On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:52 AM, CK <cloudw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > > So it sounds like I just need to do a standard XenServer install and not > have to configure anything specific for CS - is that correct? >
if you have a fairly simple layout (network topology that can route to all your resources), the default works well. > > In your response to question 3 - "if your going with NFS this isnt > necessary, adding it via the GUI/API as a shared nfs storage should do > the trick." - by GUI do you mean the CS GUI and where do you add the > storage? > > when creating a zone to cloudstack, there are guided wizards in the UI. There are manual steps as well, say after a zone is created... one would add resources individually (cluster->host->storage) > In what situation would I need to set up a storage repository on the > Xenserver? > This is if you use HBA's for example, you'd create the storage repository on xenserver first, then you'd add it to cloudstack as a 'PreSetup' storage. > > Clark > > > On 14 February 2013 19:30, Ahmad Emneina <aemne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> See inline: >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:24 AM, CK <cloudw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I am new to CS and have been reading the documentation. I have have some >> > questions on the CS configuration/deployment. >> > >> > My setup is basic and as follows: >> > - 1x Centos Host running the CS management server, MySQL DB and NFS >> > providing primary/secondary storage >> > - 1x Xenserver Host to run the guest VMs >> > >> > Questions: >> > 1 - is the above sufficient for a basic env to test/play with CS? >> > >> >> Definitely. >> >> >> > 2 - I understand the guest VMs are created/stored on the primary >> storage, >> > but how (ie. directly from CS-Primary or CS->XenServer->Primary) and >> what >> > is the actual process how this done ? >> > >> >> cloudstack gets the xenserver to mount both secondary and primary. >> CS sends a command to XenServer to copy template from secondary to Primary >> CS clones the template and launches the vm. >> >> >> >> >> > 3 - When setting up the Xenserver host, do I need to configure a Storage >> > repository which happens to be the primary storage? >> > >> >> if your going with NFS this isnt necessary, adding it via the GUI/API as a >> shared nfs storage should do the trick. >> >> >> > >> > Is there a blog/wiki available that details how to setup the above? >> > >> >> There is a runbook/quick install being updated at the moment, in the mean >> time look at the install guide: >> >> https://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/docs/en-US/index.html >> >> >> >> > >> > Thanks in advance. >> > >> > Clark >> > >> > >
