The steps in this procedure use a Linux® command line shell to create an Avaya Aura® MS appliance. The Avaya Aura® MS KVM appliance installer combines the QCOW2 image plus an installer script that automates the installation.
Before you begin
Obtain the Avaya Aura® MS KVM Installer. Save the installer on the KVM on Red Hat® hypervisor.
Obtain the following network configuration settings for the new VM. These settings can be from an existing system if you are redeploying Avaya Aura® MS KVM image.
Important:
If you plan to enroll media servers with Avaya Aura® System Manager, then the media servers and System Manager must use the same NTP server for time synchronization.
Hostname
IPv4 address
IPv4 Netmask
Gateway IPv4 address
Customer account login name
Customer account password
Time zone
Network domain (optional)
IPv4 address of the DNS servers (optional)
IPv4 address or hostname of the NTP servers
IPv6 address (optional)
IPv6 prefix length (optional)
IPv6 gateway address (optional)
Out of band management IPv4 address (optional)
Out of band management IPv4 netmask (optional)
Out of band management IPv4 gateway address (optional)
Root account password (optional)
Procedure
Log in to the KVM on Red Hat® hypervisor host in a Linux® shell as the root user.
Navigate to the directory of the Avaya Aura® MS KVM Installer.
Type the following command to change the installer file mode:
Deploy the Avaya Aura® MS VM appliance by running the KVM installer and follow the queries. Note that if the partition holding the Avaya Aura® MS KVM installer is mounted with the noexec option (like the /var/lib/libvirt directory), directly running the installer will display an Permission denied error. In this case, run the installer using the bash command like this:
For example, to deploy an 8 vCPU VM would be as follows:
[root@host]# chmod u+x ./ MediaServer_10.2.0.61_A3_2025.01.14_KVM.bin
[root@host]# bash ./MediaServer_10.2.0.61_A3_2025.01.14_KVM.bin --name AAMS_VM --size 8
Destination is not specified. Do you want to use the defaults?
/var/lib/libvirt/images/AAMS_VM.qcow2
Answer y or n [n]: y
Copying disk image to: /var/lib/libvirt/images/AAMS_VM.qcow2
Continue?
Answer y or n [n]: y
Copy successful
Changing ownership of /var/lib/libvirt/images/AAMS_VM.qcow2 to qemu:qemu...
Change of ownership successful.
Deploying VM AAMS_VM with 8 vCPUs and 8192 KB memory using disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/AAMS_VM.qcow2.
Continue?
Answer y or n [n]: y
Starting install...
Domain creation completed.
You can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start AAMS_VM
To configure the VM settings, log in to the KVM on Red Hat® host by using the following URL:
https://<KVM-on-RedHat-host-address>:9090/system
Select Virtual Machines in the left menu.
Identify the newly created VM and select the Run button for that VM.
Select the VM by clicking on the name of the VM.
In the new window will be the console for the VM. You must click on Expand to view the console properly.
Read the End User License Agreement. Use the spacebar to scroll through the text. Type ‘a’ to accept the agreement and proceed.
You are now prompted to configure the VM. Type Y to proceed.
Enter the network settings, date, time, and customer account information for the server.
Tip:
You can alter the configuration settings later by running the netSetup command in a Linux® shell.
Choose whether to enable root access for the system. If enabled, accept the Root Access Acceptance Statement and enter the root password.
Important:
Do not modify any operating system files. Avaya manages the operating system on appliances. Modifying system files can cause future system layer updates from Avaya to fail or result in loss of your changes.
When the VM initialization is complete, the system displays a login prompt. Log in using the customer account that you set up earlier. You must change the password after login.
