VM configuration

VM Configuration params

Suggested system configuration

	Recommended minimal config	Prod (recommended config)
CPU	2 CPU / core	4-8 CPU / core
RAM	3 GB	8 GB
Hard disk	30GB	100GB - 1TB

Provided VM is configured this way:

• 1 CPU with 2 cores
• RAM: 3GB
• Disk space: 30GB

This configuration is not enough for a minimal production environment, adding more CPUs or cores is required.

VM setup

When creating a VM, you may not want to give VMWare all the information about the system. The reason behind this is because VMWare is smart enough to automatically handle some SO installation stages; this stages will be skipped on the UI, and this will make the deployment procedure different than one performed on a real machine.

Setting up VMWare

Sample settings for creating a new VM:

• VM configuration: Custom
• HW compatibility: workstation 8
• Install OS from: I will install the the operationg system later
• Guest OS: Linux Centos 64-bit
• VM name: setup the name
• Processors: 1 processor, 2 cores
• Memory: 6144MB
• Network connection: bridged

Then configure the disk as you need. 1 This is a sample configuration:

• I/O Controller type: LSI Logic
• Disk: create a new virtual disk
• Virtual disk type: SCSI
• Mode: Independent, persistent
• Max disk size: 30G, store virtual disk as a single file.

Then configure the DVD reader setting the ISO image of the OSinstaller, and start the VM.

System Info recap

Here a list of the information you are going to set up in your systems. You will need them when configuring the various applications.

Host info

• IP address: ___________________________
• Hostname: ___________________________

System users

Username	Password	Notes
root		Set during OS installation
tomcat		Set up in section Create tomcat user

PostgreSQL users

Username	Password . . . . . . . .	Notes
geonet		Used for GeoNetwork main DB

Installed applications

Name	Command port	HTTP port	AJP port	context	Note
GeoNetwork		8080		/geoserver