The Lighthouse Virtual Machine Requirements

Lighthouse deploys as an application running in a Linux-based virtual machine (VM). To run a Lighthouse VM, the host computer must be able to run a VM manager and at least one full 64-bit Linux-based virtual machine.

The Lighthouse binary is available in Open, VMware and Hyper-V specific Virtual Machine formats. VM managers such as Boxes, KVM and VirtualBox can make use of the open format. Lighthouse binaries are also available for cloud hosting services including Amazon’s AWS, and Microsoft Azure.

NetOps Modules are released independently of Lighthouse software or Operations Manager firmware. These releases are shipped to Amazon's ECR Public Gallery, where they can be fetched by Lighthouse then deployed to all activated nodes by Lighthouse. NetOps modules can also be downloaded off the Opengear FTP site, and uploaded manually on Lighthouse.

To host Lighthouse, the VM needs to be configured to support:

• A minimum 50GB SCSI disk. Start with more if you think your network will expand. Additional space may be required depending on your feature usage on Lighthouse and the scale of the network.

• 1 x network interface card, preferably paravirtualised (virtio, vmxnet3), Realtek rtl8139, or Intel e1000 are also supported, bridged.

• VGA console for initial setup.

To dimension CPU and RAM resources, follow these guidelines:

Note:CPU and RAM utilization increase with the number of enrolled nodes, network utilisation and storage.

For small deployments (Up to 500 nodes), allocate at a minimum:

• 2 x 64-bit CPU cores.

• 8GB RAM.

For medium deployments (between 500 and 1000 nodes), allocate at the minimum:

• 4 x 64-bit CPU cores.

• 16GB RAM.

For large deployments (more than 1000), allocate allocate at the minimum:

• 4 x 64-bit CPU cores.

• 32GB RAM.

Note:In general it is recommended that you add more memory than you assume you need.

For large deployments, please contact us for guidance on the deployment options, including low and zero-touch Enrollment.