Eucalyptus FastStart
Eucalyptus Open Source v2.0.3
FastStart is a way to get Eucalyptus up and running quickly, with as few steps as possible. If your goal is to try out Eucalyptus, or simply to run a small cloud, you can use FastStart.
It is simple to use because it makes a few simplifying assumptions.
- 1 machine is the front-end server, the rest are used for virtualized compute nodes (using Xen)
- CentOS 5.7 64 bit needs to be installed on all machines
- The networking mode will be MANAGED_NOVLAN
The installation process is very simple and fully detailed:
In a nutshell, you install CentOS, selecting the most basic install options and specifying the network parameters, then mount the media containing FastStart and run the script.
Node controllers require one question to be answered and are ready to use quickly. The front-end has several questions related to network configuration and subnets, and asks for the IP addresses of the node controllers. A default image will also be installed on your cloud, so you can get started running instances right away.
The files will fit on a 1GB flash drive (~509 MB download), or a CD. You can also copy the files to the node you are configuring and run the script from there. The instructions are available for download from this page or from within the downloaded archive.
For those interested, the scripts that power this are hosted on github.com at https://github.com/eucalyptus/faststart
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