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Provision a Bare Metal Instance

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11.3.16. Provision a Bare Metal Instance

Deploy one bare metal instance per host using these steps.

1.Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as an administrator or user.

2.In the left navigation bar, click Instances.

3.Click Add Instance.

4.Select a zone.

5.Click Template.

6.Click Next.

7.Select the template that you created earlier, in Section 11.3.15, “Create a Bare Metal Template”, and click Next.

8.Select the compute offering you created earlier, in Section 11.3.7, “Create a Bare Metal Compute Offering”, and click Next.

9.Click Launch, and the instance will be created.

10.Set up security groups with ingress and egress rules to control inbound and outbound network traffic. Follow the steps in Using Security Groups in the Administrator's Guide. If you want to allow inbound network traffic to the bare metal instances through public IPs, set up public IPs and port forwarding rules. Follow the steps in How to Set Up Port Forwarding in the Administrator's Guide.

11.3.17. Test Bare Metal Installation

In the navigation bar of your browser, specify the IPMI address of the bare metal host, and launch the virtual console. The bare metal host should be PXE booted to the specified installation.

11.3.18. Example CentOS 6.x Kickstart File

#centos 6.x based kickstart file. Disk layout assumes a 4GB sda install

url --url=http://10.223.110.231/baremetal/centos62/ lang en_US.UTF-8

keyboard us

network --	bootproto=dhcp --onboot=yes --hostname=baremetal-test --				noipv6
#network --	bootproto=dhcp --	device=eth0 --	onboot=no	--noipv6
#network --	bootproto=dhcp --	device=eth1 --	onboot=no	--noipv6
#network --	bootproto=dhcp --	device=eth2 --onboot=yes --hostname=baremetal-test --				noipv6
#network --	bootproto=dhcp --	device=eth3 --	onboot=no	--noipv6
#network --	bootproto=dhcp --	device=eth4 --	onboot=no	--noipv6
#network --	bootproto=dhcp --	device=eth5 --	onboot=no	--noipv6
firewall --	enabled --port=22:tcp
services --	disabled ip6tables
rootpw password
authconfig	--enableshadow --	enablemd5
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4.2 specifications

Citrix Systems, a leading provider of virtualization solutions and cloud computing technologies, released version 4.2 of its popular software, Citrix XenApp, which was previously known as Presentation Server. This version marked a significant evolution in providing users with remote access to applications and desktops, emphasizing simplicity, performance, and security.

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Citrix Systems 4.2 manual Provision a Bare Metal Instance, Test Bare Metal Installation

Models: 4.2

11.3.16. Provision a Bare Metal Instance

11.3.17. Test Bare Metal Installation

11.3.18. Example CentOS 6.x Kickstart File

4.2 specifications