Configuring Linux Server Cloud using CLI

This section provides an example of using the CLI to create a Linux server cloud.

The following are the steps to configure Linux cloud using the CLI method:

Procedure

1. Create your cloud as follows:

   [admin:10-50-0-2]: > configure cloud LSC

2. Configure IPAM. For details, see Configuring NSX Advanced Load Balancer IPAM.
3. Attach an IPAM profile as follows:

   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud> ipam_provider_ref LSC

4. Create Linux server configuration as follows:

   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud> linuxserver_configuration
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration> hosts host_ip 10.50.0.5
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts> host_attr attr_key CPU attr_val 2
   New object being created
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts:host_attr> save
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts> host_attr attr_key MEMORY attr_val 4
   New object being created
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts:host_attr> save
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts> host_attr attr_key DPDK attr_val No
   New object being created
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts:host_attr> save
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts> host_attr attr_key SE_INBAND_MGMT attr_val True
   New object being created
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts:host_attr> save
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration:hosts> save

   Repeat the above host steps to incorporate additional Service Engines.

5. Create SSH user. For details, see Public Key Management on SE Hosts.
6. Save your config as follows:

   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration> save
   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud> save

7. Configue the Linux server using the following commands:

   configure cloud LSC 
   
   linuxserver_configuration

8. After specifying the Linux server configuration, you can go to edit mode using the following command:

   [admin:10-50-0-2]: cloud:linuxserver_configuration> new

9. Copy in the host data and change the SE resource variables and ssh_user_refaccordingly as follows:

   hosts:
   - host_attr:
   - attr_key: CPU
   attr_val: '2'
   - attr_key: MEMORY
   attr_val: '4'
   - attr_key: DPDK
   attr_val: 'No'
   - attr_key: SE_INBAND_MGMT
   attr_val: 'True'
   host_ip:
   addr: 10.50.0.4
   type: V4
   - host_attr:
   - attr_key: CPU
   attr_val: '2'
   - attr_key: MEMORY
   attr_val: '4'
   - attr_key: DPDK
   attr_val: 'No'
   - attr_key: SE_INBAND_MGMT
   attr_val: 'True'
   host_ip:
   addr: 10.50.0.6
   type: V4
   se_inband_mgmt: false
   se_log_disk_size_GB: 5
   se_sys_disk_size_GB: 10
   ssh_user_ref: root