CloudStack is an open-source cloud computing platform that allows you to create, manage, and deploy cloud services. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing CloudStack on Arch Linux.
Before installing CloudStack, you need to have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to make sure your system is up-to-date. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This command will update your system and install any available packages.
CloudStack requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. To install them, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S java-8-openjdk ant git maven tomcat-native jsvc
Next, you need to download and extract the CloudStack source code from the official website. Open a terminal and run the following command to download the source code:
git clone https://github.com/apache/cloudstack.git
Once the source code is downloaded, extract it to a directory of your choice:
cd cloudstack
ant clean-all deploy-server
After extracting the CloudStack source code, you need to configure it. CloudStack uses a configuration file named global.properties located in the directory /etc/cloudstack/management/.
To configure CloudStack, create a new global.properties file using the following command:
sudo cp /etc/cloudstack/management/global.properties.sample /etc/cloudstack/management/global.properties
Edit the global.properties file and set the appropriate values for the following parameters:
management.server.ip = <IP address of the CloudStack management server>
consoleproxy.url = http://<IP address of the CloudStack management server>:8080
Save and close the configuration file.
Finally, you can start the CloudStack management server by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl start cloudstack-management
You can verify if the management server is running by checking its status:
sudo systemctl status cloudstack-management
If the management server is running, you should see output similar to the following:
* cloudstack-management.service - Apache CloudStack Management Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cloudstack-management.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-08-24 13:32:08 CEST; 17s ago
Main PID: 535 (java)
Tasks: 29 (limit: 19087)
Memory: 109.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/cloudstack-management.service
535 /usr/lib/jvm/default-runtime/bin/java -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx2048m -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -X...
Congratulations! You have successfully installed CloudStack on Arch Linux.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install CloudStack on Arch Linux. Now you can start using CloudStack to create and manage cloud services on your system.
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