Management node field, the IP address or hostname of the container with the management panel;

   2. in the Password field, the password of the management panel administrator.

   Note

   Alternatively, you can register the node in Virtuozzo Automator manually later (see Registering a Physical Server in |vauto|.

3. Click Done and proceed to configure Virtuozzo Storage as described in Installing Virtuozzo Storage Components.

2.2.6.1. Installing Management Panel and Storage on the First Server¶

On the first server in your Virtuozzo Storage infrastructure, you will need to install both the management panel and storage components. This node will also become a storage node. It will be added to the Virtuozzo Storage infrastructure and registered in the management panel during installation.

Do the following on the VIRTUOZZO STORAGE screen:

1. Choose Management Panel and Storage.

   

2. Specify an Storage UI IP address and, optionally, a Storage UI Node hostname.

   Virtuozzo Hybrid Server will create a new container with the specified IP and install the Virtuozzo Storage management panel in it. The management panel will be available at the specified IP address (or hostname) on default port 8888.

3. Click Done and proceed to set installation destination as described in Choosing the Installation Destination.

2.2.6.2. Installing Storage on the Second and Other Servers¶

On the second and other servers in your Virtuozzo Storage infrastructure, you will need to install the Storage component only. Storage nodes will be added to the Virtuozzo Storage infrastructure and registered in the management panel during installation.

For security reasons, you will need to provide a token that can only be obtained from the management panel you have installed on the first server. A single token can be used to install the storage component on multiple servers in parallel.

To obtain a token:

1. Log in to the Virtuozzo Storage management panel with the password created while deploying the first server. To do this, on any computer with network access to the container with the management panel, open a web browser and visit the container’s IP address or hostname on port 8888.

2. In the management panel, click ADD NODE to open a screen with the token (you can generate a new one if needed; generating a new token invalidates the old one).

   

Having obtained the token, do the following on the VIRTUOZZO STORAGE screen:

1. Choose Storage.

   

2. Register the node in the Virtuozzo Storage management panel. To do this, specify the following:

   1. in the Management node field, the IP address or hostname of the container with the management panel;

   2. in the Token field, the acquired token.

   Note

   Alternatively, you can register the node in the management panel manually later by logging in to the node via SSH and running /usr/libexec/vstorage-ui-agent/bin/register-storage-node.sh -m <MP_addr> -t <token> in the node’s console, where <MP_addr> is the IP address of the management panel container and <token> is the token obtained in the management panel.

3. Click Done and proceed to set installation destination as described in Choosing the Installation Destination.

2.2.8.1. Activating a License¶

To activate a Virtuozzo Hybrid Server license, click LICENSE KEY, enter a key, and click Done.

If you do not have a license, you can fill in the Free Trial Request form.

Alternatively, you can activate a license with the vzlicload command after the installation is complete. For more details, see Understanding Licensing.

2.2.8.2. Configuring ReadyKernel¶

With automatic updating enabled by default, ReadyKernel will check for new patches daily at 12:00 server time. If a patch is available, ReadyKernel will download, install, and load it for the current kernel. For more details, see Updating the Kernel with ReadyKernel.

In previous Virtuozzo Hybrid Server versions, you can turn off the option of automatic update of Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patches while installing Virtuozzo Hybrid Server. In the latest versions, you can switch it off after installing Virtuozzo Hybrid Server. To do this, click READYKERNEL, clear the ReadyKernel automatic update checkbox, and click Done.

2.2.8.3. Completing Installation¶

Once the installation has been complete, click Reboot to restart the server.

After restart, you can continue building your Virtuozzo Hybrid Server infrastructure as described in Building the Infrastructure.

2.2.8.4. Building the Infrastructure¶

Your next steps will depend on which Virtuozzo Storage and Virtuozzo Automator components you have already installed and which you still need to install.

• If you installed Virtuozzo Storage and Virtuozzo Automator management panels on the first server, proceed to install storage and compute components, respectively, on the second and other servers.

• If you installed storage and compute components on a server and need to install it on more servers, repeat the performed installation steps. When on the VIRTUOZZO STORAGE or VIRTUOZZO AUTOMATOR screen, follow the instructions in Installing Storage on the Second and Other Servers or Installing Compute on the Second and Other Servers.

• If you installed storage and compute components on the last server, do the following:

  • Log in to the Virtuozzo Storage management panel and make sure that all storage nodes are present in the UNASSIGNED list on the NODES screen.

  • Log in to the Virtuozzo Automator management panel and make sure that all compute nodes are present on the Infrastructure > Hardware Nodes tab.

With everything ready, you can start managing your infrastructure as described in the |vstorage| Administrator’s Guide and |vauto| Administrator’s Guide.