SUSE Studio Onsite

Deployment and Administration Guide

Publication Date 05 Mar 2011

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Contents

About this Guide
1. Feedback
2. Documentation Conventions
3. About the Making of This Manual
4. Acknowledgments
5. For More Information
1. Deploying and Installing
1.1. System Requirements
1.2. Deploying SUSE Studio Onsite
1.3. Supporting Special Hardware
1.4. Configuring SUSE Studio Onsite
1.5. Customizing SUSE Studio Onsite
1.6. Keeping SUSE Studio Onsite Up-to-Date
1.7. Upgrading from SUSE Studio 1.0 to Version 1.1
2. Monitoring SUSE Studio Onsite Servers
2.1. Viewing Build Statistics
2.2. Getting Diary Information
2.3. Monitor SUSE Studio Onsite with Nagios and Munin
3. Administering SUSE Studio Onsite Servers
3.1. Logging in to SUSE Studio Onsite
3.2. Inviting New Users
3.3. Managing Your Repositories
3.4. Managing Builds and Appliances
3.5. Adding New Cron Jobs
3.6. Backing Up SUSE Studio
3.7. Setting the Read-Only Mode
3.8. Enabling OVF Format
3.9. Changing Maximum Number of Slots
A. SUSE Studio Onsite Services
B. Administration Panel—Menu Structure
B.1. Dashboard
B.2. Diary
B.3. Advanced

List of Figures

2.1. SUSE Studio Onsite Dashboard
2.2. SUSE Studio Onsite's Diary
2.3. Munin Web Site Displaying CPU Usage
2.4. Nagios Web Site Displaying Status Information
3.1. The Administration Panel
3.2. Requesting an Account
3.3. Editing Repository Information
3.4. Overview of Built Appliances

List of Tables

1.1. Minimal Amount of Disk Space for Different Products (Approximate Values)
3.1. Description of Cron Jobs
A.1. SUSE Studio Onsite Services

List of Examples

1.1. Central Configuration File