Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Download/Aquilon

Timestamp:

Nov 9, 2011, 6:55:44 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Nick Williams

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Download/Aquilon

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-There is an early version of a virtual appliance for trying out Aquilon, available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/quattor/files/appliances/aquilon.ova. This version of the appliance is for testing only. Although it can produce profiles, it is not yet integrated with QWG templates and there is a large amount of work remaining to productionize the appliance.
+There is an early version of a virtual appliance for trying out Aquilon, available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/quattor/files/appliances/aquilon.iso. This version of the appliance is for testing only. Although it can produce profiles, it is not yet integrated with QWG templates and there is a large amount of work remaining to productionize the appliance.
 
 This appliance provides:
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    * A webserver providing access to the generated profiles and providing an interface to manage the appliance.
 
-This virtual appliance is available in OVA format, tested on VMware Fusion and Virtual Box.
+This virtual appliance is available in ISO format, tested on VMware Fusion.
 
-To install the appliance, use the import appliance feature of your virtual environment.
+To install the appliance, create a Linux Ubuntu 64-bit VM (no special requirements - I've typically used 5GB disk, 1GB memory, 1 processor) with your favourite virtualization software. Add the ISO to the CD for the virtual machine and boot the machine. On boot this will display a Turnkey appliance logo and ask you to install the software on the virtual machine. Please see the detailed walkthrough if you need more information.
 
-The virtual appliance on startup should display the network address and some URL's for managing the appliance (for example changing the networking parameters, etc). You can visit http://ADDRESS:5000/ to configure and use Aquilon.
+Once the appliance has started up normally the console will show an Aquilon URL that you can use from a web browser to activate the appliance. You should see a web page similar to the screenshot below.
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+There is an intent to automate much of the activation but that work is incomplete. Therefore the only option is to use a manual activation. This means you should fill in the organisation code (the distinguished name in LDAP terms) and a text representation of the organisation, but leave the Quattor URL empty. Submit that form to activate your appliance. At this point your appliance will be ready for use.