Archipel is an open-source Virtualization Management platform that allows you to manage and monitor multiple virtual machines from a centralized location. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Archipel on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing Archipel, you need to ensure that your system has the following packages installed:
To install these packages, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev python-libvirt python-libxml2 python-simplejson python-virtinst python-yaml
Follow the below steps to install Archipel on Elementary OS Latest:
First, we need to add the Archipel repository to your system. To add the repo, run the following command:
echo 'deb http://archipelproject.org/apt/ stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archipel.list
Next, we need to add the Archipel GPG key to your system. To do this, run the following command:
wget -O - http://archipelproject.org/apt/archipel-project.key | sudo apt-key add -
After adding the repository and the GPG key, update the package list by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Once the package list is updated successfully, you can install the Archipel package by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install archipel-core archipel-planet libarchipelclient0 libarchipelcore0 libarchipeldjango0 python-archipel-agent-virtualmachine python-archipel-libvirt python-archipel-plugins python-archipel-hook-python
Finally, start the Archipel service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start archipel-core
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Archipel on Elementary OS Latest. You can now manage and monitor your virtual machines from the Archipel Web Interface.
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