Installing IBM Spectrum Scale by using the graphical user interface (GUI)

You can use the GUI to install and configure IBM Spectrum Scale™ system. The installation GUI is used only for installing the system and a separate management GUI needs to used for configuring and managing the system.

The scope of the installation GUI is to install the IBM Spectrum Scale software on cluster nodes, create an IBM Spectrum Scale cluster, and configure NTP. Other initial tasks like creating file systems, creating NSDs, setting up NFS and SMB protocols, object storage, or authentication of protocol users are out of scope of the installation GUI. You need to perform those tasks either through CLI or management GUI.

The prerequisites that are applicable for installing the IBM Spectrum Scale system through CLI is applicable for installation through the GUI as well. For more information on the prerequisites for installation, see Installation prerequisites.

The installation GUI requires port 9080 to be designated for http and port 9443 for https. That is, the installer GUI URL of the http and https connections are http://<install server IP or host name>:9080 and https://<install server IP or host name>:9443 respectively.

Note: To start the graphical installation, the IBM Spectrum Scale package must be extracted.

By selecting different parameters of the spectrumscale installgui command, you can start, stop, and view the status of the installation GUI.

spectrumscale installgui [-h] {start,stop,status} ...

Example:

To start the installation GUI, issue the following command:

./spectrumscale installgui start

To view the status of the processes that are running on the installation GUI, issue the following command:

./spectrumscale installgui status

The installation process through the GUI automatically stops when you exit the installation GUI. To stop installation process through the CLI, issue the following command:

./spectrumscale installgui stop

Note: The password to access the IBM Spectrum Scale installer GUI is Passw0rd.

Limitations of the installation GUI

The following are the limitations of the installation GUI:

The scope of the installation GUI is to install the IBM Spectrum Scale software on cluster nodes, create an IBM Spectrum Scale cluster, and configure NTP. Other initial tasks like creating file systems, creating NSDs, setting up NFS and SMB protocols, object storage, or authentication of protocol users are out of scope of the installation GUI. You need to perform those tasks either through CLI or management GUI.
It supports only a fresh installation of an IBM Spectrum Scale cluster. That is, it does not support to update the system from a previous release to the latest release.
It does not support adding nodes to and removing nodes from the existing IBM Spectrum Scale cluster
You cannot uninstall the existing IBM Spectrum Scale cluster through the GUI.