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Object First OOTBI: First Boot and Configuration

As we saw in the previous post,
we unboxed our OOTBI unit.

Now it’s time to power it on, connect to its console remotely, complete the initial system setup, open its GUI, and create our first bucket.

Let’s go…

Connect to the OOTBI IPMI. To find the IP address, I scanned my network with Advanced IP Scanner.
The username is ADMIN, and the password is printed on the tab on the front panel.
This is the IPMI home screen. From here, we can remotely manage and power on the OOTBI.
Red Power button
Power On
Go for it!
While it starts up, open the HTML5 remote console.
Remote Console > Remote Console > Launch Console
Boom! Here’s the OOTBI booting.

Does this screen look familiar? It sure does to me… I wonder where I’ve seen it before…
As you can see, we’re creating the cluster. Yes, even though this is a single-node cluster, setting it up this way makes it easier to expand later.
Network configuration: I’m using just one 10 Gb RJ45 interface and leaving the others disabled.
Hostname
Cluster details, which we’ll use later when adding the system to VBR and configuring the GUI.
Important: set the objectfirst user password for the GUI.
The single-node cluster is ready. Now open a browser and let’s explore.
Remember the cluster IP we configured? Enter it in a browser to connect to the OOTBI GUI, using the password we just set.
Boom! A great-looking GUI. From here we can create S3 keys and buckets, check disk status, and more.

In the next post, we’ll create an S3 bucket and its key, then add it to VBR.

Regards.

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