Supported base operating systems
From The FluidVM Wiki
FluidVM currently supports the following operating system as a base:
- CentOS 5.4
Here are the different versions needed for the different components:
Supported base operating systems
| Software Component | Base OS Version | Package groups needed |
|---|---|---|
| FluidVM Management Server | CentOS 5.4 32-bit OS | Clustering and Storage Clustering |
| FluidVM OpenVZ Agent Services | CentOS 5.4 32-bit OS 0r 64-bit OS | Clustering and Storage Clustering |
| FluidVM Xen Agent Services | CentOS 5.4 32-bit OS or 64-bit OS | Clustering, Storage Clustering and Virtualization |
Only the package groups mentioned in the tables are needed, you need to de-select other package groups that are selected by default!
Will FluidVM work with my favorite distro?
We ourselves at K7 Computing are not huge fans of CentOS. It is just that it is a stable, enterprise ready operating system. While FluidVM should work on any modern Linux distribution, we have not packaged FluidVM and its support software for them all. FluidVM RPMs are built for CentOS 5.4. Also, the FluidVM installer uses Yum to install any dependencies. So, both the packaging and the installer is not in favour of your most loved Linux distribution if it is not CentOS 5.4.
At K7 Computing we do intend to support different Linux distributions, since it may be easy to port it to different distributions. Again, there is the question of support. When we are dealing with one distribution, it is a common ground for both us and our customers.
Thus it is pretty much like Henry Ford said: Customers can install FluidVM on any Linux distro, as long as it is CentOS.
