Swarm 16.0 VMware Bundle Rocky Linux 8 Package
- Anjali Tyagi
- Abraham Felsenstein
This bundle contains a collection of supported VMware templates for proof-of-concept and production field deployments. Each VM contains all the necessary DataCore Swarm software as well as dependencies. The software packages are pre-installed and unconfigured. The VM templates have been created with Rocky Linux 8.9 OS.
This package contains:
SwarmTelemetry OVF file
SwarmClusterServices OVF file
SwarmContentGateway OVF file
SwarmSearch OVF file
What’s New:
Swarm Storage 16.0 Swarm Storage 16.0 Release
Swarm Cluster Services (SCS) 1.7 Swarm Cluster Services 1.7 Release Notes
Content Gateway 8.0.1 Content Gateway 8.0.1 Release
Content UI 7.10 Content UI 7.10 Release
Elasticsearch 7.17.14
SELinux is now disabled on Swarm Cluster Services VM as required by SCS 1.7.0
All VMs upgraded to the latest Rocky Linux 8.9 distribution packages
OEM-95: VM hardware set to 19 on all VMs (needed for vmotion)
OEM-97: IPv6 disabled on all templates
SwarmTelemetry; branding of dashboards modified for v16
SwarmTelemetry: OEM-89 fix wrong default ES ip
SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to prometheus 2.45.0
SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to alertmanager 0.25.0
SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to grafana 9.3.2
SwarmContentGateway: Upgraded to node_exporter 1.6.0
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-91 disabled haproxy service
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-90 removed 3DES cyphers from haproxy.cfg
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-98 disable docker service on gateway
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-83 indexSocketTimeout too high
SwarmClusterServices: added nf_conntrack kernel load bugfix
The bundle package can be found at DataCore Downloads.
Prerequisites
A dedicated vSwitch for the Swarm Storage Network before importing VMs with the dual virtual network card.
VMs created on VMware ESX 7.0 must be loaded into 7.0U2 or higher (8.x is not supported but has been tested)
If using vCenter, use the VMware vAPP OVF datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8.ovf to load the entire set of VMs in one command. Must include the nvram files as well.
If not using vCenter, use an individual OVF for each template. This requires specifying the associated disk for each VM.
Important
Swarm 16.0 - ESXi-8.0 - can be deployed on ESxi 7.x. See Announcing End of Support Life for vSphere 6.5.x and vSphere 6.7.x for end-of-life (EOL) statement regarding VMware ESX 6.x.
This is an installation-only bundle, so don’t use this bundle for upgrades.
A field engineer needs to modify /usr/lib/system.d/system/elasticsearch_exporter.service if the ES node IP is different.
Info
All VMs have dual virtual network cards, one for the public client network and another for the Swarm Storage Network.
For SwarmSearch 1, the public-facing network card is not connected for security reasons.
All access credentials use the default password “datacore”.
Disk-to-VM Mapping
The following is a sample mapping example of OVF with the associated disks:
OVF | Associated Disks |
|---|---|
SwarmClusterServices.ovf | datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk6.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk7.vmdk | |
SwarmContentGateway.ovf | datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk1.vmdk |
SwarmSearch1.ovf
| datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk2.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk3.vmdk | |
SwarmTelemetry.ovf
| datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk4.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.0-ESX-RL8-disk5.vmdk |
Info
All access credentials use the default password ‘datacore’.
VM Template Overview
The following is a sample example of the VM template:
VM | Hostname | vCPU | RAM | System Disk | Data Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SwarmClusterServices | swarmclusterservices | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB |
SwarmContentGateway | swarmcontentgateway | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB | -- |
SwarmSearch | swarmsearch1 | 4 | 24 GB | 30 GB | 0.45 TB |
SwarmTelemetry | swarmtelemetry | 1 | 1GB | 20 GB | 100 GB |
Software Versions
The following software versions are required for the Swarm 16.0 VMware bundle:
VM | Application | Version | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
All | Rocky Linux | 8.9 | |
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services | 1.7.0-2 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway Web UI | 7.10.1-2 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway | 8.0.1-1 | DataCore Software, Inc |
SCS | Swarm | 16.0.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Storage Management UI | 3.5.0-2 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Haproxy | 1.8.27 | |
ES | Elasticsearch | 7.17.14 | Elasticsearch |
TM | Prometheus | 2.45.0 | |
TM | AlertManager | 0.25.0 | |
GW | Node Exporter | 1.6.0 | |
TM | Grafana | 9.3.2 | Grafana: The open and composable observability platform | Grafana Labs |
TM | Elasticsearch Exporter | 15.0 |
References
Abbreviation | Full Form |
|---|---|
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services |
GW | Swarm Content Gateway |
ES | SwarmSearch |
TM | SwarmTelemetry |
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