Getting Started with a New Installation

Introduction

The Synergy SKY Platform is a Linux-based container image that can be hosted within most virtualized environments. This article gives a short description of typical hosting environments.

Requirements

* Partitions must contain at least 50GB in /home

The IP of the host machine must be static

Deployment

All the examples shown were done with Rocky Linux as it is an open-source operating system designed to be 100% bug for bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  

VMware

1. Download .iso from: https://rockylinux.org/download 
2. Upload to datastore: 
   • Drag and drop the image from step 1 into the Datastore browser window
3. "Create a new virtual machine"
4. "Customize Settings" > CD/DVD Drive 1 "Datastore ISO file" (from step 2)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Navigate to: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results?searchTerms=rocky+9

Go through the following AWS steps:

1. Click the button 'View purchase options'.
2. Subscribe to this software, and click the 'Continue to Configuration' button.
3. 'Continue to Launch'
4. "Launch Instance"
5. Configure server according to the requirements above and click 'Launch'.

When server has been fully launched and ready, please continue with Installation of the application as described below on this page. 

Microsoft Azure

Navigate to: https://portal.azure.com/#home

Go through the following Azure steps:

1. Click on, or search for "Virtual Machines"
2. "+ Create" > "Azure Virtual Machine"
3. "Image" > "See all images" > "Rocky Linux for x86_64 (AMD64) - Official"
4. Configure server according to the requirements above and click 'Review + create'.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

https://console.cloud.google.com/

1. Click on "+ Create a VM"
2. Under "Boot disk"
   • Click "Change"
   • Select "Operating system = Rocky Linux" - "Version = Rocky Linux 9 optimized for GCP" 
3. Configure server according to the requirements above and click "Create"

Installation

Requirements

To install SynergySKY Management SUITE software, you will need:

• Access to the root account/A sudo capable user
• Internet access (to download required RPMs and installation files)
• At least 50GB free in /home directory
• Port 22 must be opened "from/to itself"
  • This is to allow Ansible to install, configure and upgrade the Synergy SKY Management Suite 

Step-by-Step Guide

1. SSH to your Linux Virtual Machine
2. Download the installation script: "curl -O https://download.joingw.com/SUITE/suite_quickinstaller.sh"
3. Make sure the file is executable: "chmod 700 suite_quickinstaller.sh"
4. Run the installation script: "sudo bash suite_quickinstaller.sh"

   Quick version:

   curl -O https://download.joingw.com/SUITE/suite_quickinstaller.sh; chmod 700 suite_quickinstaller.sh; sudo bash suite_quickinstaller.sh

    

5. Follow the on screen prompts, estimated time for install is around 10 minutes. But depends on internet speeds.
6. When complete you will be presented with the following information, store this for later:
7. Open your firewall to allow access to the Configuration tool (443/tcp).

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=443/tcp; sudo firewall-cmd --reload