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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>