Your system must meet the following minimum requirements for installing Parallels Pro Control Panel.

Requirement

Description

Operating system

Any of the following operating systems:

• CentOS 5.0 - 5.7 (i386 and x86_64)
• CentOS 4.0 - 4.9 (i386 and x86_64)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.0 - 5.7 (i386 and x86_64)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 - 4.9 (i386 and x86_64)
• Fedora Core 6 (i386 and x86_64)
• Fedora Core 4 (i386 only)

File system

EXT3

Important: Quotas may not function as intended if you use other file systems.

RAM

256 MB

Processor

Intel Pentium® II or III processor, class 500 MHz or above or any Intel-compatible CPU of 500 MHz speed or above

Disk space

At least 40 GB. You may want to customize your disk partitions to manage the available disk resources on the target server. For information on customizing disk partitions, refer to the document Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux Technical Reference Guide at the Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux Documentation page (http://www.parallels.com/en/pro/docs).

Disk partition

/boot: At least 75 MB

/: All of the remaining disk space as Parallels Pro Control Panel uses the /home directory to store the site information.

You may want to customize your disk partitions to manage the available disk resources on the target server. For information on customizing disk partitions, refer to the document Ensim Pro for Linux Technical Reference Guide at the Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux Documentation page (http://www.parallels.com/en/pro/docs).

Security Level

When installing the operating system, firewall is enabled by default. Ensure that you disable this option, before proceeding with the installation.

Connectivity

Network connectivity with Internet access.

FTP access

Required if you want the installer to obtain the installation files from Parallels Pro Control Panel FTP server or your local FTP server.

License

You need a valid license key before you can install Parallels Pro Control Panel. When you buy Parallels Pro Control Panel from the Parallel Pro Control Panel online store (http://www.parallels.com/en/buyonline/pro/), you receive the license key in the order confirmation email from Parallels.

Other requirements

• "root" user access
• The system files /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/sysconfig/network, and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 on the target server must include the entries as specified below. If the entries are not present, use an editor to modify the files.
  • /etc/hosts file

---/etc/hosts begin file--

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

1.2.3.4 myhost.mydomain.com myhost

---/etc/hosts end file--

Important: If you use the -x option with the installer to specify the network interface on which sites are to be provisioned, make sure that you add the IP address of the interface as the first entry in the /etc/hosts file before running the installer.

• /etc/resolv.conf file

---/etc/resolv.conf begin file--

primary_name_server ip_address

secondary_name_server ip_address

---/etc/resolv.conf end file--

• /etc/sysconfig/network file

---/etc/sysconfig/network begin file--

NETWORKING=yes

DOMAIN=mydomain.com

HOSTNAME=myhost.mydomain.com

GATEWAY=ip_address_gateway

---/etc/sysconfig/network end file--

• /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file

---/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 begin file--

DEVICE=eth0

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=static

IPADDR=IP_address_host_server

NETMASK=netmask_value (please check with your service provider)

GATEWAY=ip_address_gateway

---/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 end file--