Ganeti is a powerful virtualization management tool that enables you to create and manage virtual instances on a cluster of physical machines. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Ganeti on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing Ganeti, ensure that you have the following:
It's always advisable to update your system with the latest available packages before installing any new software. To update the FreeBSD system, run the following command:
pkg update && pkg upgrade
To install Ganeti packages on FreeBSD Latest, run the following command:
pkg install ganeti
Once you have installed Ganeti, initialize it by running the following command:
gnt-cluster init --no-ssh-init --secondary-ip=IP_ADDRESS ganeti_cluster_name
Replace the IP_ADDRESS with the IP of the server, and ganeti_cluster_name with the desired name for your Ganeti cluster.
You will be prompted to enter a passphrase for the cluster's configuration file. Ensure that you remember this passphrase, as it will be required to access the configuration file later on.
To start Ganeti services, you need to enable them in the /etc/rc.conf file using the following command:
echo 'ganeti_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
Next, start the Ganeti services using the following command:
service ganeti start
To verify that Ganeti is installed correctly, run the following command:
gnt-cluster verify
If everything is installed correctly, you should see a message stating that the cluster is verified.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Ganeti on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start creating and managing virtual instances using Ganeti. For more information on Ganeti usage, please refer to the official Ganeti documentation.
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