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 16.1 Swarm Storage 16.1 Release
Swarm Cluster Services (SCS) 1.7.1 [DRAFT] Swarm Cluster Services 1.7.1 Release Notes
Content Gateway 8.0.3 [TODO add link]
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 1.7.1
All VMs upgraded to the latest Rocky Linux 8.9 distribution packages
OEM-100 add node_exporter to telemetry server
OEM-103 fix rescue images
OEM-104 update all needed yum dependencies for support tools
OEM-107 remove default gateway on swarm side
OEM-108 override swarm-platform rsyslog for scs
OEM-110 fix gateway log pollution
OEM-113 migrate old grafana panels
OEM-114 version lock to grafana 10.4.1
SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to grafana 10.4.1
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-16.1-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 16.1 - ESXi-8.0 - can be deployed on ESxi 7.x. See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/89305 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-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk4.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk5.vmdk | |
SwarmContentGateway.ovf | datacore-swarm-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk1.vmdk |
SwarmSearch1.ovf
| datacore-swarm-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk6.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk7.vmdk | |
SwarmTelemetry.ovf
| datacore-swarm-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk2.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.1-ESX-RL8-disk3.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 16.1 VMware bundle:
VM | Application | Version | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
All | Rocky Linux | 8.9 | |
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services | 1.7.1 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway Web UI | 7.10.1-2 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway | 8.0.3 | DataCore Software, Inc |
SCS | Swarm | 16.1.0 | 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 | 10.4.1 | |
TM | Elasticsearch Exporter | 15.0 |
References
Abbreviation | Full Form |
|---|---|
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services |
GW | Swarm Content Gateway |
ES | SwarmSearch |
TM | SwarmTelemetry |