Getting started
Keal runs virtual machines on a fleet of physical servers. One server is the engine: it runs Keal, keeps the register of everything, and boots the others over the network. The others are nodes: they run your VMs. On a small setup the engine is also its own node.
Being written
This guide is a placeholder, and will be filled in. Until then, the pages for each tab - from Home down - say what everything does.
What you will do first
- Install your first stack - a ready-made server, with its network and storage, from the catalogue.
- Reach your VM - its console, its address, and the ports it lets in.
- Keep your VMs backed up - so a mistake costs a restore, not the data.
An administrator will also want to add a node, so there is somewhere for VMs to run.
Finding your way
- Home shows how everything stands: the fleet, your VMs, and what needs attention.
- Stacks and VMs are what you run; Images their disks; Networks how they are reached.
- Nodes, Users and Audit are an administrator's.
- Every label with a dotted underline explains itself on hover, and opens the handbook section it comes from.