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Logging in

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As soon as you have accessed the Hypervisor Web-interface you can login with the default credentials:

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• manage virtual machines
• create and restore backups of machines
• use the beroNet Appliance Market to download ready Apps and ISO Installation Media
• discover a built in beroNet Gateway or beroNet Gateways in the local network

Virtual Machines

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How to install an OS in a VM

To install an operating system as a VM you need to follow the steps:

1. Download an ISO file which contains the operating system either from a web-rul or form the market; or upload an ISO file using the upload feature in the GUI
2. Create a VM and define its metric and select your chosen ISO under "boot from ISO".
3. Start the VM from the Dashboard
4. Access the VNC console via the VNC link in the Dashboard
5. Complete the installation using the prompts provide by your chosen OS. When completed, use the hypervisor dashboard to shutdown or poweroff the machine.
6. On the Dashboard select "manage" next to your recently installed VM. Under "system" change the boot-device disk to "c (disk)"
7. Restart the VM

Dashboard

The dashboard shows all VMs and all ISO files.

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Each VM can be started by clicking the "start" link if they are in the state "STOPPED". If they are in the state "RUNNING" the VM can be accessed via VNC, halted via the "shutdown" link or powered off via the "Poweroff" link.

VNC - Console/Monitor for the VMs

By default each Virtual Machine starts a VNC Server on the Ports between 5900 - 5905. Any VNC tool can connect to this port, e.g. tightvnc for linux and windows: TightVNC

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The following picture shows how a browser can use the WebVNC on port 6900 and the Webserver on port 80 and how a VNC client can directly connect to the VMs VNC Server on port 5900:

Manage VMs

Under "Virtual Machines->Manage VMs" you create new VMs, delete or rename existing ones.

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In the List of Virtual Machines you can always find a "manage" button which brings you to the VM Manager of this machine.

VM Details

The VM Manager divided in different sections:

STATUS

Shows the current status of the VM and allows to do actions with it. The actions are:

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Additionally you can use the built-in WebVNC tool to connect to the console of the VM.

SYSTEM

In the System Settings you can define:

* # CPUs               - The amount of CPUs for this virtual machine, one is reserved for the Hypervisor
* Memory in GB         - The amount of memory for this VM, 1GB is reseved for the Hypervisor
* Start on boot        - defines if the VM should be started automatically during boot
* Boot-Device          - defines if the VM boots from it's virtual hard-drive or from the ISO file for installation

NETWORK

Under the network settings you can define:

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Also the MAC Addresses of the VM are visible here. The WAN Mac Address is only relevant in the lan-wan mode.

DISKS

The Disks Manager allows to create, delete and reorder virtual disks. Also It defines if an ISO Intallation Medium is inserted in the VM. NOTE: a deleted disk can not be recovered!

OTHER

Under other, you can mainly find the VNC and miscellaneous settings:

* VNC Display          - defines the VNC display number
* VNC Password         - defines the VNC access password
* VNC Keymap           - defines the VNC virtual Keyboard Keymap
* HV Options           - adds the possibility to add manually XEN option, for reference: xen options, multiple settings can be seperated by ; as 
                         localtime=1;
* Windows-Tools        - if enabled the VM has another disk containing the PV driver for windows, which boost the performance of a windows VM (NOTE: preinstalled with the market windows images)

CLONES

If the VM has clones or is a clone, it displays a list of its clones or a link of its parent.

Backup & Restore

The Hypervisor can backup & restore both full VMs and ISO files. In the Backpup & Restore-Manager the attached USB drivers are displayed.

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Make sure that the drive is large enough to hold a compelete VM. Creating a backup can take several minutes and even hours, depending on the filesize and wether compression is used or not.

ISO Manager

The iso manager shows the lokal stored ISO files which can be used to boot a VM to install the OS provided in the ISO file (e.g. an Ubuntu ISO for installing Ubuntu in a VM). Isos can be deleted via the "delete" link.

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1. Web-Download
   1. The Web-URL of the ISO can be provided. If it is protected with basic auth, a username and password can be provided in the syntax "user:password". NOTE: this can take several minutes and even hours, depending of the size of the ISO and the internet speed.
2. Upload 
   1. An iso of up to 8GB can be uploaded directly via the browser. NOTE: this can take several minutes and even hours, depending of the size of the ISO
3. Windows Share Download
   1. With Window share credentials:
      

      * Domain        e.g.  beroNet 
      * Share Name    e.g.  //beronas/ISOs   (the share is only one Folder on the Server, like //SERVER/SHARE and SHARE does not have subfolders) 
      * user          e.g.  beroUser
      * password      e.g.  beroPassword

      a windows share, fileserver or NAS can be browsed. After clicking on an ISO File, the file will be downloaded. NOTE: this can take several minutes and even hours, depending of the size of the ISO

beroNet Appliance Market

The beroNet Appliance Market allows it to download pre-installed Virtual Machines. These machines can be started directly in the Hypervisor. The Market also allows to donwload ISO Installation Media for setting up new Virtual Machines.

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NOTE: this can take several minutes or even hours, depending on the size and internet speed

How-to use clones / snapshots

The beroNet hypervisor GUI allows to create thin clones of existing VMS. A clone is not a full copy of a VM. The disks of the clone reference back to the parent so that only the differences for each clone are stored within the clone, while the main data resides within the parents disk. The mechanism used here is copy-on-write. The parents disk is not modified while the clones run, this means the parents VM state is saved as a snapshot. When the clones are deleted the parent can run again from the moment on when the first clone was created. At later times other clones can be created from the parent or even from clones.

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You can always create new clones from this parent VM. These clones will have the state of the parent last time it was powered off.

System

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Update Hypervisor

To update the hypervisor, simply click on the Version which you want to install.

Network Settings

The Network Manager allows to choose the Interface Mode of the appliance:

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The LAN Mode can be defined as DHCP or static. If it is static the LAN Settings need to be defined. These settings do only apply to the LAN interface of the Appliance. The WAN Port however can only be controlled from within a VM which has the LAN-WAN mode enabled.

Cloud Settings

The cloud manager allows to register the appliance into the beroNet cloud or into a private beroNet cloud. After successfull registration a cloud key appears. The appliance starts communication with the beroNet cloud after enabling the cloud and after clicking "cloud enable".

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NOTE: a reboot of the hypervisor might be needed to register the appliance in a different cloud'

Reboot & Halt

By clicking "CLICK HERE FOR REBOOTING THE APPLIANCE", the appliance does a reboot.

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NOTE: it is not possible to turn on the appliance from remote

Change password

Under System->change password, the password of the admin GUI User can be changed.

Gateways

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The Gateways Manager starts a bfdetect in the background and shows a list of all local appliances and Gateways with their Serials, Firmware Versions, IP Addresses and MAC Addresses.

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