Archipel is an open source solution for virtual machines centralized management. It is compatible with a range of virtualization engines such as KVM, Xen, OpenVZ, and VirtualBox among others. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Archipel on OpenSUSE latest.
Before installing Archipel, you'll need to install its dependencies. Open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo zypper install python2-virtualenv python2-dev python2-pyasn1 python2-pycrypto python2-lxml python2-libvirt python2-ldap python2-cryptodomex
Go to the Archipel project website http://archipelproject.org/ and download the latest stable release of Archipel. You can also use wget command to obtain the latest tarball.
cd /opt
sudo wget https://github.com/ArchipelProject/Archipel/releases/download/0.9.7.1/Archipel-0.9.7.1.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
sudo tar -xzvf Archipel-0.9.7.1.tar.gz
To install Archipel, navigate to the extracted directory and run the installation script.
cd Archipel-0.9.7.1
sudo python2 setup.py install
To configure Archipel, first copy the configuration file using the following command:
sudo cp conf_sample/archipel.conf.sample /etc/archipel/archipel.conf
Then edit the /etc/archipel/archipel.conf file to suit your requirements.
To start the Archipel daemon, run the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/archipel-workerd start
To check the status of Archipel worker, run the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/archipel-workerd status
That's it! Archipel should now be installed and running on your OpenSUSE latest system. You can now access the Archipel management console via your web browser at http://localhost:8080.
Note: If you have a firewall enabled, you need to open port 8080 to allow incoming traffic.
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