Install on host42

host42 is Padmini's KVM cloud for your own rack. The provider adds gate42 as an image; you start it like any other VM.

For the host42 provider

Add each gate42 release to the image list once, on the host:

padmini-host image add --os gate42 --firmware uefi --min-disk 10 \
  --url https://downloads.gate42.in/releases/1.8.2/gate42-1.8.2-b17-amd64.qcow2 \
  --sha256 adc46305d0e01646ab8092dd42b88750e64fb603f05683805e439d89e45d1b97

Use the firmware uefi (or bios). The default, uefi-secure, cannot start gate42: its FreeBSD boot loader is not signed for Secure Boot.

For the tenant

1. Create a VM from the gate42 image: 2 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM and 20 GB of disk.
2. Give it two network cards: the first on the network that leads to the internet (the WAN), the second on your private network (the LAN).
3. Open the VM's console in the host42 portal. After one to two minutes it shows the root password (first boot).
4. Allow TCP port 8443 to the VM from your own addresses, and log in at https://<address>:8443 (first login).

Padmini sets gate42 up as part of a host42 delivery: talk to us.