Ganeti is a cluster virtualization management software designed to help with the management of virtual machines (VMs) across a cluster of physical machines. In this tutorial, we will install Ganeti on Arch Linux.
Before we get started, you will need:
Ganeti depends on a few software and libraries that we will need to install first. Open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git hlint hscolour python2
This command will install git, hlint, hscolour, and Python 2, which are all necessary dependencies for Ganeti.
Next, we will need to clone the Ganeti repository onto our machine. In the terminal window, type the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ganeti/ganeti.git
This will clone Ganeti's source code from its GitHub repository to your local machine.
Once you have downloaded the source code, navigate to the ganeti directory and run the installation script with the following command:
cd ganeti
sudo ./configure --localstatedir=/var --with-hypervisor-dir=/usr/libexec/ganeti/hypervisor \
--with-xen-config-dir=/etc/xen --with-user=ganeti --with-ganeti-user=ganeti \
--with-haskell-platform=/usr/lib/haskell-platform/2013.2.0.0/
sudo make install
This command will configure and install Ganeti onto your system. Note that the --localstatedir and --with-xen-config-dir flags may need to be adjusted depending on your system setup.
Once Ganeti is installed, you will need to configure it to work with your cluster setup. The default configuration file is located in /etc/ganeti/. Copy the example configuration file from the ganeti source directory to the /etc/ganeti/ directory:
sudo cp ./examples/ganeti/default/ganeti.conf /etc/ganeti/
Next, edit the configuration file to match your system requirements. At a minimum, you will need to set the cluster_name option to a name of your choice.
sudo nano /etc/ganeti/ganeti.conf
Save and close the configuration file when you are done.
Finally, start the Ganeti daemons with the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/ganeti start
Ganeti should now be up and running on your Arch Linux system!
In this tutorial, we walked through how to install Ganeti on Arch Linux. Now that Ganeti is installed, you can use it to create and manage virtual machines on your cluster.
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