Open Virtual Format
The Cells Enterprise Appliance package follows the OVF standard.
It is an up-to-date, ready to use out of the box, Rocky Linux 8 image preconfigured with MariaDB and Cells Enterprise distribution.
Download the latest OVF image. An md5 file is also available on the same location for integrity verification.
Minimal VM Requirements
- RAM : 4G
- CPU : 2 vCores
- CPU support: VT-x/AMD-V
- NICs: bridged adaptor
Setup in Oracle VirtualBox
We detail here the steps to launch the Pydio Cells appliance with Oracle VirtualBox. The process is very similar to other hypervisors.
- Import the image into VirtualBox
- Configure the virtual network interface:
- Go to
Your Image >> Settings >> Network
, adapter 1 is already bound to a bridged adapter - Choose the correct name for the adapter you want to use
- Click
OK
.
- Go to
- Start the virtual machine
Warning: even if the correct Name is already shown, click on it and validate, or you won't be able to start the VM (it is a known issue with the VirtualBox UI that is still there in 6.0.14).
Configure
We display the URL address of the installer when you start your VM. Check the console in the VirtualBox GUI.
A self-signed certificate is used by default, you have to explicitly accept it in your browser.
Follow the steps below:
- Accept EULA
- Enter your license key
- Accept default DB configuration (except if you do not want to use the embedded DB)
- Choose a password for the admin user
- Launch installation. It can take up to a minute to reach the end.
The installer service is disabled once the configuration terminates successfully.
At this step, you can login with the credentials you have defined and check everything is up and running.
Configuration Details
Predefined user accounts
If you need to log into the system, the ssh
service is enabled on port 22
and following users have been created:
System users | Password | Comments |
---|---|---|
root | cells | - |
sysadmin | cells | Has sudo rights without password |
pydio | cells | Limited user that runs the app |
To connect to the default cells database in MariaDB, you have these users:
MySQL users | password |
---|---|
root | cells |
pydio@localhost | cells |
File Layout
/var/cells
: Pydio Cells working directory. It contains business and technical data./opt/pydio
: binaries and additional libraries required to run Cells.
Systemd service
cells service is running under pydio user. The service is enabled: it will automatically restart upon reboot.
Useful systemd
commands, as sysadmin
user:
# Manually restart the service
sudo systemctl restart cells
# See Pydio Cells logs
sudo journalctl -f -u cells -S -1h
# start/stop the database (MariaDB)
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Firewalld service
Firewalld service is active and opens three ports:
- 80: cells-enterprise
- 443: cells-enterprise
- 22: ssh