Howto: Install openQRM 5.1 on Debian Wheezy

This HowTo is about how to install the openQRM Datacenter Management and Cloud Computing platform version 5.1 on Debian 7 aka Wheezy. It is

the starting point for a set of openQRM HowTos explaining different Use-cases with the focus on virtualization, automation and cloud computing.

Requirements

One physical Server. Alternatively the installation can be also done within a Virtual Machineat least 1 GB of Memoryat least 100 GB of Diskspaceoptional VT for Intel CPUs or AMD-V for AMD CPUs (Virtualization Technology) enabled in the Systems BIOS so that the openQRMServer can run Virtual Machines later

Install Debian WheezyInstall a minimal Debian Wheezy on a physical Server. During the installation select 'manual network' configuration and provide a static IP address.

In this Howto we will use 192.168.178.5/255.255.255.0 as the IP configuration for the openQRM Server system.

In the partitioning setup please select 'manual' and create one partition for the root-filesystem, one as swap space plus a dedicated partition to be

used as storage space for the Virtual Machines later. In the configuration of the dedicated storage partition select 'do not use'.

In the software selection dialog select just 'SSH-Server'

After the installation finished please login to the system and update its packaging system as 'root'

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Please notice!

In the recent Debian updates the /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini configuration derective "disable_functions" changed and includes now a bunch of

functions disabled by default. Please open /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini in your favourite editor and search for "disable_functions". Then remove ALL

functions from the "disable_functions" PHP configuration paramter for Apache!

It should look likt this:

disable_functions = ""

Then restart Apache by

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Install openQRM 5.1Get the openQRM 5.1-beta version (recommended)

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openQRM 5.1 will be released at the 1. September 2013. Until then a beta version of openQRM 5.1 is available at from openQRM Enterprise at

http://beta.openqrm-enterprise.com/ (http://beta.openqrm-enterprise.com/)

After the official release of the openQRM 5.1 version you can also use the instructions below to install openQRM 5.1 from the source repository or by

packages.

The installation procedure for openQRM 5.1-beta is straight forward.

Please unpack the openqrm-enterprise-5.1-beta.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf openqrm-enterprise-5.1-beta.tar.gz

Then run as 'root'

cd openqrm-enterprise-5.1-beta

./install-openqrm-5.1-beta.sh

During the installation please confirm the following warning from the libphp-adodb package.

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Make sure to set a password for the mysql-server and nagios3 package.

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The installation also asks for the mail-configuration. If unsure please select "local only" and go on with the suggested system name.

The last step of the installation provides you with the URL, username and password to login to the openQRM Server

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Installation from the latest source codePlease notice that openQRM 5.1 is not yet released! Please use the openQRM 5.1-beta version until the final release and help testing!

The openQRM Community subversion still contains the stable 5.0 openQRM version!

openQRM is designed to install and update easily directly from its source repository. To install openQRM please login to the fresh installed Debian

system and run the following commands as 'root':

apt-get install make subversion

svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/openqrm/code/trunk openqrm

cd openqrm/src && make && make install && make start

To update openQRM at any time run:

cd openqrm/src && svn up && make update

Installation by packagesPlease notice that openQRM 5.1 is not yet released! Please use the openQRM 5.1-beta version until the final release and help testing!

The openQRM Community package repository still contains the stable 5.0 openQRM version!

To install openQRM by the provided distribution packages please run as 'root'

echo "# official openQRM Debian package repository" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

echo "deb packages.openqrm.com (http://packages.openqrm.com/) debian/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update && apt-get install openqrm

Configure and initialize openQRM 5.1After a successful installation the openQRM Server web interface is available at

http://static-ip-configured-during-the-Debian-installation/openqrm (http://static-ip-configured-during-the-Debian-installation/openqrm)

If you have set the suggested IP address for this howto the openQRM URL will be

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http://192.168.178.5/openqrm (http://192.168.178.5/openqrm)

Please open this URL in your Web browser. Login with the username 'openqrm' and the password 'openqrm'. Then select the network interface to

use for the openQRM management network

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Then select 'mysql' as the database type

As the next step provide the database credentials

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For the openQRM Enterprise Edition the following page provides an simple option to upload the license keys

Congratulations!!

openQRM is now installed and successfully initialized ready to manage all aspects of your datacenter.

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To continue with e.g. running Virtual Machines, managing Storage, integrating additional systems and running your own private Cloud we recommend

the openQRM Administrator Guide (resources/documentation-howtos/documentation/administrator-guide-for-openqrm-50.html).

LinksopenQRM Community: http://www.openqrm.com/ (http://www.openqrm.com/)openQRM Project at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqrm/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqrm/)openQRM Enterprise: http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/ (http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/)openQRM at Twitter: https://twitter.com/openQRM (https://twitter.com/openQRM)openQRM at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/openQRM-Enterprise/324904179687(https://www.facebook.com/pages/openQRM-Enterprise/324904179687)