Installation Guide

See also
• Using the csstart CLI to install the Foundation base appliance (page 64)
• Troubleshoot installation issues (page 52)
Configuring the Foundation base appliance on KVM
Read the following important notes before configuring the Foundation base appliance.
Table 16 Important CloudSystem configuration information
Why it mattersImportant to know
Data records can get out of sync between appliances when
time is not set to automatically sync with the NTP server.
HP recommends that you set the time on the management
hypervisor to automatically sync with the NTP server. The
Foundation and Enterprise appliances should be synced
with the virtual machine host running the management
hypervisor.
Using an outdated driver will prevent you from accessing
a provisioned instance with a floating IP.
If you are using the RHEL default driver, Broadcom TG3
NIC, then you must update the driver.
See HP Support Center.
Using an outdated driver will interrupt SSH and TCP
network traffic.
If you are using the Emulex driver, be2net, then you must
upgrade the driver to version 4.4.245.0 or later.
See Citrix support.
The deployer.conf file contains confidential information,
such as passwords, and should be kept secure.
(Step 2)
When installing with Linux, you should run the csstart
setup assistant from a directory with restricted access in
order to protect this file.
The csstart setup assistant does not provide a way to
change the image location. You must update that directly
in the deployer.conf file.
See Using the csstart CLI to install the Foundation base
appliance (page 64).
The installation images and the corresponding checksums
should be placed in the default /CloudSystem/images
directory
The setup assistant caches the contents of the deployer.conf
file in memory. If you edit deployer.conf outside of the
Exit the csstart setup assistant before using a text editor
to change the advanced fields in the deployer.conf file.
setup assistant, then the updates are not captured and
applied during installation.
See Using the csstart CLI to install the Foundation base
appliance (page 64).
The installation creates a Glance disk on the same
datastore where the base appliance template is stored.
When you run the csstart setup assistant, you will be
asked for a Glance disk size. Make sure to size the disk
appropriately.
See Formula to determine the storage requirements for the
management hypervisor (page 12) for sizing calculations.
You must have sufficient space for the virtual appliance
boot disks, as well as the Glance disk, or the installation
process will not be able to complete.
(Step 7)
In order to speed up virtual machine boot times and save
disk space, csstart does not make a full copy of the
Do not move, delete or rename images after you create
the base appliance.
image. Changing the name or location of the image
disrupts the operation of the shared copy encoded by
csstart.
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Prerequisites
• CloudSystem-Foundation-KVM–8.0.0.20 is downloaded from the release site and images are
unpacked on a Linux server.
• A /CloudSystem directory is created on the management hypervisor.
Configuring the KVM management environment 41