Creating the Abiquo Virtual Machine on Citrix XenServer

These are the steps to install Abiquo EE in a Citrix XenServer virtual machine.

1. Right-click on the XenServer that will be hosting the Abiquo EE virtual machine and select New VM.

2. On the next screen you're able to select the template to use for installing Abiquo EE. For the Abiquo virtual machine you must scroll to the bottom and select Other install media.
Click Next to continue.

3. Change the virtual machine name to something more descriptive and click Next.

4. At this screen you're able to select the install media.

Options include:

ISO repository
Internal DVD drive on the XenServer server
Local DVD drive on the host connecting to the XenServer server
Boot from Network

Make your selection to continue.

5. Select a home server, or basically where the Abiquo virtual machine will be hosted. You may or may not get this screen, depending on whether you have Workload Balancing (WLB) enabled on the XenServer.

6. Specify the virtual CPUs the virtual machine will have and the amount of memory. 1 vCPU is recommended, along with 4GB of memory.

7. Configure storage for the Abiquo virtual machine. Click the Add button to add a virtual hard disk.

Name: any descriptive name for the virtual disk
Description: desribe what the virtual machine is
Size: size of the virtual disk
Location: location of the virtual disk

Abiquo requires a minimum of 10GB of disk space, with 20GB the recommended value. The location can be anywhere. Click Add and Next to continue.

8. Configure networking on the Abiquo virtual machine. Ensure the Abiquo virtual machine is in the proper network and click Next.

9. The next screen will display a summary of the Abiquo virtual machine. Click Finish to create it and start it up automatically.

10. XenServer will create the Abiquo virtual machine. You can access the console by drilling down on the XenServer, selecting the virtual machine, and clicking the Console tab.
The virtual machine will power on. Press the <ENTER> key to boot the Abiquo virtual machine.

11. The Abiquo installer will give you the option of testing the ISO image. It is recommended that the ISO get tested once to ensure it is not corrupt.
The testing could take 10-15 minutes to complete.

12. After the test is done on the ISO image the Abiquo welcome screen will appear.

To continue to the next screen you have the option of using the mouse and clicking Next or using the keyboard and pressing ALT-N (or whichever key on the button is underlined.)

13. Keyboard selection

14. The next screen will display this message. This is because the installation found a virtual disk that is unreadable (since it was just added to the virtual machine.)
You can press Yes at this dialog box (or press ALT-Y.)

15. Once you continue setup will search for any Abiquo set ups in the virtual machine. If there aren’t any it will give you the option of preparing the virtual disk for the Abiquo installation,
as the screenshot below shows. Press Next to continue.

16. You will be asked if you’re sure you want to clear the disk. Please answer Yes.

17. The following screen allows you to enter virtual machine IP addressing information.

18. If using DHCP you can simply click Next. If not then please click the Edit button and enter the IP address of the Abiquo server that’s being installed, along with the netmask.
Please also disable IPv6 and click OK to continue.

19. Enter the appropriate information on this screen and click Next.

Hostname Friendly name for the Abiquo server
Gateway Default route to get to the network/internet
Primary DNS Primary Domain Name Service server
Secondary DNS Secondary Domain Name Service server, if any

20. This screen allows you to select your locale and click Next.

System clock uses UTC:

If the system clock is set to your local time uncheck the value
If the system clock is set to GMT check the value

21. Enter the system password and click Next

22. This screen allows you to select the edition of Abiquo you want to install:

The available profiles are:

Cloud in a Box This profile installs everything required to run the Abiquo Platform in one server
LVM Storage Server Abiquo LVM-based iSCSI storage server
NetApp Storage Connector Installs the NetApp connector
Abiquo Server Abiquo core, the API, MySQL, and the web client
Abiquo V2V Conversion Services Conversion services required for Abiquo V2V features
Abiquo Remote Services Installs the various Abiquo Remote Services
Abiquo KVM Installs a configured KVM virtual machine
Abiquo Xen Installs a configured Xen virtual machine
Abiquo Remote Repository Installs and configures an Abiquo Remote Repository

For more information on installation profiles you can go here: http://www.abicloud.org/display/ABI16/Types+of+Installation

The next few screens will differ depending on which profile was selected. If your screen is displayed below you can follow along.

23. The value that’s needed here is the Abiquo server’s IP address. Click Next to continue.

24. The IP address/hostname of the NFS server hosting the share, along with the path to the share. The default is /opt/vm_repository for the share path.

25. The IP address/hostname of the NFS server hosting the share, along with the path to the share. The default is /opt/vm_repository for the share path.

26. The IP address/hostname of the NFS server hosting the share, along with the path to the share. The default is /opt/vm_repository for the share path.
The address for Abiquo Remote Services IP should be the where the Remote Services profile was installed, if not using a Cloud in a Box installation. Click Next to continue.