OpenNebula 3.8 VirtualBox Sandbox

The sandbox is a virtual machine image with a pre-configured OpenNebula 3.8.1 front-end running CentOS 6.3. The sandbox is also configured to run virtual machines itself, so you can test OpenNebula with real virtual machines. Optionally other worker nodes can be enrolled to build small-scale cloud infrastructures.

1. Requirements

  • 512M free RAM for the Virtual Machine
  • 3 GB of free disk space
  • A 64-bit kernel

2. Download the Virtual Appliance

Download the image from here: VirtualBox.

The image is compressed using bzip2. Be sure to decompress it before moving on.

3. Boot the Appliance

Step 1 - Download and install VirtualBox

Follow this guide in order to install VirtualBox.

:!: Mac OS X users should read this document and enable the 64-bit kernel, which might not be enabled by default. This is a list of the Macs that use the 64-bit kernel by default.

Step 2 - Create a new Virtual Machine

  • Create a new Virtual Machine by clicking on the New button.
  • Enter opennebula-sandbox in the Name field, select Type Linux and Version Red Hat (64-bit)
  • Select 512M for the Memory size
  • Select Use an existing virtual hard drive and select the uncompressed image downloaded in step 1 by clicking in the folder icon. Click on Create
  • Under Machine → Settings, select the Network option, click on the Advanced arrow, and you will see a Port Forwarding button. Click on it and you will see a dialog appear. Click on the icon that has a green plus sign and fill in 9869 both in the Host Port and Guest Port columns, leave all the other fields in blank. Add another rule by repeating the process, but use the port number 29876 instead.

Step 3 - Start the Appliance

Click on the Start button and a Virtual Machine console will pop up. Wait until you see a login prompt that says ''one-sandbox login:“

At this point you can log in into the Virtual Machine using the following information:

  • Login: root
  • Password: opennebula

4. Take a Test Drive

:!: To access Sunstone and the Self-service UI, use localhost or 127.0.0.1 as the IP

Follow this guide in order to check out what OpenNebula can do.

5. Enroll New Worker Nodes

Work in progress.