vRackSystem is a tool to easily build a virtual Rack. Please follow below document to setup the vracksystem server.

• Deploy the virtual nodes(vNode and vPDU) built by InfraSIM.
• Manage ESXi resources.
• Mapping vPDU and vNode.
• More features are comming...

Note:

• InfraSIM is an open source project and it simulates the interfaces/behaviors of hardware devices a virtual environment. More information can be got from InfraSIM Document.

• vRackSystem server must be an Linux Server with ssh installed and ssh public key generated.
• vRackSystem server must have connection with all the ESXi host that need to be managed.
• vRackSystem server should have an external network. So it can be accessed by external PC.
• RackHD can also be setup in the environment to control vNode and vPDU.

Note:

• RackHD is an open source project that provides hardware orchestration and management through APIs. More information can be got from RackHD Document.

sudo apt-get install python
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

Check whether python was successfully installed and the version is correct.

python --version

• Download VMWare OVF bundle (4.1.0 version, for Linux). Then put the bundle file to the vracksystem server.
• Install the OVF tool

sudo bash VMware-ovftool-4.1.0-2459827-lin.x86_64.bundle

sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

• Get the exiting databases file(vracksystem.sql) from vRackSystem project directory.
• Enter mysql by below command.

mysql -u <your mysql account> -p

• Input your mysql password.
• Import the databases files.

source /path/to/vracksystem.sql

cd vracksystem
sudo chmod -R 755 ova/

cd vracksystem
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Change the username and password to align with your own account information in the /vracksystem/AutodeployUI/settings.py.

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'AutoDeployUI',
        'USER': '<your mysql account>',
        'PASSWORD': '<your mysql password>',
        'HOST':'localhost',
    }
}

Put your OVA images(vNode and vPDU images) to /vracksystem/ova/.

cd vracksystem
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<port>

Access vRackSystem by https://<vracksystem server IP>:<port>/ on your external PC.