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Copy the local repo (repo.tar) and Pause Container (k8s.gcr.io_pause_3.2.tar) created from the previous session to the CentOS 7 to install SCS Server 14 (Zore).

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1. Create a new working directory for SCS Installation.
   mkdir /root/datacore 

2. Download the Swarm Bundle from https://datacore.custhelp.com/app/downloads/downloads  

   

    

3. SCP Swarm Bundle Package to “/root/datacore/” and unzip it. 

4. Copy repo.tar and k8s.gcr.io_pause_3.2.tar to “/root/datacore/”.

5. Extra repo.tar to “"/root/datacore/”.

   Code Block
   language bash
   ll /root/datacore/  total 986944  -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root       953 Nov 19 10:31 castor_license.txt  d-wxrw--wt. 2 root root      4096 Nov 19 10:33 Elasticsearch  d-wxrw--wt. 2 root root      4096 Nov 19 10:33 Gateway  -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root    692224 Nov 19 10:40 k8s.gcr.io_pause_3.2.tar  drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root     61440 Nov 17 15:08 packages  d-wxrw--wt. 2 root root      4096 Nov 24 00:45 Platform  -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root      2372 Nov 19 10:31 README.txt  --wxrw--wt. 1 root root 983029760 Nov 19 10:34 repo.tar  d-wxrw--wt. 2 root root      4096 Nov 19 10:31 UI

6. Create a local repo “- /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo”.

   Code Block
   [local]  name=Everything we need to install zorc baseurl=file:///root/datacore/packages enabled=true gpgcheck=0

7. Create the local repo for installing Podman 3.0.

   Code Block
   vi /etc/yum.repos.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.repo [kubic]  name=Stable Releases of Upstream packages (CentOS_7)  baseurl=file:///root/datacore/packages  enabled=true  gpgcheck=0

8. Disable base, updates, extras, and CentOsPlus repositories. Add enable=0 to [base], [updates], [extras] and [centosplus] session of “/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo” or rename it. 

   Code Block
   language bash
   [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base  mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra  #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/  gpgcheck=1  gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7  enabled=0  #released updates  [updates]  name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates  mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates&infra=$infra  #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/  gpgcheck=1  gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7  enabled=0  #additional packages that may be useful  [extras]  name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras  mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra  #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/  gpgcheck=1  enabled=0  gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7  #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages  [centosplus]  name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus  mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus&infra=$infra  #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/  gpgcheck=1  enabled=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7

9. Flush repo metadata.

   Code Block
   yum clean all yum repolist

10. Add host record to /etc/hosts.

    Code Block
    vi /etc/hosts scs_ip_address    www.datacore.com

    Note:
    The scsctl wizard checks the internet connection by ping http://www.datacore.com.

11. Install NTP Server (don’t use Active Directory as NTP Server Source).
    yum -y install chrony

12. Configure sync with local NTP Server.
    IMPORTANT:
    NTP does not sync with the Active Directory.

13. Install Podman 3.0.1.
    yum -y install podman

14. Verify if Podman 3.0.1 install is successful or not.

    Code Block
    language bash
    podman -v podman version 3.0.1

15. Load Pause Container.
    podman image load -i /root/datacore/k8s.gcr.io_pause_3.2.tar

16. Verify the Pause Container is loaded. Ensure that the container TAG label is 3.2.

    Code Block
    podman images REPOSITORY        TAG     IMAGE ID      CREATED        SIZE  k8s.gcr.io/pause  3.2     80d28bedfe5d  22 months ago  688 kB

17. Install SCS Server a10 build.
    yum -y install swarm-platform-14.1.0-14.1.0.a16.x86_64.rpm

18. Verify the SCS is installed.

    Code Block
    language bash
    scsctl help  usage: scsctl [-v | --info-log | --debug-log | --trace-log]                [--user USER | --token TOKEN]                options: ...  Provides basic control and visibility into the Platform service.  optional arguments:    --user USER    User name and (optionally) password. If password is included,                  then this must be in the form "{user_name}:{password}"                   (default: None)    --token TOKEN  Authentication token. (default: None) output options:    These options affect the way output is displayed.   -v, --verbose  Increase output verbosity (ex: -v, -vv, -vvv). Verbose output                   is always sent to stdout. (default: None)   --info-log     Set info-level verbosity (equivalent to -v). (default: None)    --debug-log    Set debug-level verbosity (equivalent to -vv). (default: None)    --trace-log    Set trace-level verbosity (equivalent to -vvv). (default: None)  subcommands:    Which action you wish to perform. To get detailed help, add 'help' to the    end. For example: 'scsctl auth help'    options:      auth         Manages persisted credentials for contacting the Platform API.      backup       Manages backing up and restoring the Platform service.      diagnostics  Performs diagnostics on the Platform server setup.      init         Utilities for setting up a Swarm environment.      license      Manages the license for this Swarm ecosystem installation.      repo         Manages the Platform repository. The repository contains                   installed component versions and other third-party software.      system       Performs administrative operations on the system.      help         Outputs this help and exits. ERROR: Cannot connect to the Platform API service at 172.60.88.211:8095.  Please ensure the service is up and running.

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