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Installation and Logging In

In this topic, you will learn how to install the SolusVM 2 Management Node. The Management Node enables managing the Cluster via the Administrator and Client web interfaces, and also via the REST API.

Installation Requirements

The Management Node can be installed on a physical or virtual server that meets the following requirements:

OS AlmaLinux 8, AlmaLinux 9,
CentOS 7, CentOS Stream,
Debian 10, Debian 11, Debian 12,
Ubuntu 18, Ubuntu 20, Ubuntu 22, Ubuntu 24
CPU Minimum 4 cores/8 threads
RAM Minimum 4 GiB
Recommended 8 GiB
Free disk space Minimum 40 GiB
Allowed connections to ports TCP 443 (web server)
TCP 5671 (RabbitMQ messaging service)

Note

The Management Node cannot run on a virtual server based on Xen.

Installation

To install SolusVM 2 Management Node on a server:

  1. Log in to the server via SSH.
  2. Download the SolusVM 2 installer script: 
    curl https://installer.dev.solusvm.com/latest -o installer
  3. Make the downloaded script executable: 
    chmod +x ./installer
  4. Launch the interactive installer: 
    ./installer
  5. Read and accept the end-user license agreement.
  6. Enter your email address. It will be used as the login for your SolusVM 2 Administrator account.
  7. Enter a resolvable hostname or IP address for the Management Node.

Once the installation has finished, you will see your login, password, and a one-time login link. Use the login link to log in to SolusVM 2 Administrator web interface for the first time.

Logging In to SolusVM 2

Note

When you log in to SolusVM 2 for the first time, you may see a warning about an untrusted SSL/TLS certificate. This is because, if an internal IP address is specified during the installation, SolusVM 2 secures the connections to and from the web interface with a self-signed SSL/TLS certificate. Otherwise, a free SSL/TLS certificate from Let’s Encrypt is used instead. In either case, the connections to and from the web interface are securely encrypted.

To log in to SolusVM 2 after the first login:

  1. Go to https://<management-server-hostname>/admin or https://<management-server-IP>/admin.
  2. Enter the email address specified during the installation as your login, and also the password shown after the installation.
  3. Click Log In.

You have logged in to the SolusVM 2 Administrator web interface.

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