What are the recommended Lighthouse virtual machine resources?

Lighthouse architecture is designed to support very large deployments, with thousands of nodes (console servers).

Which virtualization environments are supported on Lighthouse?

Lighthouse is a virtual appliance that runs under VMware (Fusion/Workstation, vSphere/ESXi), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle VirtualBox, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Linux KVM-based solutions. 

Citrix Xen is not currently supported.

What do I have to configure in a virtual machine to host Lighthouse?

To host Lighthouse, the VM needs to be configured to support:

• 10GB SCSI disk
• 1 x network interface card, preferably paravirtualised (virtio, vmxnet3), Realtek rtl8139, or Intel e1000 are also supported, bridged.
• VGA console for initial setup
• To dimension CPU and RAM resources, follow the guidelines below

CPU & RAM

CPU and RAM utilization increase with the number of enrolled nodes.

For small deployments (less than 100 nodes), allocate:

• 2 x 64-bit CPU cores
• 4GB RAM

For medium deployments (between 100 and 600 nodes), allocate:

• 4 x 64-bit CPU cores
• 8GB RAM

For large deployments (between 600 and 1200 nodes), allocate:

• 4 x 64-bit CPU cores
• 16GB RAM

For very large deployments (more than 1200 nodes), allocate:

• 8 x 64-bit CPU cores
• 32GB RAM

For large and very large deployments, please get in touch for guidance on your deployment options, including low and zero-touch enrollment.

The performance and limitations is dependent on network deployment.