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
• Two node cluster (requires a witness vm): cluster -s <cvm_ip1>,<cvm_ip2> –cluster_function_list=two_node_cluster 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

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