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Process
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Create at least one physical host that has public network access and is running the
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Ubuntu 14/6.04 LTS Operating system. System assumes that you have an unpartitioned
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device with at least 1TB of storage, however you can customize the size of each VM
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volume by setting the option ``${VM_DISK_SIZE}``. If you're using the Rackspace
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OnMetal servers the drive partitioning will be done for you by detecting the largest
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unpartitioned device. If you're doing the deployment on something other than a Rackspace
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OnMetal server you may need to set the ``${DATA_DISK_DEVICE}`` variable accordingly.
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the playbooks will look for a volume group named "vg01", if this volume group exists
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no partitioning or setup on the data disk will take place. To effectively use this
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process for testing it's recommended that the host machine have at least 32GiB of
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RAM.
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Create at least one physical host that has public network access and is running
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the Ubuntu 14/6.04 LTS Operating system. System assumes that you have an
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unpartitioned device with at least 1TB of storage, however you can customize the
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size of each VM volume by setting the option ``${VM_DISK_SIZE}``. If you're
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using the Rackspace OnMetal servers the drive partitioning will be done for you
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by detecting the largest unpartitioned device. If you're doing the deployment on
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something other than a Rackspace OnMetal server you may need to set the
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``${DATA_DISK_DEVICE}`` variable accordingly. the playbooks will look for a
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volume group named "vg01", if this volume group exists no partitioning or setup
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on the data disk will take place. To effectively use this process for testing
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it's recommended that the host machine have at least 32GiB of RAM.
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Physical Host Specs known to work well
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@@ -41,27 +41,30 @@ Physical Host Specs known to work well
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These specs are covered by the Rackspace OnMetal-IO v1/2 Servers.
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When your ready, run the build script by executing ``bash ./build.sh``. The build script
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current executes a deployment of OpenStack Ansible using the master branch. If you want to
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do something other than deploy master you can set the ``${OSA_BRANCH}`` variable to any
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branch, tag, or SHA.
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When your ready, run the build script by executing ``bash ./build.sh``. The
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build script current executes a deployment of OpenStack Ansible using the master
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branch. If you want to do something other than deploy master you can set the
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``${OSA_BRANCH}`` variable to any branch, tag, or SHA.
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Post Deployment
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Once deployed you can use virt-manager to manage the KVM instances on the host, similar to a DRAC or ILO.
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Once deployed you can use virt-manager to manage the KVM instances on the host,
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similar to a DRAC or ILO.
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LINUX:
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If you're running a linux system as your workstation simply install virt-manager
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from your package manager and connect to the host via QEMU/KVM:SSH
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If you're running a linux system as your workstation simply install
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virt-manager from your package manager and connect to the host via
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QEMU/KVM:SSH
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OSX:
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If you're running a MAC you can get virt-manager via X11 forwarding to the host
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or install it via BREW. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3921814/is-there-a-virt-manager-alternative-for-mac-os-x
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If you're running a MAC you can get virt-manager via X11 forwarding to the
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host or install it via BREW. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3921814/is-there-a-virt-manager-alternative-for-mac-os-x
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WINDOWS:
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If you're running Windows, you can install virt-viewer from the KVM Download site.
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If you're running Windows, you can install virt-viewer from the KVM Download
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site.
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https://virt-manager.org/download/
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:alt: Screen shot of virt-manager console
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:align: center
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The root password for all VMs is "**secrete**". This password is being set within the pre-seed files under the
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"Users and Password" section. If you want to change this password please edit the pre-seed files.
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The root password for all VMs is "**secrete**". This password is being set
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within the pre-seed files under the "Users and Password" section. If you want
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to change this password please edit the pre-seed files.
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``build.sh`` Options
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@@ -124,15 +128,17 @@ Instruct the system to deploy OpenStack Ansible:
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Instruct the system to pre-config the envs for running OSA playbooks:
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``PRE_CONFIG_OSA=${PRE_CONFIG_OSA:-true}``
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Instruct the system to run the OSA playbooks, if you want to deploy other OSA powered cloud, you can set it to false:
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Instruct the system to run the OSA playbooks, if you want to deploy other OSA
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powered cloud, you can set it to false:
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``RUN_OSA=${RUN_OSA:-true}``
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Re-kicking VM(s)
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Re-kicking a VM is as simple as stopping a VM, delete the logical volume, create a new logical volume, start the VM.
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The VM will come back online, pxe boot, and install the base OS.
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Re-kicking a VM is as simple as stopping a VM, delete the logical volume, create
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a new logical volume, start the VM. The VM will come back online, pxe boot, and
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install the base OS.
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.. code-block:: bash
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@@ -142,7 +148,8 @@ The VM will come back online, pxe boot, and install the base OS.
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virsh start "${VM_NAME}"
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To rekick all VMs, the following command can be used on the host machine to cycle through all found VMs and re-provision them.
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To rekick all VMs, the following command can be used on the host machine to
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cycle through all found VMs and re-provision them.
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.. code-block:: bash
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@@ -157,14 +164,18 @@ To rekick all VMs, the following command can be used on the host machine to cycl
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Rerunning the build script
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The build script can be rerun at any time. If you have a successful run before and simply want to re-kick everything I
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recommend nuking VMs and then executing the build script.
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The build script can be rerun at any time. If you have a successful run before
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and simply want to re-kick everything I recommend nuking VMs and then executing
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the build script.
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Deploying OpenStack into the environment
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While the build script will deploy OpenStack, you can choose to run this manually. To run a basic deploy using a given branch you can use the following snippet. Set the ansible option ``osa_branch`` or export the environment variable ``OSA_BRANCH`` when using the build.sh script.
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While the build script will deploy OpenStack, you can choose to run this
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manually. To run a basic deploy using a given branch you can use the following
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snippet. Set the ansible option ``osa_branch`` or export the environment
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variable ``OSA_BRANCH`` when using the build.sh script.
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.. code-block:: bash
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@@ -174,8 +185,9 @@ While the build script will deploy OpenStack, you can choose to run this manuall
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Snapshotting an environment before major testing
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Running a snapshot on all of the vms before doing major testing is wise as it'll give you a restore point without having to re-kick
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the cloud. You can do this using some basic ``virsh`` commands and a little bash.
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Running a snapshot on all of the vms before doing major testing is wise as it'll
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give you a restore point without having to re-kick the cloud. You can do this
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using some basic ``virsh`` commands and a little bash.
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.. code-block:: bash
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@@ -184,9 +196,11 @@ the cloud. You can do this using some basic ``virsh`` commands and a little bash
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done
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Once the previous command is complete you'll have a collection of snapshots within all of your infrastructure hosts. These snapshots
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can be used to restore state to a previous point if needed. To restore the infrastructure hosts to a previous point,
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using your snapshots, you can execute a simple ``virsh`` command or the following bash loop to restore everything to a known point.
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Once the previous command is complete you'll have a collection of snapshots
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within all of your infrastructure hosts. These snapshots can be used to restore
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state to a previous point if needed. To restore the infrastructure hosts to a
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previous point, using your snapshots, you can execute a simple ``virsh``
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command or the following bash loop to restore everything to a known point.
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.. code-block:: bash
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