tripleo-docs/deploy-guide/source/features/undercloud_minion.rst

(DEPRECATED) Installing a Undercloud Minion

Note

The minion functionality is deprecated starting in Wallaby.

Note

This is optional functionality that is helpful for large scale related deployments.

Note

The minion functionality is only available starting from the Train cycle.

The undercloud can be scaled horizontally by installing and configuring undercloud minions. The minions can expand the number of heat-engine and ironic-conductors available the overall undercloud installation. The undercloud minions can be added and removed as necessary to scale processing during a deployment.

Installation Steps

Note

The minion requires an undercloud has been installed. The undercloud installation process has two output files that we will need to install the minion.

1. Log in to your machine (baremetal or VM) where you want to install the minion as a non-root user (such as the stack user):

   ssh <non-root-user>@<minion-machine>

   Note

   If you don't have a non-root user created yet, log in as root and create one with following commands:

   sudo useradd stack sudo passwd stack # specify a password

   echo "stack ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/stack sudo chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/stack

   su - stack

   Note

   The minion is intended to work correctly with SELinux enforcing. Installations with the permissive/disabled SELinux are not recommended. The minion_enable_selinux config option controls that setting.

   Note

   vlan tagged interfaces must follow the if_name.vlan_id convention, like for example: eth0.vlan100 or bond0.vlan120.

2. Enable needed repositories:

   RHEL

   Enable optional repo:

   sudo yum install -y yum-utils
   sudo yum-config-manager --enable rhelosp-rhel-7-server-opt

3. Install the TripleO CLI, which will pull in all other necessary packages as dependencies:

   sudo yum install -y python-tripleoclient

4. Copy the tripleo-undercloud-outputs.yaml and tripleo-undercloud-passwords.yaml from the undercloud to the node being provisioned as a minion:

   scp tripleo-undercloud-outputs.yaml tripleo-undercloud-passwords.yaml <non-root-user>@<minion-machine>:

5. (Optional) Copy Undercloud CA certificate if SSL is enabled.

   On the undercloud:

   scp /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/cm-local-ca.pem <non-root-user>@<minion-machine>:

   On the minion:

   sudo update-ca-trust enable
   sudo cp cm-local-ca.pem /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/undercloud-ca.pem
   sudo update-ca-trust extract

6. Prepare the configuration file:

   cp /usr/share/python-tripleoclient/minion.conf.sample ~/minion.conf

   Update the settings in this file to match the desired configuration. The options in the minion.conf are similarly configured as the undercloud.conf on the undercloud node. It is important to configure the minion_local_ip and the minion_local_interface to match the available interfaces on the minion system.

   Note

   The minion configured interface and ip must be on the control plane network.

7. Run the command to install the minion:

   To deploy a minion:

   openstack undercloud minion install

8. Verify services

   • Heat Engine

     By default only the heat-engine service is configured. To verify it has been configured correctly, run the following on the undercloud:

     source ~/stackrc
     openstack orchestration service list

     Example output:

     (undercloud) [stack@undercloud ~]$ openstack orchestration service list
     +------------------------+-------------+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+----------------------------+--------+
     | Hostname               | Binary      | Engine ID                            | Host                   | Topic  | Updated At                 | Status |
     +------------------------+-------------+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+----------------------------+--------+
     | undercloud.localdomain | heat-engine | b1af4e18-6859-4b73-b1cf-87674bd0ce1f | undercloud.localdomain | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:34.000000 | up     |
     | minion.localdomain     | heat-engine | 3a0d7080-06a9-4049-bb00-dbdcafbce0fc | minion.localdomain     | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:24.000000 | up     |
     | undercloud.localdomain | heat-engine | f6ccea46-2b30-4869-b06f-935c342a9ed6 | undercloud.localdomain | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:34.000000 | up     |
     | minion.localdomain     | heat-engine | eef759de-f7d3-472a-afbc-878eb6a3b9c0 | minion.localdomain     | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:24.000000 | up     |
     | minion.localdomain     | heat-engine | 7f076afe-5116-45ad-9f08-aab7fbfda40b | minion.localdomain     | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:24.000000 | up     |
     | undercloud.localdomain | heat-engine | 038ead61-91f1-4739-8537-df63a9e2c917 | undercloud.localdomain | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:34.000000 | up     |
     | undercloud.localdomain | heat-engine | f16a4f55-b053-4650-9202-781aef55698e | undercloud.localdomain | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:36.000000 | up     |
     | minion.localdomain     | heat-engine | e853d9c9-9f75-4958-ad9b-49e4b63b79b2 | minion.localdomain     | engine | 2019-07-25T23:19:24.000000 | up     |
     +------------------------+-------------+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+----------------------------+--------+

   • Ironic Conductor

     If the ironic conductor service has been enabled, run the following on the undercloud:

     source ~/stackrc
     baremetal conductor list

     Example output:

     (undercloud) [stack@undercloud ~]$ baremetal conductor list
     +------------------------+-----------------+-------+
     | Hostname               | Conductor Group | Alive |
     +------------------------+-----------------+-------+
     | undercloud.localdomain |                 | True  |
     | minion.localdomain     |                 | True  |
     +------------------------+-----------------+-------+