Tielen Consultancy: https://www.tielenconsultancy.nl (For trainings and cluster rental to use for trainings)
Register you account for Nutanix CE: https://www.nutanix.com/products/community-edition/register
Make sure you can login to: https://next.nutanix.com
Download latest CE: https://next.nutanix.com/discussion-forum-14/download-community-edition-38417
Hardware Requirements: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Community-Edition-Getting-Started-v2_1:top-sysreqs-ce-r.html
Realtek r8169 fix:
Issue: Firstboot script will fail.
Fix: Login with root nutanix/4u on AHV and execute:
- dracut -f –add-drivers realtek /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img
- rm /root/.firstboot_fail
- touch /root/.firstboot
- reboot
- This will load the Realtek module and the firstboot script will be triggered again.
NVMe issues: https://next.nutanix.com/discussion-forum-14/issue-with-ce-2-1-nvme-drive-detection-post-installation-43887
Community Driven HCL: https://github.com/smzksts/NutanixCE-Community-HCL
Use VLANs? Run crashcart: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/the-nutanix-network-crashcart-a-hidden-gem
Nested VMWare: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/installing-nutanix-community-edition-ce-on-vmware-esxi-vsphere
Create bootable installation media: https://rufus.ie
Break the Installer:
- Break: CTRL-C
- Restart: ./ce_installer && screen -r
SSD Detected as HDD:
- Break the installer
- echo 0 > /sys/block/sd#/queue/rotational
- Restart installer
- https://next.nutanix.com/discussion-forum-14/ssd-detected-as-hdd-even-though-rotational-is-0-40367?tid=40367&fid=14
Worn USB:
- Test with: dd if=/dev/sd# of=/dev/null bs=1M count=50
- Increase AHV timeout timer
- Break Installer
- Edit: /root/phoenix/imaging_helper/installer_vm.py
- Jump to line 31
- Increase: kvm=20260
- Save
- Restart installer
Changing CVM memory: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/change-nutanix-community-edition-cvm-memory
Creating the cluster:
- Redundacy Factor 1 (Single node cluster): cluster –s <cvm_ip> –redundancy_factor=1 create
- Replication Factor 2 (2x CVM and 2x Data Disks on single node cluster): cluster –s <cvm_ip> create
- Redundacy Factor 2 (3 node cluster): cluster –s <cvm_ip1>,<cvm_ip2>,<cvm_ip3> create
Check Current Set DNS Servers: ncli cluster get-name-servers
Add DNS Server: ncli cluster add-to-name-servers servers=<dns_server>
Remove incorrect DNS server: ncli cluster remove-from-name-servers servers=<dns_server>
Remove blacklist if PC is deleted: zkrm /appliance/physical/blacklisted