Welcome

Welcome to Nutanix Calm 101 Lab - v1.0.

What We Are Doing

The Nutanix Calm 101 API Lab will cover a few key points.

  • Intro to the Calm user interface

  • Creation of an application blueprint to deploy a Linux-based application

  • Deployment of the blueprint to demonstrate the 1-click nature of Calm apps

What We Aren’t Doing

This lab is not intended as a guide for end-to-end Calm training. While the copy & paste steps will allow you to create a working blueprint and application, more advanced topics will be covered in later labs.

Extensive modifications will need to be made before the blueprint and app can be used in production.

Requirements

To successfully complete this lab, you will need an environment that meets the following specifications.

  • Access to a Nutanix cluster running Prism Central and AOS 5.10 or later

  • Nutanix Calm version 2.6 or later

  • An internet connection from the cluster

Optional Components

In addition to the components above, the following things are “nice to have”. They are not mandatory for these labs.

  • A Github account. This can be created by signing up directly through GitHub.

  • The GitHub Desktop application (available for Windows and Mac only)

Cluster Details

In a presenter-led environment you will be using a shared Nutanix cluster. Please use this cluster when carrying out your application testing. Images required for the labs will be provided as part of the lab session.

In a self-paced environment you will the above items and also access to a CentOS Linux 7 QCOW2 image. If a CentOS 7 image is not available, please use the same instructions outlined in the “Adding a Downloadable Image” section. This image is used as the base for all our Linux VM deployments.