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Getting started
Quantix is a virtualization platform for running virtual machines on your own servers. It has two parts:
| Part | What it is |
|---|---|
| QHCI host | A physical server running Quantix-OS, the hypervisor. Each host has its own browser interface, the Host UI, at https://<host-address>:8443/, and a text Direct Console on its screen. |
| QvDC | The control plane appliance. One dashboard, at https://<qvdc-address>/, for all your hosts: clusters, VMs, networks, storage, users, updates. |
A single host can run on its own. With two or more hosts, add QvDC to manage them together, move VMs between hosts, and restart VMs automatically when a host fails.
What you need
- One or more 64-bit x86 servers with hardware virtualization (Intel VT-x or AMD-V), UEFI firmware, 16 GiB of memory or more (4 GiB minimum), and a disk for Quantix-OS.
- A management network with a static address for each host and for QvDC.
- Shared storage (an NFS server) if VMs should move between hosts.
- A Quantix customer account for downloads, licences and support, at the customer portal.
- For online updates: outbound HTTPS (TCP 443) to
*.quantixkvm.com. Sites without internet access can update with offline bundles instead.
Network ports
| From | To | Port | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your browser | QvDC | TCP 443 | Dashboard (port 80 redirects to it) |
| Your browser | Host | TCP 8443 | Host UI |
| QvDC | Host | TCP 8443, 9443 | Host management |
| QvDC and hosts | *.quantixkvm.com | TCP 443 | Online updates (optional) |
The path to your first VM
- Download the Quantix-OS ISO and the QvDC appliance from the customer portal's Downloads page. Check each file's SHA-256 checksum against the one shown in the portal.
- Install a QHCI host on each server.
- Install QvDC — the quickest way is Deploy QvDC from the first host's Host UI.
- Activate your licence.
- Add hosts to QvDC, into a cluster.
- Create a storage pool and a virtual network.
- Create your first VM from a cloud image — see Templates and cloud-init.
- Set up backups of your configuration, and keep Quantix up to date.
Getting help
- Search this documentation with the search box at the top of the page.
- Troubleshooting lists common symptoms and fixes.
- Open a support ticket in the customer portal under Support.