Getting started with other hypervisors

Pexip Infinity currently offers specific support for VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM and Xen hypervisors. Other hypervisors and orchestration layers may be used but are not officially supported. If you wish to deploy Pexip Infinity using a non-supported hypervisor, we recommend that you contact your Pexip authorized support representative for assistance.

Some basic guidance is given below. Refer to your hypervisor's documentation for complete instructions on how to perform these tasks.

Static IP addressing

Pexip Infinity Management Nodes and Conferencing Nodes support static IP addressing only. Therefore the hypervisor or orchestration layer must also support static IP addressing.

Synchronizing time

All host servers must be synchronized with accurate time before you install the Pexip Infinity Management Node or Conferencing Nodes on them.

• NTP must be enabled on the Management Node before you deploy any Conferencing Nodes.
• We strongly recommend that you configure at least three distinct NTP servers or NTP server pools on all your host servers and the Management Node itself. This will ensure that log entries from all nodes are properly synchronized.

Installing the Management Node VM

To install a new instance of a Management Node VM:

1. Download the Pexip Infinity OVA file (Pexip_Infinity_v12_generic_pxMgr_<release>.ova) from www.pexip.com/software-download.
2. Use this file to create an instance of a Management Node VM.

Opening a console window to run the installation wizard

To run the installation wizard, which configures the Management Node, you must open a console window on the Management Node VM.

You must then run the installation wizard. For step-by-step instructions, see Running the Pexip Infinity installation wizard.