Preparing the server
We recommend that you install DCImanager 5 on a dedicated server. You may install the panel on a virtual machine based on hypervisor virtualization, but we didn't test this scenario in the enterprise environment. Dot not install DCImanager on virtual machines based on container virtualization due to network limitations.
Supported operating system — CentOS 7 x64. Supporting only one operating system allows reducing the number of testing tasks that the QA performs and improves system stability.
Install the panel on the server with the latest minor version of the operating system.
Do not change the major version of the OS.
When you install the panel on CentOS 7, use XFS as the file system.
Allocate 100-150 Gb for the root partition for DCImanager 5 files and OS templates. OS templates use about 80 Gb. 10-15 Gb for every Windows template and about 100 Mb for every Linux template. The templates are kept in the directory of the root partition /DCI/.
System requirements
Recommended for stable operation
Minimal requirements
Network settings
Allow connections to ports:
- 67, 68/UDP — for DHCP;
- 69/TCP, 69/UDP — for TFTP;
- 111, 2049/TCP, 111, 2049/UDP, the range of dynamic ports from /etc/sysconfig/nfs configuration file — for NFS;
- 139, 445/TCP, 139, 445/UDP — for Samba;
- 1500/TCP — for ihttpd web server.