ironic/install-guide/source/include/configure-ironic-conductor.rst

Configuring ironic-conductor service

1. Replace HOST_IP with IP of the conductor host, and replace DRIVERS with a comma-separated list of drivers you chose for the conductor service as follows:

   [DEFAULT]
   
   # IP address of this host. If unset, will determine the IP
   # programmatically. If unable to do so, will use "127.0.0.1".
   # (string value)
   my_ip=HOST_IP
   
   # Specify the list of drivers to load during service
   # initialization. Missing drivers, or drivers which fail to
   # initialize, will prevent the conductor service from
   # starting. The option default is a recommended set of
   # production-oriented drivers. A complete list of drivers
   # present on your system may be found by enumerating the
   # "ironic.drivers" entrypoint. An example may be found in the
   # developer documentation online. (list value)
   enabled_drivers=DRIVERS

   Note

   If a conductor host has multiple IPs, my_ip should be set to the IP which is on the same network as the bare metal nodes.

2. Configure the ironic-api service URL. Replace IRONIC_API_IP with IP of ironic-api service as follows:

   [conductor]
   
   # URL of Ironic API service. If not set ironic can get the
   # current value from the keystone service catalog. (string
   # value)
   api_url=http://IRONIC_API_IP:6385

3. Configure the location of the database. Ironic-conductor should use the same configuration as ironic-api. Replace IRONIC_DBPASSWORD with the password of your ironic user, and replace DB_IP with the IP address where the DB server is located:

   [database]
   
   # The SQLAlchemy connection string to use to connect to the
   # database. (string value)
   connection=mysql+pymysql://ironic:IRONIC_DBPASSWORD@DB_IP/ironic?charset=utf8

4. Configure the ironic-conductor service to use the RabbitMQ message broker by setting the following option. Ironic-conductor should use the same configuration as ironic-api. Replace RPC_* with appropriate address details and credentials of RabbitMQ server:

   [DEFAULT]
   
   # A URL representing the messaging driver to use and its full
   # configuration. (string value)
   transport_url = rabbit://RPC_USER:RPC_PASSWORD@RPC_HOST:RPC_PORT/

5. Configure the ironic-conductor service so that it can communicate with the Image service. Replace GLANCE_IP with the hostname or IP address of the Image service:

   [glance]
   
   # Default glance hostname or IP address. (string value)
   glance_host=GLANCE_IP

   Note

   Swift backend for the Image service should be installed and configured for agent_* drivers. Starting with Mitaka the Bare Metal service also supports Ceph Object Gateway (RADOS Gateway) as the Image service's backend (radosgw support).

6. Set the URL (replace NEUTRON_IP) for connecting to the Networking service, to be the Networking service endpoint:

   [neutron]
   
   # URL for connecting to neutron. (string value)
   url=http://NEUTRON_IP:9696

   To configure the network for ironic-conductor service to perform node cleaning, see CleaningNetworkSetup from the Ironic deploy guide.

7. Configure the ironic-conductor service to use these credentials with the Identity service. Ironic-conductor should use the same configuration as ironic-api. Replace IDENTITY_IP with the IP of the Identity server, and replace IRONIC_PASSWORD with the password you chose for the ironic user in the Identity service:

   [keystone_authtoken]
   
   # Complete public Identity API endpoint (string value)
   auth_uri=http://IDENTITY_IP:5000/
   
   # Complete admin Identity API endpoint. This should specify
   # the unversioned root endpoint e.g. https://localhost:35357/
   # (string value)
   identity_uri=http://IDENTITY_IP:35357/
   
   # Service username. (string value)
   admin_user=ironic
   
   # Service account password. (string value)
   admin_password=IRONIC_PASSWORD
   
   # Service tenant name. (string value)
   admin_tenant_name=service

8. Make sure that qemu-img and iscsiadm (in the case of using iscsi-deploy driver) binaries are installed and prepare the host system as described at Setup the drivers for the Bare Metal service

9. Restart the ironic-conductor service:

   Fedora/RHEL7/CentOS7:
     sudo systemctl restart openstack-ironic-conductor
   
   Ubuntu:
     sudo service ironic-conductor restart