Archipel is a powerful and feature-rich virtualization management platform that allows you to manage your virtual machines easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Archipel on your Ubuntu Server.
Before you begin with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update the system to the latest packages. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Next, you need to install the required packages for Archipel. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install python3-pip libssl-dev libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev libvirt-dev libvirt-bin libxml2-utils ipcalc
Now, you can install Archipel by running the following command:
pip3 install archipel-core
After installing Archipel, you need to configure it. First, create a configuration file by running the following command:
cd /etc/archipel
sudo cp config.sample.yml config.yml
Next, open the configuration file with a text editor and make the necessary changes.
sudo nano config.yml
Then update the configuration file with your settings. You can configure the following:
Finally, start the Archipel server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start archipel-core
You can check the status of the service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status archipel-core
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Archipel on your Ubuntu Server. You can now start managing your virtualization systems with ease.
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