Lighthouse Virtual Machine Host 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 must 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.

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

CPU and RAM Guidelines

No. Nodes	Min. CPU Cores	Min. RAM
< 2500 Nodes	4 x 64-bit CPU cores	16GB
> 2500 Nodes	8 x 64-bit CPU cores	32GB

Tip: For large deployments, contact us for guidance on the deployment options, including low and zero-touch enrollment.