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<section id="management-server-installation-overview">
<title>Management Server Installation Overview</title>
<para>This section describes installing the Management Server. There are two slightly different installation flows, depending on how many Management Server nodes will be in your cloud:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>A single Management Server node, with MySQL on the same node.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Multiple Management Server nodes, with MySQL on a node separate from the Management Servers.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>In either case, each machine must meet the system requirements described in System Requirements.</para>
<warning><para>For the sake of security, be sure the public Internet can not access port 8096 or port 8250 on the Management Server.</para></warning>
<para>The procedure for installing the Management Server is:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Prepare the Operating System</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>(XenServer only) Download and install vhd-util.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Install the First Management Server</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Install and Configure the MySQL database</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prepare NFS Shares</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prepare and Start Additional Management Servers (optional)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prepare the System VM Template</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>