A new Ansible based FastStart install for single host Eucalyptus clouds is now available for early access to Eucalyptus 5 pre-releases.
A FastStart deployment requires a CentOS 7.5-7.7 host with 16G memory and 100G disk as the recommended host minimums. Ansible FastStart installs Eucalyptus with Walrus object storage, overlay block storage, and vpcmido network mode. The deployment is from Eucalyptus 5 nightly builds, so will always have the latest pre-release functionality.
FastStart install
To install Eucalyptus 5 using the Ansible FastStart run (as root):
> bash <(curl -Ls https://go.euca.me/5eav)
The interactive installer will check system prerequisites and prompt for the one
required configuration item, the VPC public IP address CIDR. Currently the installer
requires between a /24
(~256 addresses) and a /28
(~16 addresses) block, for
example:
192.168.100.0/24
for addresses192.168.100.1
-192.168.100.254
192.168.1.128/25
for addresses192.168.1.129
-192.168.1.254
192.168.2.192/26
for addresses192.168.2.193
-192.168.2.254
192.168.3.224/27
for addresses192.168.3.225
-192.168.3.254
192.168.4.240/28
for addresses192.168.4.241
-192.168.4.254
If the target hosts IP was 10.20.30.40/24
then the CIDR used could be
10.20.30.240/28
.
These addresses should not currently be in use, they will be used by instances in the deployment.
Post install
Once the installation completes a few configuration items are listed as next steps. You could install machine images (ami/emi) using the new wrapper script:
> eucalyptus-images
or get started with the management console by configuring the administrator login:
> euare-useraddloginprofile --as-account eucalyptus -u admin -p PASSWORD
The installer also sets up the AWS CLI for use with Eucalyptus:
>
> aws s3 ls
2020-03-07 00:46:33 eucalyptus-service-image-v5.0.100
>
> aws ec2 describe-availability-zones
AVAILABILITYZONES cloud-1 available cloud-1a
>
> aws ec2 describe-account-attributes
ACCOUNTATTRIBUTES supported-platforms
ATTRIBUTEVALUES VPC
ACCOUNTATTRIBUTES default-vpc
ATTRIBUTEVALUES vpc-6b1e517c04915806c
>
You might want to review the Eucalyptus 5 beta 1 announcement for more details on the release.
Feedback
Please report any issues you find with the installer or Eucalyptus 5 to help improve the final release.