Description
Installs the Openstack compute service (codename: nova) from packages.
Requirements
Chef 0.10.0 or higher required (for Chef environment use).
Platforms
- Ubuntu-12.04
 - Fedora-17
 
Cookbooks
The following cookbooks are dependencies:
- apt
 - database
 - glance
 - keystone
 - mysql
 - openssh
 - rabbitmq
 
Resources/Providers
None
Recipes
api-ec2
-includes recipe nova-common
-installs AWS EC2 compatible  API and configures the service and endpoints in keystone
api-metadata
-includes recipe nova-common
-Installs the nova metadata package
api-os-compute
-includes recipe nova-common
-installs OS API and configures the service and endpoints in keystone
api-os-volume
-includes recipe nova-common
-installs the OpenStack volume service API
apt
-performs an apt-get update
compute
-includes recipes nova-common, api-metadata, network
-installs nova-compute service
libvirt
-installs libvirt, used by nova compute for management of the virtual machine environment
network
-includes recipe nova-common
-installs nova network service
nova-common
-Builds the basic nova.conf config file with details of the rabbitmq, mysql, glance and keystone servers. Also builds a .novarc file for root with appropriate environment variables to interact with the nova client cli.
nova-setup
-includes recipes nova-common, mysql:client
-sets up the nova database on the mysql server, including the initial schema and subsequent creation of the appropriate networks
scheduler
-includes recipe nova-common
-nstalls nova scheduler service
vncproxy
-includes recipe nova-common
-installs and configures the vncproxy service for console access to vms
volume
-includes recipes nova-common, api-os-volume
-installs nova volume service and configures the service and endpoints in keystone
Attributes
nova["db"] - name of nova database
nova["db_user"] - username for nova database access
nova["db_passwd"] - password for nova database access
nova["db_ipaddress"] - ip address for nova api to bind to
nova["service_tenant_name"] - tenant name used by nova when interacting with keystone
nova["service_user"] - user name used by nova when interacting with keystone
nova["service_pass"] - user password used by nova when interacting with keystone
nova["service_role"] - user role used by nova when interacting with keystone
nova["compute"]["adminURL"] - defines the url used to access the OS API for admin functions
nova["compute"]["internalURL"] - defines the url used to access the OS API for user functions from an internal network
nova["compute"]["publicURL"] - defines the url used to access the OS API for user functions from an external network
nova["ec2"]["adminURL"] - defines the url used to access the AWS EC2 compatible API for admin functions
nova["ec2"]["internalURL"] - defines the url used to access the AWS EC2 compatible API for user functions from an internal network
nova["ec2"]["publicURL"] - defines the url used to access the AWS EC2 compatible API for user functions from an external network
volume["api_port"] - port on which nova volumes api runs
volume["ipaddress"] - ip address where nova volumes api runs
volume["adminURL"] - the url used to access the nova volumes API for admin functions
volume["internalURL"] - the url used to access the nova volumes API for user functions from an internal network
volume["publicURL"] - the url used to access the nova volumes API for user functions from an external network
public["label"] - network label to be assigned to the public network on creation
public["ipv4_cidr"] - network to be created (in cidr notation eg 192.168.100.0/24)
public["num_networks"] - number of networks to be created
public["network_size"] - number of IP addresses to be used in this network
public["bridge"] - bridge to be created for accessing the vm network (eg br100)
public["bridge_dev"] - physical device on which the bridge device should be attached (eg eth2)
public["dns1"] - dns server 1
public["dns2"] - dns server 2
private["label"] - network label to be assigned to the private network on creation
private["ipv4_cidr"] - network to be created (in cidr notation eg 192.168.200.0/24)
private["num_networks"] - number of networks to be created
private["network_size"] - number of IP addresses to be used in this network
private["bridge"] - bridge to be created for accessing the vm network (eg br200)
private["bridge_dev"] - physical device on which the bridge device should be attached (eg eth3)
virt_type - what hypervisor software layer to use with libvirt (eg kvm, qemu)
libvirt["auth_tcp"] - the type of authentication your libvirt layer requires
libvirt["ssh"]["private_key"] - private key to use if using ssh authentication to your libvirt layer
libvirt["ssh"]["public_key"] - public key to use if using ssh authentication to your libvirt layer
Templates
api-paste.ini.erb - paste config for nova api middleware
libvirt-bin.erb - initscript for starting libvirtd
libvirtd-ssh-config - config file for libvirt ssh auth
libvirtd-ssh-private-key.erb - private ssh key for libvirt ssh
libvirtd-ssh-public-key.erb - public ssh key for libvirt ssh auth
libvirtd.conf.erb - libvirt config file
local_settings.py.erb - dashboard (horizon) config file
mysql-server.seed.erb - debian preseed file for configuring mysql
nova-mysql.cnf.erb - mysql config file
nova.conf.erb - basic nova.conf file
novarc.erb - contains environment variable settings to enable easy use of the nova client
License and Author
Author:: Justin Shepherd (justin.shepherd@rackspace.com)
Author:: Jason Cannavale (jason.cannavale@rackspace.com)
Author:: Ron Pedde (ron.pedde@rackspace.com)
Author:: Joseph Breu (joseph.breu@rackspace.com)
Author:: William Kelly (william.kelly@rackspace.com)
Author:: Darren Birkett (darren.birkett@rackspace.co.uk)
Author:: Evan Callicoat (evan.callicoat@rackspace.com)
Copyright 2012, Rackspace, Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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