How to Install OpenNebula on OpenSUSE Latest

OpenNebula is an open-source cloud computing platform that helps manage virtual machines, containers, and various clouds in a data center. In this tutorial, we will be installing OpenNebula on the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Prerequisites

Before installing OpenNebula on OpenSUSE, here are the basic steps you need to follow.

1. Login to your OpenSUSE system with root privileges.
2. Ensure your system is up to date

zypper refresh

zypper update

3. Install ruby and rubygem

zypper install ruby rubygem

4. Confirm the installation and check the version of ruby and rubygem

ruby -v

gem -v

Installing OpenNebula

To install OpenNebula on OpenSUSE Latest, follow the steps below.

1. Start by adding the OpenNebula community repository.

zypper addrepo -G -t yum -c http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/OpenNebula:/Edge/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ OpenNebula

2. Refresh the repository

zypper refresh

3. Install OpenNebula

zypper install opennebula

4. Confirm OpenNebula installation by checking the version

one --version

5. Start OpenNebula service and enable it to start at boot time

systemctl start opennebula.service

systemctl enable opennebula.service

6. Confirm the installation by accessing the OpenNebula web interface with the following URL: http://hostipaddress:9869 Here “hostipaddress” is the IP address of your OpenSUSE system.

Conclusion

With these simple steps, you can easily install OpenNebula on OpenSUSE Latest. Once you have completed the installation, you can start managing your virtual machines and cloud resources with ease.

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