This Guide assumes you are installing Y-HPC from DVD onto a freshly build headnode. If you have received a pre-configured cluster from Terra Soft, please skip this page and instead review Bring-up for power-on sequence instructions.
Before installing Y-HPC onto the headnode, make certain you are using a supported OS on a supported architecture with the required packages to make certain your head node is prepared to receive Y-HPC.
You must disable SELinux before installing Y-HPC --OR IT WILL NOT FUNCTION!It is assumed that your intended headnode (server) has two gigabit ethernet ports (NICs): one to the outside world, another to a switch and the cluster nodes. It is important that your server have at least two NICs in order that the server may act as both a firewall and router, providing an effective means by which remote users may access the cluster and the cluster manager may perform automated updates via yum while maintaining a level of security and organization.
Install & Configure Y-HPC
- Either download and burn the Y-HPC Install DVD or insert the Y-HPC DVD provided with your box set from Terra Soft. Instructions for burning ISOs to DVD
are presented here.
- Mount the DVD via the desktop or command line.
- As root, from a terminal:
cd [path of mounted DVD]
python install.pyc [ENTER] - The GUI will launch. Agree to End User License.
- Select the node images you would like to install. These must match the brand-architecture of your compute nodes.
- Click "Install Y-HPC-2.0" to begin installing packages.
- Acknowledge the installed packages.
- Click “Exit Installer”.
- Configure the ethernet interface which talks to the cluster to:
ip: 192.168.200.172 netmask: 255.255.255.0 (no default gateway)
- Make certain your headnode firewall allows access from the compute nodes back to the headnode to receive DHCP (port 67 UDP and port 1 raw), Ganglia (ports 8649, 8651, 8652), RSync (port 873 TCP), TFTP (port 69 UDP), and local access on port 8000 or 8001 for Y-HPC.
Now continue with Bring-up ...
