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Chapter 5.
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Installation
5.1. Who Should Read This
These installation instructions are intended for those who are ready to set up a full production
deployment. If you only need to set up a trial installation, you will probably find more detail than you
need here. Instead, you might want to start with the Trial Installation Guide.
With the following procedures, you can start using the more powerful features of CloudPlatform, such
as advanced VLAN networking, high availability, additional network elements such as load balancers
and firewalls, and support for multiple hypervisors including Citrix XenServer, KVM, and VMware
vSphere.
5.2. Overview of Installation Steps
For anything more than a simple trial installation, you will need guidance for a variety of configuration
choices. It is strongly recommended that you read the following:
• Chapter 13, Choosing a Deployment Architecture
• Section 5.3.3, “Hypervisor Compatibility Matrix”
• Chapter 14, Network Setup
• Storage Setup
• Best Practices
Prepare
1. Make sure you have the required hardware ready
2. (Optional) Fill out the preparation checklists
Install the CloudPlatform software
3. Install the Management Server (choose single-node or multi-node)
4. Log in to the UI
Provision your cloud infrastructure
5. Add a zone. Includes the first pod, cluster, and host
6. Add more pods
7. Add more clusters
8. Add more hosts
9. Add more primary storage
10. Add more secondary storage
Try using the cloud
11. Initialization and testing