Mac OS
Installing
Instructions can be found under our Getting Started with Mac OS guide
Expectations
- The service runs as root
- Anka Controller listens on port 80
- Anka Registry is listening on port 8089
- Registry data is stored at
/Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/registry
Start / Stop
The registry is included in the anka-controller service. They are restarted together.
Use sudo anka-controller command to start/stop/check status of the controller.
sudo anka-controller --help
usage: /usr/local/bin/anka-controller [start|stop|restart|status|logs]
Changing location of VM storage in the Registry
- Stop the controller service
sudo anka-controller stop - Change the default settings, including the location of registry storage by editing the
/usr/local/bin/anka-controllerd. - Start the controller service
sudo anka-controller start
Go to the localhost:port in the browser on the mac where you installed the controller/registry package and you will see the controller dashboard.
Uninstalling
From the command line, execute the following command:
sudo /Library/Application Support/Veertu/Anka/tools/controller/uninstall.sh
Debugging Issues
Anka controller is a server that usually runs as a daemon and errors are usually written to a log. The easiest way to debug the controller is to run ‘/usr/local/bin/anka-controllerd’ directly. This will output the controller log to the screen and you will be able to see if there are any errors.
- First stop the controller with
sudo anka-controller stop - Then execute
/usr/local/bin/anka-controllerd
You can also tail the log, the default location is /Library/Logs/Veertu/AnkaController. Check /usr/local/bin/anka-controllerd in order to see the log dir location.
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