Installing CloudStack on Elementary OS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing CloudStack on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of Elementary OS Latest
• Root access or a user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update package repositories

Run the following commands to update the package repositories:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install required packages

Next, install the packages required for CloudStack:

sudo apt install -y openjdk-8-jdk maven tomcat8 mysql-server-5.7

Step 3: Configure MySQL

Create a MySQL database and user for CloudStack:

sudo mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE cloud;
CREATE USER 'cloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON cloud.* TO 'cloud'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Download and build CloudStack

Download and extract the latest stable release of CloudStack:

wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/cloudstack/cloudstack-4.14.0.0/apache-cloudstack-4.14.0.0-src.tar.bz2
tar -xjf apache-cloudstack-4.14.0.0-src.tar.bz2

Build CloudStack using maven:

cd apache-cloudstack-4.14.0.0-src/
mvn -P developer

Step 5: Deploy CloudStack

Copy the CloudStack war file to Tomcat's webapps directory:

sudo cp -r dist/target/*.war /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps/cloudstack.war

Create a config file for CloudStack:

sudo nano /etc/cloudstack/management/server.properties

Add the following lines to the file:

cloudstack.setup=yes
setup.default.router.cidr=192.168.1.1/24

Step 6: Start Tomcat and CloudStack

Start Tomcat and CloudStack:

sudo service tomcat8 start
sudo /usr/share/cloudstack-management/setup/cloudstack-setup-databases cloud:password@localhost --deploy-as=root
sudo service cloudstack-management start

Conclusion

You have successfully installed CloudStack on Elementary OS Latest. You can now access the CloudStack web UI by navigating to http://localhost:8080/client.

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