Adding a Slave

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Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Node Name 1.2 IP Address 1.3 Hostname 1.4 SSH Port 1.5 ID Key 1.6 ID Password 1.7 Country 1.8 City 1.9 LV Group (Xen and KVM ONLY) 1.10 Add Node

Overview

This guide will help you to add a node to your SolusVM management panel.

Before reading this guide, you will need to have installed SolusVM as a slave and collected the relevant information during the installation. If you haven't done so already, follow my guide here on how to do so: Coming Shortly!

Hover over "Nodes" and click "Add Node".

Node Name

Here you can enter a name for your node so that you can recognise it easily. Some use "Node1" or some use "Server 1", however, you can use whatever you please

IP Address

Here, you need to enter the IP address of the slave server you just made.

Hostname

Here, you need to enter the Hostname of the slave server you just made.

SSH Port

Here, you need to enter the SSH port of the slave server you just made.

ID Key

Here, you need the enter the identification key that the SolusVM slave installer gave you.

ID Password

Here, you need to enter the identification password the SolusVM installer gave you.

Country

Here, you can enter the country where the server is located.

City

Here, you can enter the City where the server is located.

LV Group (Xen and KVM ONLY)

Here, you will need to enter the name of your Volume Group, you can find this by running "vgdisplay" in SSH on the Slave without the quotes.

Add Node

That's it! Done. The management server will now attempt to connect to the slave and verify any needed data such as OpenVZ installation and the correct variables for the SolusVM slave installation.