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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>4.3. Minimum System Requirements</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Common_Content/css/default.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="Common_Content/css/print.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="publican 2.8" /><meta name="package" content="Apache_CloudStack-Installation_Guide-4.0.0-incubating-en-US-1-" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="CloudStack Installation Guide" /><link rel="up" href="installation.html" title="Chapter 4. Installation" /><link rel="prev" href="installation-steps-overview.html" title="4.2. Overview of Installation Steps" /><link rel="next" href="configure-package-repository.html" title="4.4. Configure package repository" /></head><body><p id="title"><a class="left" href="http://cloudstack.org"><img src="Common_Content/images/image_left.png" alt="Product Site" /></a><a class="right" href="http://docs.cloudstack.org"><img src="Common_Content/images/image_right.png" alt="Documentation Site" /></a></p><ul class="docnav"><li class="previous"><a accesskey="p" href="installation-steps-overview.html"><strong>Prev</strong></a></li><li class="next"><a accesskey="n" href="configure-package-repository.html"><strong>Next</strong></a></li></ul><div xml:lang="en-US" class="section" id="minimum-system-requirements" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" id="minimum-system-requirements">4.3. Minimum System Requirements</h2></div></div></div><div class="section" id="management-server-system-requirements"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title" id="management-server-system-requirements">4.3.1. Management Server, Database, and Storage System Requirements</h3></div></div></div><div class="para">
The machines that will run the Management Server and MySQL database must meet the following requirements. The same machines can also be used to provide primary and secondary storage, such as via localdisk or NFS. The Management Server may be placed on a virtual machine.
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Operating system:
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Preferred: CentOS/RHEL 6.3+ or Ubuntu 12.04(.1)
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64-bit x86 CPU (more cores results in better performance)
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4 GB of memory
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50 GB of local disk (When running secondary storage on the management server 500GB is recommended)
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At least 1 NIC
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Statically allocated IP address
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Fully qualified domain name as returned by the hostname command
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The host is where the cloud services run in the form of guest virtual machines. Each host is one machine that meets the following requirements:
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Must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled).
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64-bit x86 CPU (more cores results in better performance)
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Hardware virtualization support required
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4 GB of memory
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36 GB of local disk
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At least 1 NIC
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If DHCP is used for hosts, ensure that no conflict occurs between DHCP server used for these hosts and the DHCP router created by CloudStack.
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Latest hotfixes applied to hypervisor software
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When you deploy CloudStack, the hypervisor host must not have any VMs already running
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All hosts within a cluster must be homogenous. The CPUs must be of the same type, count, and feature flags.
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Hosts have additional requirements depending on the hypervisor. See the requirements listed at the top of the Installation section for your chosen hypervisor:
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Be sure you fulfill the additional hypervisor requirements and installation steps provided in this Guide. Hypervisor hosts must be properly prepared to work with CloudStack. For example, the requirements for XenServer are listed under Citrix XenServer Installation.
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<a class="xref" href="hypervisor-kvm-install-flow.html#hypervisor-kvm-requirements">Section 8.1.1, “System Requirements for KVM Hypervisor Hosts”</a>
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<a class="xref" href="citrix-xenserver-installation.html#system-requirements-xenserver-hosts">Section 8.2.1, “System Requirements for XenServer Hosts”</a>
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<a class="xref" href="vmware-install.html#vmware-requirements">Section 8.3.1, “System Requirements for vSphere Hosts”</a>
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