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LINUX64: Generic Linux Servers


At a Glance
Catalog	System
Category	Generic
User volumes	no
Min. memory	96 MB
OS	Linux
Constraints	no

Functional Overview

LINUX64 is a general server appliance. You can branch the appliance to make new server appliances: singletons or server classes.

The appliance includes a reasonably complete installation of its OS, including the GCC compiler if available. This allows installing and building software on the branched appliances.

The generic server appliance is designed to be used in two ways:

As a customized server, by branching the base class to form singleton and modifying its class volume appropriately
As a template for building other server appliances, by using it as a base to create new application-specific or global catalog classes.

Here server means virtual server. Virtual servers are similar to appliances in all aspects except intent (virtual servers are made to be logged into for the installation of additional software) and volume size (much bigger than appliance's volumes).

Note: If you do not need GCC and the ability to build on the server appliance, consider using the LUX64 generic appliance template instead of LINUX64.

Name	Latest Version	OS
LINUX64	3.0.1-1	CentOS 6.2 (64 bits)

Boundary

Resources

LINUX64

Resource	Minimum	Maximum	Default
CPU	0.05	16	0.25
Memory	96 MB	32 GB	512 MB
Bandwidth	1 Mbps	2 Gbps	100 Mbps

Terminals

Name	Dir	Protocol	Description
in	in	Any	Generic input
out	out	Any	Generic output for a single host
net	out	Any	Generic output for subnet access
mon	out	CCE	Sends performance and resource usage statistics.

Notes:

One use of the net output is to connect it to the Subnet Output Gateway to download software to be installed on the server. Once you are finish installing, you can disconnect the gateway (or make it standby).
If you branch one of the server appliances to create your custom appliances, you may want to remove the unnecessary interfaces.

Volumes

Servers have only a boot volume (instantiable class volume). There are no placeholder volumes (although when you branch this class to create a customized server, you can add a placeholder volume).

Notes

Open source and third-party software used inside of the appliance

LINUX64 uses the open source and third-party packages in its base OS install of CentOS 6.2.