CORTX VM on VirtualBox

The following was done with VirtualBox 6.1 

File->Import Appliance
Navigate to OVA & import

Start VM
It will hang:

After several minutes:
 

Boot into rescue mode:

Login as cortx/opensource!

Sudo to root

Based on info found here, do the following to 
 

Wait approx. 30 seconds

Reboot (default boot option)
 

Network names won’t be what CORTX expects & configures:

CORTX seems to want the ens* names, so force udev to rename by getting hw addr from ifconfig and adding to ifcfg* files:
Get hw addresses for existing interfaces:
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/class/net/enp0s3/address
08:00:27:11:86:fb
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/class/net/enp0s8/address
08:00:27:c7:22:cb
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/class/net/enp0s9/address
08:00:27:cf:53:4e

Update network config scripts in /etc/init.d/network/scripts to add HWADDR lines to map the above to preferred names during udev rename_devices phase:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens192
TYPE=Ethernet
PROXY_METHOD=none
BROWSER_ONLY=no
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
DEFROUTE=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE=stable-privacy
NAME=ens192
UUID=30b25b3b-7074-4b9e-b734-e0bae7788c15
DEVICE=ens192
ONBOOT=yes
ZONE=public
HWADDR=08:00:27:11:86:fb

(do the same with other two with corresponding MACs)

Reboot
Confirm interface names are all ens*

[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/network status
Configured devices:
lo ens192 ens224 ens256
Currently active devices:
lo ens192 ens224 ens256

set hostname
[root@localhost ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname --static --transient --pretty vbcortx

Bootstrap
[root@localhost ~]# sh /opt/seagate/cortx/provisioner/cli/virtual_appliance/bootstrap.sh

Confirm all svcs running
[root@localhost ~]# ip a l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
   link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
   inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
      valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   inet6 ::1/128 scope host
      valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens192: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
   link/ether 08:00:27:11:86:fb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   inet 192.168.86.35/24 brd 192.168.86.255 scope global noprefixroute dynamic ens192
      valid_lft 85919sec preferred_lft 85919sec
   inet6 fe80::e29:d50f:fa2:42de/64 scope link noprefixroute
      valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: ens224: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
   link/ether 08:00:27:c7:22:cb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   inet 192.168.86.34/24 brd 192.168.86.255 scope global dynamic ens224
      valid_lft 85923sec preferred_lft 85923sec
   inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fec7:22cb/64 scope link
      valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ens256: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
   link/ether 08:00:27:cf:53:4e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   inet 192.168.86.36/24 brd 192.168.86.255 scope global dynamic ens256
      valid_lft 85925sec preferred_lft 85925sec
   inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fecf:534e/64 scope link
      valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

[root@localhost ~]# sh /opt/seagate/cortx/s3/scripts/s3-sanity-test.sh
…
***** S3: SANITY TEST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED *****

In browser, go to https://192.168.86.35:28100/#/preboarding/welcome

[follow steps and provide requested info]

NOTE
S3 creds don’t have correct s3 url, but using system data IP works fine:
Account name S3 URL Access key Secret key
dolster http://None https://None xxxxxx xxxxx