Further tweaks to the introduction
A few wording changes and a split of the introduction and the discussion of benefits and drawbacks. Also added a basic description of an OVB environment.
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VMs, networks, and other resources needed.
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- An OpenStack BMC that can be used to control OpenStack instances via IPMI
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commands.
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- A tool to collect details from the deployed instances that are required to
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add them as nodes to be deployed by the OpenStack Ironic project.
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- A tool to collect details from the "baremetal" VMs so they can be added as
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nodes in the OpenStack Ironic baremetal deployment project.
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A basic OVB environment is just a BMC VM configured to control a number
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of "baremetal" VMs. This allows them to be treated largely the same
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way a real baremetal system with a BMC would. A number of additional
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features can also be enabled to add more to the environment.
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Benefits and Drawbacks
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----------------------
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OVB started as part of the OpenStack TripleO project. It was intended to
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provide more flexible and scalable development and CI environments. Previous
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@ -41,8 +49,8 @@ current public clouds. While it is possible to do an OVB deployment on a
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completely stock OpenStack cloud, most public clouds have restrictions (older
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OpenStack releases, inability to upload new images, no Heat, etc.) that make
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it problematic. At this time, OVB is primarily used with semi-private clouds
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configured for ideal compatibility. As more public clouds move to newer
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OpenStack releases this situation should improve, however.
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configured for ideal compatibility. This situation should improve as more
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public clouds move to newer OpenStack releases, however.
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How-To
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