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In order to get Stackviz running against tempest gate run data, it will need to be pulled in its pre-built form (i.e. with npm deps installed) from the nodepool images. This change adds a couple steps to build Stackviz so that it is in a ready state for retrieval and use on the logs server. A future devstack-gate patch will pull the stackviz directory from the nodepool images onto the logs server. This nodepool patch is required first in order to prepare stackviz for download. Installing the npm modules takes a considerable amount of time (~5-10 mins), so it is best that this work is done on the images before gate jobs are run. Change-Id: I9bc50b8eba696264d2b97ed20a37f28f4768abb8
Using diskimage-builder to build devstack-gate nodes
In addition to being able to just download and consume images that are the same as what run devstack-gate, it's easy to make your own for local dev or testing - or just for fun.
Install diskimage-builder
Install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install kpartx qemu-utils curl python-yamlInstall diskimage-builder:
sudo -H pip install diskimage-builderBuild an image
Building an image is simple, we have a script!
DISTRO="ubuntu" bash tools/build-image.shSee the script for environment variables to set distribution, etc. You should be left with a .qcow2 image file of your selected distribution.
It is a good idea to set TMP_DIR to somewhere with
plenty of space to avoid the disappointment of a full-disk mid-way
through the script run.
While testing, consider exporting DIB_OFFLINE=true, to skip updating the cache.
Mounting the image
If you would like to examine the contents of the image, you can mount it on a loopback device using qemu-nbd.
sudo apt-get install qemu-utils
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
sudo mkdir -p /tmp/newimage
sudo qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd1 /path/to/devstack-gate-precise.qcow2
sudo mount /dev/nbd1p1 /tmp/newimageor use the scripts
sudo apt-get install qemu-utils
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
sudo tools/mount-image.sh devstack-gate-precise.qcow2
sudo tools/umount-image.shOther things
It's a qcow2 image, so you can do tons of things with it. You can upload it to glance, you can boot it using kvm, and you can even copy it to a cloud server, replace the contents of the server with it and kexec the new kernel.