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.
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