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Documentation updates.

This changes installing.sgml, adding details about required software and
OS instances. It also updates INSTALL and README to correspond with the
sgml manual.

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......@@ -2,31 +2,47 @@ Software Requirements
=====================
Before installing, please verify that you have the following programs:
- Xen virtualization (version 3.0.x or 3.1)
http://xen.xensource.com/
- DRBD (kernel module and userspace utils)
http://www.drbd.org/
- LVM2
http://sourceware.org/lvm2/
- OpenSSL
http://www.openssl.org/
- OpenSSH
http://www.openssh.com/portable.html
- DRBD (kernel module and userspace utils)
http://www.drbd.org/
- bridge utilities
http://bridge.sourceforge.net/
- fping
http://fping.sourceforge.net/
- iproute2
http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2
- arping (part of iputils package)
ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/iputils-current.tar.gz
- mdadm (Linux Software Raid tools)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/
- Python 2.4
http://www.python.org
- Python Twisted library (the core is enough)
http://twistedmatrix.com/
- Python OpenSSL bindings
http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net/
For testing, you also need the YAML module for Python, http://pyyaml.org/.
For testing, you also need the YAML module for Python (http://pyyaml.org/).
Installation of the software
============================
To install, simply do ./configure && make && make install
To install, simply do ``./configure --localstatedir=/var && make && make install``
This will install the software under /usr/local. You then need to copy
ganeti.init to /etc/init.d and integrate it into your boot sequence
(``chkconfig``, ``update-rc.d``, etc.).
More details about the installation process are in the docs/installing.pdf file.
Cluster initialisation
======================
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Ganeti 1.2
==========
For installation instructions, read the INSTALL file.
For installation instructions, read the INSTALL and the docs/installing.pdf
files.
For a brief introduction, read the ganeti(7) manpage and the other pages
it suggests.
......@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
<emphasis role="strong">Mandatory:</emphasis> While Ganeti is
developed with the ability to modularly run on different
virtualization environments in mind the only one currently
useable on a live system is Xen.
useable on a live system is <ulink
url="http://xen.xensource.com/">Xen</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
......@@ -109,12 +110,13 @@
<title>Installing DRBD</title>
<para>
Recommended: DRBD is required if you want to use the high
availability (HA) features of Ganeti, but optional if you
don't require HA or only run Ganeti on single-node
clusters. You can upgrade a non-HA cluster to an HA one later,
but you might need to export and reimport all your instances
to take advantage of the new features.
Recommended: <ulink url="http://www.drbd.org/">DRBD</ulink>
is required if you want to use the high availability (HA)
features of Ganeti, but optional if you don't require HA or
only run Ganeti on single-node clusters. You can upgrade a
non-HA cluster to an HA one later, but you might need to
export and reimport all your instances to take advantage of
the new features.
</para>
<para>
......@@ -146,6 +148,74 @@ m-a a-i drbd0.7
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Other required software</title>
<para>Besides Xen and DRBD, you will need to install the
following:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink url="http://sourceware.org/lvm2/">LVM
version 2</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="http://www.openssl.org/">OpenSSL</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="http://www.openssh.com/portable.html">OpenSSH</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink url="http://bridge.sourceforge.net/">Bridge
utilities</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="http://fping.sourceforge.net/">fping</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2">iproute2</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/iputils-current.tar.gz">arping</ulink>
(part of iputils package)</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/">mdadm</ulink>
(Linux Software Raid tools)</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink url="http://www.python.org">Python 2.4</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink url="http://twistedmatrix.com/">Python
Twisted library</ulink> - the core library is
enough</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><ulink
url="http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net/">Python OpenSSL
bindings</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>These programs are supplied as part of most Linux
distributions, so usually they can be installed via apt or
similar methods. Also many of them will already be installed on
a standard machine. On Debian Etch you can use this command line
to install all of them:</para>
<screen>
# apt-get install lvm2 ssh bridge-utils iproute iputils-arping \
> fping python2.4 python-twisted-core python-pyopenssl openssl
</screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>
......@@ -263,9 +333,21 @@ apt-get install ganeti
<sect2>
<title>Installing the Operating System support packages</title>
<para>Another important component for Ganeti is the OS support packages,
which let different operating systems be used as instances. You can
install them by installing the relevant ganeti-instance-OS package.
<para>
Another important component for Ganeti are the OS support
packages, which let different operating systems be used as
instances. You can grab a simple package that allows
installing Debian Etch instances on the project web site
(after download, untar it and follow the instructions in the
<filename>README</filename> file).
</para>
<para>
Alternatively, you can create your own OS definitions, see
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>ganeti-os-interface</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.
</para>
</sect2>
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