Stackato Admin Guide

Stackato is ActiveState's cloud application framework for creating a multi-language, secure and private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). This guide covers how to set it up and how to configure it for your end users.

Quick Start

• Micro Cloud VM
  • Download the VM
  • Import the VM
  • Start the VM
  • Management Console
  • Adding Organizations
  • Adding Spaces
  • Adding Users
  • Enabling Services
  • Using Stackato
  • Resolving VM Hostname Without mDNS
  • Uninstalling the VM

Management Console

• Management Console (Admin View)
• App Store
• Customization

VM Setup

• OpenStack
• VirtualBox
• VMware Fusion/Player
• vSphere
• Amazon EC2
• HP Cloud Services

Server Configuration

• Server Configuration
  • Accessing Server via the Command Line
  • Common Operations
  • Detailed Configuration
• Router
  • Settings
  • WebSockets
  • SPDY
• Docker & Fence
  • Modifying or Updating the Container Image
  • Admin Hooks
  • Creating a Docker Registry
• Log Streams
  • Logyard
  • Drains
  • Configuration
  • Debugging Logyard
• AOK Authentication Server
  • End User Login
  • Strategies
  • Configuration
  • User Management
  • First Admin User Setup
  • Regular LDAP User Setup
• Upgrading Stackato
  • Before an upgrade
  • Executing the upgrade

Cluster Configuration

• Cluster Setup
  • Roles
  • Preparing the Core Node
  • Attaching Nodes and Enabling Roles
  • Example Clusters
  • Roles Requiring Persistent or Shared Storage
  • Port Configuration
  • Multiple Controllers
  • Load Balancer and Multiple Routers
• DEA Auto Scaling
  • DEA Template
  • DEA Scaling configuration
  • Enabling Auto-Scaling
  • Configuration and Tuning (Advanced)
  • Writing custom scaling plugins (Advanced)
  • Troubleshooting
  • Testing
• cloud-init
  • Securing the new node
  • Elastic DNS (EC2)
  • Custom System Configuration
• External Data Services
  • General Principles
  • MySQL
  • Amazon RDS for MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Troubleshooting
• Harbor: TCP/UDP Port Service
  • Architecture
  • Requirements & Setup
  • Troubleshooting
• Citrix CPBM
  • CPBM Stackato Connector Installation
  • CPBM Stackato Connector Usage

Best Practices

• Best Practices
  • Applying Updates
  • Backup & Migration
  • Upgrading (v3.0 and later)
  • Server Monitoring with New Relic
  • System Monitoring with Nagios
  • Persistent Storage
• Log Drain Examples
  • Papertrail
  • Loggly
  • Splunk
  • Hello World Custom Drain

Reference

• Kato Command Reference
• Managing Groups, Users & Limits (DEPRECATED)
• Architectural Design
• Glossary
• Troubleshooting
• Adding System Services