The Trilio Appliance requires configuration to work with the chosen RHV environment. A Web-UI provides access to the Trilio Appliance dashboard and configurator.
Recommended and tested browsers are: Chrome and Firefox.
Enter the Trilio IP or FQDN into the browser to reach the Trilio Appliance landing page.
User: admin Password: password
You will be prompted to change the Web-UI password on first login.
Upon login into the Trilio Appliance, the shown page is the configurator. The configurator requires some information about the Trilio Appliance, RHV and Backup Storage.
The Trilio Appliance needs to be integrated into an existing environment to be able to operate correctly. This block asks for the information about the Trilio Appliance operating details.
Virtual IP Address
The Trilio Appliance uses this IP address for all communication with RHV.
Format: IP/Netmask
Example: 10.10.0.2/24
The Trilio Appliance for RHV does not yet support multi-node installations. It is an actively worked on feature, that gets integrated step by step.
TVM Appliance IP
The first interface in the interface list of the Trilio Appliance will get this IP address assigned. Further is the TrilioVault Appliance hostname set.
Format: IP=hostname
Example: 10.10.0.1=rhv-tvm
The Virtual IP and the TVM Appliance IP can not be the same address. The configuration fails upon using the same IPs for both values.
Name Servers
The DNS server the Trilio appliance will use.
Format: Comma separated list of IPs
Example: 8.8.8.8,10.10.10.10
Domain Search Order
The domain the Trilio Appliance will use.
Format: Comma separated list of domain names
Example: trilio.demo,trilio.io
NTP Servers
NTP Servers the Trilio Appliance will use.
Format: Comma separated list of NTP Servers (FQDN and IP supported)
Example: 0.pool.ntp.org,10.10.10.10
Timezone
Timezone the Trilio will use.
Format: predefined list
Example: UTC
The Trilio appliance integrates with one RHV environment. This block asks for the information required to access and connect with the RHV Cluster.
RHV Engine URL
URL of the RHV-Manager used to authenticate
Format: URL (FQDN and IP supported)
Example: https://rhv-manager.trilio.demo
A preconfigured DNS Server is required, when using FQDN. The Trilio Appliance local host file gets overwritten during configuration. The configuration will fail when the FQDN is not resolvable by a DNS Server.
RHV Username
admin-user to authenticate against the RHV-Manager
Format: user@domain
Example: admin@internal
Password
The password to validate the RHV Username against the RHV-Manager
Format: String
Example: password
TheInvalid Credentials error message will be displayed when the Trilio Appliance cannot reach the RHV Manager or credentials given are incorrect.
This block asks for the necessary details to configure the Backup Storage.
Backup Storage
Predefined as NFS
Trilio for RHV currently only supports NFS. The addition of S3 compatible Storage solutions gets delivered in a future version.
NFS Export
Full path to the NFS Volume used as Backup Storage
Format: Comma separated list of NFS paths
Example: 10.10.100.20:/rhv_backup
NFS Options
Options used by the Trilio NFS client to connect to the NFS Volume
Format: NFS Options
Example: nolock,soft,timeo=180,intr
Note:- Make sure the NFS server supports the NFSv3 as Trilio Mounts the NFS share explicitly with NFSv3
Trilio is integrating into the RHV Cluster as an additional service, following the RHV communication paradigms. These require that the Trilio Appliance is using SSL and that the RHV-Manager does trust the Trilio Appliance.
Trilio offers to possibilities how these required certificates can be provided. Either Trilio generates a complete fresh self-signed certificate or a certificate is provided.
In both cases is the FQDN required, to which the certificate is pointing to.
Please see below example in case of a provided certificate.
FQDN
FQDN to reach the Trilio Appliance
Format: FQDN
Example: rhv-tvm.trilio.demo
Certificate
Certificate provided by the Trilio appliance upon request
Format: Certificate file
Example: rhv-tvm.crt
Private Key
Private Key used to verify the provided certificate
Format: private key file
Example: rhv-tvm.key
It is possible to directly provide the Trilio Appliance with the license file that is going to be used by it.
Trilio will not create any workloads or backups without a valid license file.
It is not necessary to provide the License file directly through the configurator. It is also possible to provide the license afterwards through the Trilio License tab in the Trilio dashboard.
The Trilio License tab can also be used to verify and update the currently installed license.
After filling out every block of the configurator, hit the submit button to start the configuration.
The configurator asks one more time for confirmation before starting.
Stay patient during the configuration, as this may easily take a few more minutes.
After the configurator has succeeded or failed, is the Ansible playbook shown. Use the possibilities to expand and collapse each task for troubleshooting failed configurations.