CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack) Version 4.2 Administrator's Guide Revised October 27, 2013 10:50 pm Pacific Citrix CloudPlatform CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack) Version 4.2 Administrator's Guide CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack) Version 4.2 Administrator's Guide Revised October 27, 2013 10:50 pm Pacific Author Citrix CloudPlatform © 2013 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Citrix Systems, Inc., the Citrix logo, Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenCenter, and CloudPlatform are trademarks or registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. If you have already installed CloudPlatform or you want to learn more about the ongoing operation and maintenance of a CloudPlatform-powered cloud, read this documentation. It will help you start using, configuring, and managing the ongoing operation of your cloud. 1. Getting More Information and Help 1 1.1. Additional Documentation Available ............................................................................... 1 1.2. Citrix Knowledge Center ............................................................................................... 1 1.3. Contacting Support ....................................................................................................... 1 2. Concepts 3 2.1. What Is CloudPlatform? ................................................................................................ 3 2.2. What Can CloudPlatform Do? ....................................................................................... 3 2.3. Deployment Architecture Overview ................................................................................ 4 2.3.1. Management Server Overview ........................................................................... 5 2.3.2. Cloud Infrastructure Overview ............................................................................ 5 2.3.3. Networking Overview ......................................................................................... 6 3. Cloud Infrastructure Concepts 9 3.1. About Regions ............................................................................................................. 9 3.2. About Zones ................................................................................................................ 9 3.3. About Pods ................................................................................................................ 11 3.4. About Clusters ........................................................................................................... 12 3.5. About Hosts ............................................................................................................... 13 3.6. About Primary Storage ............................................................................................... 13 3.7. About Secondary Storage ........................................................................................... 14 3.8. About Physical Networks ............................................................................................ 14 3.8.1. Basic Zone Network Traffic Types .................................................................... 15 3.8.2. Basic Zone Guest IP Addresses ....................................................................... 16 3.8.3. Advanced Zone Network Traffic Types .............................................................. 16 3.8.4. Advanced Zone Guest IP Addresses ................................................................ 16 3.8.5. Advanced Zone Public IP Addresses ................................................................ 17 3.8.6. System Reserved IP Addresses ....................................................................... 17 4. Accounts 19 4.1. Accounts, Users, and Domains ................................................................................... 19 4.1.1. Dedicating Resources to Accounts and Domains ............................................... 20 4.2. Using an LDAP Server for User Authentication ............................................................ 21 4.2.1. Configuring an LDAP Server ............................................................................ 21 4.2.2. Example LDAP Configuration Commands ......................................................... 23 4.2.3. Search Base ................................................................................................... 23 4.2.4. Query Filter ..................................................................................................... 24 4.2.5. Search User Bind DN ...................................................................................... 25 4.2.6. SSL Keystore Path and Password .................................................................... 25 5. User Services Overview 27 5.1. Service Offerings, Disk Offerings, Network Offerings, and Templates ............................. 27 6. User Interface 29 6.1. Supported Browsers ................................................................................................... 29 6.2. Log In to the UI ......................................................................................................... 29 6.2.1. End User's UI Overview ................................................................................... 29 6.2.2. Root Administrator's UI Overview ..................................................................... 30 6.2.3. Logging In as the Root Administrator ................................................................ 30 6.2.4. Changing the Root Password ........................................................................... 31 6.3. Using SSH Keys for Authentication ............................................................................. 31 6.3.1. Creating an Instance from a Template that Supports SSH Keys .......................... 31 6.3.2. Creating the SSH Keypair ................................................................................ 32 6.3.3. Creating an Instance ........................................................................................ 33 6.3.4. Logging In Using the SSH Keypair ................................................................... 33 6.3.5. Resetting SSH Keys ........................................................................................ 33 iii CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack) Version 4.2 Administrator's Guide 7. Using Projects to Organize Users and Resources 35 7.1. Overview of Projects .................................................................................................. 35 7.2. Configuring Projects ................................................................................................... 35 7.2.1. Setting Up Invitations ....................................................................................... 35 7.2.2. Setting Resource Limits for Projects ................................................................. 36 7.2.3. Setting Project Creator Permissions .................................................................. 36 7.3. Creating a New Project .............................................................................................. 37 7.4. Adding Members to a Project ...................................................................................... 37 7.4.1. Sending Project Membership Invitations ............................................................ 37 7.4.2. Adding Project Members From the UI ............................................................... 38 7.5. Accepting a Membership Invitation .............................................................................. 38 7.6. Suspending or Deleting a Project ................................................................................ 39 7.7. Using the Project View ............................................................................................... 39 8. Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure 41 8.1. Overview of Provisioning Steps ................................................................................... 41 8.2. Adding Regions (optional) ........................................................................................... 42 8.2.1. The First Region: The Default Region ............................................................... 42 8.2.2. Adding a Region .............................................................................................. 42 8.2.3. Adding Third and Subsequent Regions ............................................................. 43 8.2.4. Deleting a Region ............................................................................................ 44 8.3. Adding a Zone ........................................................................................................... 45 8.3.1. Create a Secondary Storage Mount Point for the New Zone ............................... 45 8.3.2. Prepare the System VM Template .................................................................... 45 8.3.3. Steps to Add a New Zone ................................................................................ 46 8.4. Adding a Pod ............................................................................................................. 55 8.5. Adding a Cluster ........................................................................................................ 56 8.5.1. Add Cluster: KVM or XenServer ......................................................................