Control Converged Installation Guide
What is a Control Converged
Control Converged node included Control, Compute, Network & Storage (All-in-one), A single role that run CubeOS at full functional.
Hardware recommendation
- 8 Core CPU or more
- 32GB RAM or more
- SSD with 500 GB available space (System Drive, RAID1 recommended)
- additional HDD as storage pool (JBOD or single disk RAID0)
- [optional] additional SSD as storage cache pool (JBOD or single disk RAID0)
Installation
Choose a setup options - Wizard
First Time Setup Options:
1: Wizard
2: Advanced
Enter index: 1
EULA
-- Welcome --
Welcome to the Cube Appliance setup wizard.
Using this setup wizard, you can:
* View and accept the Software License Agreement
* Set the appliance password
* View and configure networking
Press Enter to continue.
-- Software License Agreement --
Currently selected language: English
1: Select language for license display
2: Read Bigstack terms
3: Read non-Bigstack terms
4: Proceed to acceptance
Select option: 4
By choosing 'I agree,' you agree that (1) you have had the opportunity to
review the terms of licenses presented above and (2) such terms govern this
transaction. If you do not agree, choose 'I do not agree'.
1: I agree
2: I do not agree
Select option: 1
[Optional]Change the password
(default : admin)
-- Appliance Password --
Password changes are applied immediately.
Password has not been modified.
1: Change password
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: 1
- Change Password -
Enter old password: admin
Enter new password:
Confirm new password:
Password successfully changed.
Configure hostname
-- Host Name Configuration --
Host name: unconfigured
1: Change the host name
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: 1
- Change the Host Name -
Enter the new host name: control-converged
-- Host Name Configuration --
Host name: control-converged
1: Change the host name
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: n
[Optional] Configure network bonding
if cable is connected, column [Speed] will present the status else N/A, WARNING: do not use bond0, bond1, bondx as bonding name
-- Network Bonding Settings --
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Label BusID/Slaves Driver State Speed
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IF.1 0000:04:00.0 r8169 UP 1000F
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1: Display policy
2: Configure network bonding
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: n
[Optional] Configure VLAN
-- VLAN Settings --
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Label BusID/Slaves Driver State Speed
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IF.1 0000:04:00.0 r8169 UP 1000F
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1: Display policy
2: Configure vlan network
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: n
Configure IP address - IF.1
-- Networking Settings --
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Label BusID/Slaves Driver State Speed
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IF.1 0000:04:00.0 r8169 UP 1000F
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1: Display device status
2: Display policy
3: Configure IF.1
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: 3
- Configure IF.1 -
Enter the IPv4 address: 10.32.2.230
Enter the IPv4 subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Enter the IPv4 default gateway: 10.32.0.254
-- Networking Settings --
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Label BusID/Slaves Driver State Speed
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IF.1 0000:04:00.0 r8169 UP 1000F
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1: Display device status
2: Display policy
3: Configure IF.1
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: n
DNS setting
-- DNS Configuration --
No DNS servers configured.
1: Set DNS server 1
2: Set DNS server 2
3: Set DNS server 3
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: 1
- Set DNS Server 1 -
Enter the DNS server IP address: 1.1.1.1
Timezone configuration
[IMPORTANT] all nodes must be on the same zone and make sure all the clock/time are sync'ed
-- Time Configuration --
Time configuration changes are applied immediately.
Time Zone: America/New_York
Date: 12/02/2020
Time: 14:00:37
1: Change the time zone
2: Change the date
3: Change the time
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: 1
- Change the Time Zone -
Select a continent or ocean:
1: Africa
2: Americas
3: Asia
4: Atlantic Ocean
5: Australia
6: Europe
7: Pacific Ocean
8: Etc
Enter index: 3
Select a timezone:
1: (UTC+02:00) Asia/Jerusalem
2: (UTC+03:00) Asia/Kuwait
3: (UTC+03:00) Asia/Riyadh
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30: (UTC+08:00) Asia/Taipei
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39: (UTC+12:00) Asia/Kamchatka
Enter index: 30
Configure Role
-- Cube Role --
Current role: undef
Current Management: IF.1
Current Domain/Region: default/RegionOne
Current Cube Secret Seed: N/A
1: Change role
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: 1
- Change Role -
Select a role:
1: control
2: compute
3: storage
4: control-converged
Enter index: 4
Specify external IP/domain [optional]:
Specify management interface: IF.1
Specify provider interface: IF.1
Specify overlay interface: IF.1
Specify storage interface [frontend(,backend)]: IF.1
Specify region ("RegionOne"):
Specify cluster secret seed: bigstack
Specify management CIDR ("10.254.0.0/16"):
[Optional] High Availability setting
-- Cube High Availability --
Current HA setting: disabled
1: Change HA
x: Exit
p: Previous screen
n: Next screen
Select option: n
Finalize, change the configuration summary before proceed
Summary
Password has not been modified.
Host name: control-converged
IF.1
Default interface.
IPv4 Mode: Manual
IPv4 Address: 10.32.2.230
IPv4 Netmask: 255.255.0.0
IPv4 Gateway: 10.32.0.254
IPv6 Mode: Automatic
DNS server 1: 1.1.1.1
Time Zone: Asia/Taipei
Date: 12/02/2020
Time: 13:54:19
Role: control-converged
External IP/Domain: N/A
Management: IF.1
Provider: IF.1
Overlay: IF.1
Storage: IF.1
Domain/Region: default/RegionOne
Cube Secret Seed: bigstack
Management CIDR: 10.254.0.0/16
High Availability: disabled
1: Accept the configuration
2: Cancel the configuration
3: Modify the configuration
Select option: 1
IMPORTANT: Please wait for the first control node apply policy complete before you continue to next node
Error message:
Policy changes could not be applied. System must be rebooted.
Press enter to continue:
Please RE-image the nodes, if the error message above is presented and start over the installation progress
After all nodes installation is completed:
Setting storage data replication {1/2/3}
# ssh admin@IPADDRESS
Welcome to the Cube Appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
controller> cluster
controller:cluster> set_ready 1