Deploy a virtual appliance
Deploy Cloud Management Platform (CMP) as a virtual appliance from the OVA
Install
Deploy Cloud Management Platform (CMP) as a virtual appliance, on an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 or Oracle Linux (OL) 8 server, or in AWS
Shared responsibility notice
CMP uses a shared responsibility model. CloudBolt maintains the CMP appliance software, while customers are responsible for securing and maintaining the infrastructure and environments where it is deployed.
Choose a deployment option
Check the Hardware guidelines, then choose one of these options:
- Deploy a virtual appliance: Deploy the CMP OVA to VMware vSphere or Citrix XenServer, then configure it at the console.
- Deploy with installer: Install CMP on an existing RHEL 8 or OL 8 server. This is also the recommended way to deploy in Azure.
- Deploy in AWS: Launch CMP from AWS Marketplace.
Download the installer, upgrader, or OVA
Cloud Management Platform Releases
- Go to the Releases page and select the latest release.
- Download the Installer, Upgrader, or OVA as required.
Air-gapped installation
The OVA, installer, and upgrader include all required packages, so they run in air-gapped mode by default. To download packages from the CloudBolt repository instead, run the installer or upgrader with --remote.
After you deploy
CMP includes a free tier license, so a new appliance is ready to use once you complete initial setup. See Product license.
Deploy with installer
Install Cloud Management Platform (CMP) on an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 or Oracle Linux (OL) 8 server
Deploy in AWS
Launch Cloud Management Platform (CMP) from AWS Marketplace
Set up high availability
Configure high availability for Cloud Management Platform
SELinux
If required by your organization and you need to opt in to using SELinux, follow these instructions to enable SELinux on your Cloud Management Platform (CMP) host