As mentioned in my previous article, the Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 has just been made available by the publisher. This is the perfect opportunity to install or update your cluster.

Pre-requisites

To install Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 you will need:

• an 8Gb USB key
• Rufus software
• a server

The server must have the following minimum configuration:

• a CPU with 4 cores
• 20Gb of RAM (32Gb is recommended to take advantage of all AOS features)
• an Intel network card
• a minimum 64Gb boot disk
• 200Gb SSD and 500Gb HDD minimum for the storage part

It is possible to create a cluster of one node, or for those who have the possibility, of 3 nodes or more which will bring resilience.

For more information about hardware requirements: Hardware Requirements

Bootable Key Creation

To create the bootable key with Rufus, launch the software, select the Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 ISO file you just downloaded and the inserted USB key, then start the key creation process:

Once the USB key has been created, insert it into a port on your server and launch the installation.

Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 installation

The installation is not complicated in itself. When selecting disks, you must be careful and select the disks carefully:

• 1 disk for the hypervisor
• 2 disks for CVM
• X disks for data

I know that at the level of the recommendations, the editor indicates certain limits.

For my part, I was able to install Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 with 1 disk for the hypervisor (120Gb is enough), 2 disks for the CVM (at least 256Gb each) and 11 disks for the data (6 HDDs of 1.6Tb and 5 800Gb SSD).

Also fill in the IP address of the host, of the CVM, of the gateway as well as the DNS if you are creating a cluster of a single node and launch the installation.

Once the installation is complete, it will prompt you to reboot.

When your server has restarted, you will need to create the cluster with the following command:

nutanix@cvm$ cluster -s cvm_ip --redundancy_factor=1 create

Once the operation is complete, you will be able to access your Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 cluster, finalize the settings and create your first virtual machines at the following address:

https://cvm_ip:9440