4.3. Minimum System Requirements

4.3.1. Management Server, Database, and Storage System Requirements

The machines that will run the Management Server and MySQL database must meet the following requirements. The same machines can also be used to provide primary and secondary storage, such as via localdisk or NFS. The Management Server may be placed on a virtual machine.

Operating system:
- Preferred: CentOS/RHEL 6.3+ or Ubuntu 12.04(.1)
64-bit x86 CPU (more cores results in better performance)
4 GB of memory
50 GB of local disk (When running secondary storage on the management server 500GB is recommended)
At least 1 NIC
Statically allocated IP address
Fully qualified domain name as returned by the hostname command

4.3.2. Host/Hypervisor System Requirements

The host is where the cloud services run in the form of guest virtual machines. Each host is one machine that meets the following requirements:

Must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled).
64-bit x86 CPU (more cores results in better performance)
Hardware virtualization support required
4 GB of memory
36 GB of local disk
At least 1 NIC
Note
If DHCP is used for hosts, ensure that no conflict occurs between DHCP server used for these hosts and the DHCP router created by CloudStack.
Latest hotfixes applied to hypervisor software
When you deploy CloudStack, the hypervisor host must not have any VMs already running
All hosts within a cluster must be homogenous. The CPUs must be of the same type, count, and feature flags.

Hosts have additional requirements depending on the hypervisor. See the requirements listed at the top of the Installation section for your chosen hypervisor:

Warning

Be sure you fulfill the additional hypervisor requirements and installation steps provided in this Guide. Hypervisor hosts must be properly prepared to work with CloudStack. For example, the requirements for XenServer are listed under Citrix XenServer Installation.