Difference between revisions of "How to install SLES 11 SP4 Scalix appliance"

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Appliance Requirements

Minimal requirements

• CPU: 1 core
• RAM: 2 GB
• HDD: 5 GB free space

Virtualization

Current Scalix appliance is supplied in the following formats:

• OVF/OVA
• VHD

VHD is performed and tested on:

• Hyper-V platform on Microsoft Windows 2012 R2.

Meanwhile OVF/OVA performed and tested on the following virtual platforms:

• Citrix XenServer 6.5 and 7 version
• Oracle VirtualBox 5.0 and later versions
• VMware Workstation 8 and VMware Player 12
• VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6 versions

Note: In case you use Citrix Xenserver platform you have to use separate pre-build xen-kernel image included in appliance. You just need to choice XEN kernel in GRUB menu.

Appliance Deployment

Obtain appliance

Following the next link find necessary appliance format OVF/OVA/VHD:

http://downloads.scalix.com/appliance/

Download it and save to the place accessible for virtualization platform

Import appliance

Import process could be different depending on the virtualization you're using. In general you have to use Import Wizard tool located in File menu or so, but please check official documentation first.

In this example we use VMware ESXi 6:

1. Open vSphere Client and connect to hypervisor or vCenter
2. Go to File and click Deploy OVF Template...
3. In Deploy wizard choice path to the appliance file and go Next
4. Follow the wizard questions by clicking Next
5. At the final page tick "Power on after deployment" and click Finish

Once Appliance will be imported you will get notification about success operation. Go to the console and check the boot up process.

Scalix Configuration

Once appliance is imported go to to the console and login with default credentials (user: root, password: scalix).

Warning: we highly recommend to change root password. Ignoring of this recommendation can cause to compromise the server by 3rd person.