1

Connecting your installation workstation to Lightbits’ software repository

2

Verifying the network connectivity of the servers used in the cluster

3

Setting up an Ansible environment on your installation workstation

4

Installing a Lightbits cluster by running the Ansible installation playbook

5

Updating clients (if required)

6

Provisioning storage, connecting clients, and performing IO tests

Prepare Installation Workstation (Ansible Controller)

Copying the Ansible Environment Tarball

Inventory Structure and Adding the Ansible Hosts File

Multi-Tenancy

Configuring Global Variables in Ansible

Verifying Hosts Connection

Defining Configuration Files for Each “Ansible Host” (Server) in the Cluster

Defining Failure Domains

Setting the Data SSD Configuration

Setting the Journal SSD Configuration

Confirming the Required Directory Structure

Running the Ansible Installation Playbook