How To Install CloudStack Management Server 4.9 on Ubuntu 14.04

CloudStack management server is an open source cloud computing. It can be installed various linux distribution such as ubuntu, redhat and centos. Now I have to configure CloudStack Management Server on ubuntu 14.04. And I have used hypervisor host like as XEN server 6.5. Apache CloudStack is a cloud management system.

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CloudStack Management Server installation system requirements.

CloudStack Management Server requirements:

ClounStack management server and storage must fulfill below requirements.

• Operating system [centOS/RHEL 6.3+ or Ubuntu 14.04]
• 64-bit x86 [Maximum core for more best preference]
• 4GB memory [Used maximum RAM for best performance]
• 250 GB of local disk [Recommended Disk Space 500GB]
• At least 1 NIC [Local LAN]
• Configure IP address [Static IP address]
• Fully qualified domain name [e.g. cloud-mgmt.technologyrss.local]

CloudStack Host/Hypervisor System Requirements:

• Must be support HVM [Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled]
• 64-bit x86 CPU [Maximum core for more best preference]
• Hardware virtualization support required [Software executed on these virtual machines]
• 4 GB of memory [Must be increase your RAM]
• 36 GB of local disk [Must be increase your local disk]
• At least 1 NIC [configure two NIC such as LAN and WAN]
• Installed hypervisor software [e.g. Xen Server or another virtualization]
• When installed hypervisor software, then can’t create or running any vm.

Now  have to show step by step configure cloudStack management server.
Step #01: Now install ubuntu 14.04 on VM machine. Then change ssh  service, hosts file and hostname for install cloudStack management server requirements.

• Enable ssh service on your virtual machine
• Edit hosts file via command line. (vi /etc/hosts) edit like as below.

127.0.0.1       localhost
10.55.50.10     technologyrss.local     cloud-mgmt

• Edit hostname (vi /etc/hostname) like as cloud-mgmt

Hostname needed fully qualified domain name. So ping cloud-mgmt.technologyrss.local

All is ok then reboot your machine.

Then reboot your machine.

Step #02: Install open ntp server command

root@cloud-mgmt:~# apt-get install openntpd

Step #03: Configure DEB package repository to your apt sources for ubuntu 14.04 [trusty]. Open source list file via any editor such as vi, vim or nano.

root@cloud-mgmt:~# vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudstack.list

Add below line into cloudstack.list file

deb http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/ubuntu precise 4.9

Now we have to add public key into cloudstack apt-get

root@cloud-mgmt:~# sudo wget -O – http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/release.asc|apt-key add –

Step #04: Now update your machine via apt-get command.

root@cloud-mgmt:~# apt-get update

Step #05:  Complete update then install apt-get cloudstack management server command below.

root@cloud-mgmt:~# apt-get install cloudstack-management

Wait up to 30 minutes or less download all packages for install cloudstack mgmt server requirements.

Step #06:  After completed install. Then install mysql server on your management server.

root@cloud-mgmt:~# apt-get install mysql-server

Edit mysql configuration file. Open vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf 

root@cloud-mgmt:~# vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Insert below lines under [mysqld] section  the max_connections parameter should be set to 350

[mysqld]
innodb_rollback_on_timeout=1
innodb_lock_wait_timeout=600
max_connections=350
log-bin=mysql-bin
binlog-format = 'ROW'

Step #07:  Don’t forget Create file /etc/mysql/conf.d/cloudstack.cnf and insert just [mysqld] section.

root@cloud-mgmt:~#  vim /etc/mysql/conf.d/cloudstack.cnf

Insert [mysqld]  line and save it. Now restart mysql server.

root@cloud-mgmt:~# service mysql restart

Step #08:  Don’t forget disable your firewall. ubuntu firewall name like as ufw. 

root@cloud-mgmt:~# ufw disable

Step #09:  Configure your cloud databases and add cloud user this command below. Details as like

cloudstack-setup-databases “cloud_user”:”db_password”@localhost –deploy-as=root:”root_passw0rd”

cloud:cloud  [That means “cloud” user for password “cloud”]

root [That means mysql installation root password, Is not machine root password]

root@cloud-mgmt:~# cloudstack-setup-databases cloud:cloud@localhost --deploy-as=root:passw0rd

Step #10:  Now start, stop and restart your management server command below.

service cloudstack-management start
service cloudstack-management stop 
service cloudstack-management start
service cloudstack-management restart

Test your cloudStack management server installed is ok. As like Command below.

root@cloud-mgmt:~# cloudstack-setup-management

Finally Goto your browser  then type server ip and port 8080.

http://10.55.50.10:8080/client/ 

If you can’t access web GUI then goto step #09 and read again very carefully.

Default login

UserName : admin

Password : password

Now prepare NFS Server for cloudstack management server

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