OpenNebula is an open-source Cloud Management Platform that allows users to deploy, manage and monitor virtual machines and networks. Linux Mint is a popular user-friendly Linux distribution that is easy to install on desktops and laptops. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OpenNebula on the latest version of Linux Mint.
Before proceeding with the installation, you will need the following:
Before beginning the installation process, ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This will update the package lists and upgrade any outdated software packages on your system.
OpenNebula requires several dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. Run the following command in the terminal to install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-utils libssl-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libssh2-1-dev libsqlite3-dev libmysqlclient-dev libxmlrpc-c++8v5 libxmlrpc-c++8-dev libsqlite3-dev
This command will install the necessary packages required for OpenNebula.
Next, we need to add the OpenNebula repository to our system by running the following command:
echo "deb http://downloads.opennebula.org/repo/6.0/Ubuntu/18.04 stable opennebula" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opennebula.list
This will add the OpenNebula repository to the list of software sources that apt-get can use.
We need to add the OpenNebula GPG key to our system to verify the packages are authentic. Run the following command in the terminal to add the OpenNebula GPG key:
wget -q -O- http://downloads.opennebula.org/repo/Debian/repo.key | sudo apt-key add -
This will download and add the OpenNebula GPG key to our system.
We can now install OpenNebula by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install opennebula
This will download and install OpenNebula on your system.
After successfully installing OpenNebula, we need to start and enable the services by running the following commands in the terminal:
sudo systemctl start opennebulasudo systemctl enable opennebula
This will start the OpenNebula service and enable it to start automatically on boot.
To verify that OpenNebula is installed correctly, we can use the oneuser command. Run the following command in the terminal to verify:
oneuser show
This command should return a list of registered OpenNebula users.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenNebula on Linux Mint. You can now use OpenNebula to deploy, manage and monitor virtual machines and networks.
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