Swarm 17.0 Update 3 VMware Bundle Rocky Linux 9 Package

Swarm 17.0 Update 3 VMware Bundle Rocky Linux 9 Package

Overview

This bundle contains a collection of supported VMware templates for proof-of-concept and production field deployments. Each Virtual Machine (VM) contains all the necessary DataCore Swarm software as well as dependencies. The software packages are pre-installed and unconfigured. All VM templates have been created with Rocky Linux 9.6 OS.

Bundle Contents

The package includes the following VMware Open Virtualization Format (OVF) files:

  • SwarmTelemetry OVF file

  • SwarmClusterServices OVF file

  • SwarmContentGateway OVF file

  • SwarmSearch OVF file

What’s New

Note

SELinux is now disabled on Swarm Cluster Services VM as required since SCS 1.7.1 https://perifery.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/public/pages/3500605441

  • All VMs upgraded to latest Rocky Linux 9.6 distribution packages

  • Copyright info updated to 2025

  • Fixed log rotation bug in /etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml (SWAR-10763)

  • Documented swap steps for Elasticsearch 8.15.1 (OEM-136)

  • Added RabbitMQ 4.1.4 to Swarm Content Gateway (OEM-137)

  • Default grafana time is now set to “browser” time (TELE-30)

  • Generated v17.0 U3 Dashboards (OEM-138)

    • Added Swarm Resources v1.0

    • Upgraded to Swarm Gateway v8.3 with Listing Cache Service (LCS) support

    • Added Swarm LCS v8.3

    • Added Swarm Gateway Network Traffic v3.0 [hidden]

  • SwarmTelemetry: Upgraded to Prometheus 3.5.0, Node Exporter 1.9.1, and Grafana 12.1.1 (version locked)

  • SwarmClusterServices: Upgraded to Swarm 17.0.4 and SCS 1.7.4

  • SwarmContentGateway: Upgraded to Cloudgateway 8.3.0, installed RabbitMQ v4.1.4, and pre-installed s3cmd, rclone, and aws.

The bundle is available 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 7.0U3 or higher.

  • If using vCenter, use the VMware vAPP OVF datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9.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 17.0.4 (ESXi-8.0) can be deployed on ESxi 7.0U3 and above.

  • This is an installation-only bundle and should not be used for upgrades.

  • Field engineers must modify /usr/lib/system.d/system/elasticsearch_exporter.service if the ES node IP differs.

  • VM templates are verified to be compatible with VMware ESXi 9.0 and vCenter 9.0.

Notes

  • 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 disconnected 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

OVF

Associated Disks

SwarmClusterServices.ovf

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk7.vmdk

SwarmContentGateway.ovf

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk3.vmdk

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk4.vmdk

SwarmSearch1.ovf

 

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk1.vmdk

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk2.vmdk

SwarmTelemetry.ovf

 

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk5.vmdk

datacore-swarm-17.0.4-ESX-RL9-disk6.vmdk

VM Template Overview

The following is a sample example of the VM template:

VM

Hostname

vCPU

RAM

System Disk

Data Disk

VM

Hostname

vCPU

RAM

System Disk

Data Disk

SwarmClusterServices 

swarmclusterservices 

4 GB 

50 GB 

100 GB

SwarmContentGateway 

swarmcontentgateway 

8 GB 

50 GB 

200 GB

SwarmSearch 

swarmsearch1 

24 GB 

30 GB 

0.45 TB 

SwarmTelemetry 

swarmtelemetry 

1

2 GB 

20 GB 

100 GB 

Software Versions

The following software versions are required for the Swarm 17.0 VMware bundle:

VM

Application

Version

Vendor

VM

Application

Version

Vendor

All 

Rocky Linux 

9.6

Download - Rocky Linux

SCS 

Swarm Cluster Services 

1.7.4

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Content Gateway Web UI 

7.11.0-1

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Content Gateway 

8.3.0

DataCore Software, Inc 

SCS 

Swarm 

17.0.4

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Storage Management UI 

3.5.1-1

DataCore Software, Inc  

GW 

Haproxy 

2.4.22 

HAProxy - The Reliable, High Perf. TCP/HTTP Load Balancer  

ES 

Elasticsearch 

8.15.1

Elasticsearch 

TM 

Prometheus 

3.5.0 

Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database

TM 

AlertManager 

0.28.0 

Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database

GW 

Node Exporter 

1.9.1 

Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database

TM 

Grafana 

12.1.1

Grafana: The open and composable observability platform | Grafana Labs

TM

Elasticsearch Exporter

15.0

Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database

GW

RabbitMQ

4.1.4

RabbitMQ: One broker to queue them all | RabbitMQ

References

Abbreviation

Full Form

Abbreviation

Full Form

SCS

Swarm Cluster Services

GW

Swarm Content Gateway

ES

SwarmSearch

TM

SwarmTelemetry

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