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Running Celona Edge on VMWare ESXi (Beta)
Running Celona Edge on VMWare ESXi (Beta)
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Written by Jyotin Basrur
Updated over a week ago

Overview

Celona Edge OS is, to-date, deployed on a dedicated Celona Edge Appliance. To offer more flexibility, Celona Edge software can now be deployed on a customer’s virtualized infrastructure using VMware’s ESXi platform. This guide outlines the system requirements and setup instructions for deploying Celona Edge on ESXi using an OVA file through the vSphere client.

Platform Requirements

The following requirements must be met in order to deploy the Celona Edge software:

  • Host Requirements:

    • 8 CPUs per VM

    • 32 GB memory per VM

    • 1 TB storage per VM

    • Network Interface Card (NIC) supporting ixgbe or i40e VF drivers (e.g., x552 for Celona Edge Express, x772 for Celona Edge Enterprise). Other NICs in their families are also supported.

  • Networking Requirements:

    • Configure vSwitch (standard or distributed) with a port group using VLAN 4095 (trunk type) for External IP Domains.

    • One port group per VM

Pre-Setup Steps

  • Contact support@celona.io to request the Edge VM node serial number for registration and access to the latest Edge OVA software.

  • Once the VM Edge node is added to your account, proceed with the following setup steps.

Configuring & Provisioning your Celona Edge Cluster

Follow the instructions provided here to configure and provision your Edge Cluster. Add the newly created VM node to the cluster.

Setting up Celona Edge on VMWare ESXi

The following steps outline the process to set up Celona Edge on ESXi:

  • Deploy using vSphere Client or ESXi Host Client

Step 1: Deploy OVF Template

  • Use the OVA file obtained from your Celona support engineer.

  • Click on Deploy OVF Template.

Step 2: Provide VM Name and Settings

  • Give the VM a unique name.

  • Loading the OVA file takes a minute or two.

  • Loading the OVA file takes a minute or two.

Step 3: Configure Storage and Disk Format

  • Choose Thick provision to preallocate maximum storage for the Edge. OR select Thin provision from the drop down next to “Select virtual disk format”.

Step 4: Select Network and Port Group Mapping

  • Select the Destination Network to map to Source Network using the port group created on the ESXi server.

  • Management network is the VM linux interface

  • Default IP Domain is the UDPF data interface

Step 5: Fill in the serial number and hostname

  • For clarity it is suggested that you assign the hostname the same as the previously-configured VM name

Step 6: Assign IP and Network Parameters

  • Assign static IP parameters if desired (default is DHCP). For static configuration, specify IP, netmask, gateway, and both DNS addresses. Incomplete static IP parameters may cause provisioning issues.

Step 6: Finalizing and Powering On VM

  • Complete the setup and power on the VM

  • Note: If using ESXi Host Client, ignore any error that says “The disk image was missing”. Click Finish to complete.

  • The deployment of the image takes about an hour.

  • When the ova is fully deployed, the below screen shows the deployed package.

  • If you click on the image below “Guest OS”, it will launch access to the console as shown below.

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