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Basic Deployment (CLI)

With these few steps you will be able to simply deploy via to your environment using our defaults in a few steps.

Prepare Your Environment

Make sure you have your environment ready and undercloud running:
- ../environments/environments
- ../installation/installing
Log into your undercloud (instack) virtual machine as non-root user:
```
ssh root@<undercloud-machine>

su - stack
```
In order to use CLI commands easily you need to source needed environment variables:
```
source stackrc
```

Get Images

Note

If you already have images built, perhaps from a previous installation of , you can simply copy those image files into your regular user's home directory and skip this section.

If you do this, be aware that sometimes newer versions of do not work with older images, so if the deployment fails it may be necessary to delete the older images and restart the process from this step.

The image files required are:

deploy-ramdisk-ironic.initramfs
deploy-ramdisk-ironic.kernel
discovery-ramdisk.initramfs
discovery-ramdisk.kernel
overcloud-full.initrd
overcloud-full.qcow2
overcloud-full.vmlinuz

Images must be built prior to doing a deployment. A discovery ramdisk, deployment ramdisk, and openstack-full image can all be built using instack-undercloud.

It's recommended to build images on the installed undercloud directly since all the dependencies are already present.

The following steps can be used to build images. They should be run as the same non-root user that was used to install the undercloud.

Choose image operating system:

The built images will automatically have the same base OS as the running undercloud. To choose a different OS use one of the following commands (make sure you have your OS specific content visible):
CentOS
```
export NODE_DIST=centos7
```
RHEL
```
export NODE_DIST=rhel7
```
Build the required images:

RHEL

Download the RHEL 7.1 cloud image or copy it over from a different location, for example: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/69/ver=/rhel---7/7.1/x86_64/product-downloads, and define the needed environment variables for RHEL 7.1 prior to running openstack overcloud image build --all:
export DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=rhel-guest-image-7.1-20150224.0.x86_64.qcow2
RHEL Portal Registration

To register the image builds to the Red Hat Portal define the following variables:
export REG_METHOD=portal
export REG_USER="[your username]"
export REG_PASSWORD="[your password]"
# Find this with `sudo subscription-manager list --available`
export REG_POOL_ID="[pool id]"
export REG_REPOS="rhel-7-server-rpms rhel-7-server-extras-rpms rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms \
    rhel-7-server-optional-rpms rhel-7-server-openstack-6.0-rpms"
RHEL Satellite Registration

To register the image builds to a Satellite define the following variables. Only using an activation key is supported when registering to Satellite, username/password is not supported for security reasons. The activation key must enable the repos shown:
export REG_METHOD=satellite
# REG_SAT_URL should be in the format of:
# http://<satellite-hostname>
export REG_SAT_URL="[satellite url]"
export REG_ORG="[satellite org]"
# Activation key must enable these repos:
# rhel-7-server-rpms
# rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
# rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
# rhel-7-server-openstack-6.0-rpms
export REG_ACTIVATION_KEY="[activation key]"
openstack overcloud image build --all
Note

This script will build overcloud-full images (*.qcow2, *.initrd, *.vmlinuz), deploy-ramdisk-ironic images (*.initramfs, *.kernel), discovery-ramdisk images (*.initramfs, *.kernel) and testing fedora-user.qcow2 (which is always Fedora based).

Upload Images

Load the images into the undercloud Glance:

openstack overcloud image upload

Register Nodes

openstack baremetal import --json instackenv.json

Note

It's not recommended to delete nodes and/or rerun this command after you have proceeded to the next steps. Particularly, if you start introspection and then re-register nodes, you won't be able to retry introspection until the previous one times out (1 hour by default). If you are having issues with nodes after registration, please follow node_registration_problems.

Note

By default Ironic will not sync the power state of the nodes, because in our HA (high availability) model Pacemaker is the one responsible for controlling the power state of the nodes when fencing. If you are using a non-HA setup and want Ironic to take care of the power state of the nodes please change the value of the "force_power_state_during_sync" configuration option in the /etc/ironic/ironic.conf file to "True" and restart the openstack-ironic-conductor service.

Also, note that if "openstack undercloud install" is re-run the value of the "force_power_state_during_sync" configuration option will be set back to the default, which is "False".

Assign kernel and ramdisk to nodes:

openstack baremetal configure boot

Introspect Nodes

Introspect hardware attributes of nodes:

openstack baremetal introspection bulk start

Note

Introspection has to finish without errors. The process can take up to 5 minutes for VM / 15 minutes for baremetal. If the process takes longer, see introspection_problems.

Introspecting a single node

You can also introspect nodes one by one. When doing so, you must take care to set the correct node states manually. Use ironic node-show UUID command to figure out whether nodes are in manageable or available state. For all nodes in available state, start with putting a node to manageable state:

ironic node-set-provision-state UUID manage

Then you can run introspection:

openstack baremetal introspection start UUID

This command won't poll for the introspection result, use the following command to check the current introspection state:

openstack baremetal introspection status UUID

Repeat it for every node until you see True in the finished field. The error field will contain an error message if introspection failed, or None if introspection succeeded for this node.

Do not forget to make nodes available for deployment afterwards:

ironic node-set-provision-state UUID provide

Create Flavors

Create the necessary flavor:

openstack flavor create --id auto --ram 4096 --disk 40 --vcpus 1 baremetal
openstack flavor set --property "cpu_arch"="x86_64" --property "capabilities:boot_option"="local" baremetal

Configure a nameserver for the Overcloud

Overcloud nodes need to have a configured nameserver so that they can resolve hostnames via DNS. The nameserver is defined in the undercloud's neutron subnet. Define the nameserver to be used for the environment:

# List the available subnets
neutron subnet-list
neutron subnet-update <subnet-uuid> --dns-nameserver <nameserver-ip>

Note

A public DNS server, such as 8.8.8.8 can be used if there is no internal DNS server.

Virtual

In virtual environments, the libvirt default network DHCP server address, typically 192.168.122.1, can be used as the overcloud nameserver.

Deploy the Overcloud

By default 1 compute and 1 control node will be deployed, with networking configured for the virtual environment. To customize this, see the output of:

openstack help overcloud deploy

Ceph

When deploying Ceph it is necessary to use the regular Heat templates instead of Tuskar, to specify the number of Ceph OSD nodes to be deployed and to provide some additional parameters to enable usage of Ceph for Glance, Cinder, Nova or all. Make a copy of the file /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/storage-environment.yaml and edit it as appropriate, then pass the following additional arguments:

--ceph-storage-scale <number of nodes> --templates -e /path/to/customized/storage-environment.yaml

to the deploy command below.

By default when Ceph is enabled the Cinder LVM back-end is disabled. This behavior may be changed by also passing:

--cinder-lvm

RHEL Satellite Registration

To register the Overcloud nodes to a Satellite add the following flags to the deploy command:

--rhel-reg --reg-method satellite --reg-org <ORG ID#> --reg-sat-url <satellite URL> --reg-activation-key <KEY>

Note

Only using an activation key is supported when registering to Satellite, username/password is not supported for security reasons. The activation key must enable the following repos:

rhel-7-server-rpms

rhel-7-server-optional-rpms

rhel-7-server-extras-rpms

rhel-7-server-openstack-6.0-rpms

openstack overcloud deploy --templates

Note

To deploy the overcloud with network isolation, bonds, and/or custom network interface configurations, instead follow the workflow here to deploy: ../advanced_deployment/network_isolation

Post-Deployment

Access the Overcloud

openstack overcloud deploy generates an overcloudrc file appropriate for interacting with the deployed overcloud in the current user's home directory. To use it, simply source the file:

source ~/overcloudrc

To return to working with the undercloud, source the stackrc file again:

source ~/stackrc

Setup the Overcloud network

Initial networks in Neutron in the Overlcoud need to be created for tenant instances. The following are example commands to create the initial networks. Edit the address ranges, or use the necessary neutron commands to match the environment appropriately. This assumes a dedicated interface or native VLAN:

neutron net-create nova --router:external --provider:network_type flat \
  --provider:physical_network datacentre
neutron subnet-create --name nova --disable-dhcp \
  --allocation-pool start=172.16.23.140,end=172.16.23.240 \
  --gateway 172.16.23.251 nova 172.16.23.128/25

The example shows naming the network "nova" because that will make tempest tests to pass, based on the default floating pool name set in nova.conf. You can confirm that the network was created with:

neutron net-list
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| id                                   | name        | subnets                                               |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| d474fe1f-222d-4e32-802b-cde86e746a2a | nova        | 01c5f621-1e0f-4b9d-9c30-7dc59592a52f 172.16.23.128/25 |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

To use a VLAN, the following example should work. Customize the address ranges and VLAN id based on the environment:

neutron net-create nova --router:external --provider:network_type vlan \
  --provider:physical_network datacentre --provider:segmentation_id 195
neutron subnet-create --name nova --disable-dhcp \
  --allocation-pool start=172.16.23.140,end=172.16.23.240 \
  --gateway 172.16.23.251 nova 172.16.23.128/25

Validate the Overcloud

To verify the Overcloud by running Tempest:

openstack overcloud validate --overcloud-auth-url $OS_AUTH_URL \
                             --overcloud-admin-password $OS_PASSWORD

Note

The full Tempest test suite might take hours to run on a single CPU.

To run only a part of the Tempest test suite (eg. tests with smoke tag):

openstack overcloud validate --overcloud-auth-url $OS_AUTH_URL \
                             --overcloud-admin-password $OS_PASSWORD \
                             --tempest-args smoke

Redeploy the Overcloud

The overcloud can be redeployed when desired.

First, delete any existing Overcloud:
```
heat stack-delete overcloud
```

Confirm the Overcloud has deleted. It may take a few minutes to delete:

# This command should show no stack once the Delete has completed
heat stack-list

Although not required, introspection can be rerun:
```
openstack baremetal introspection bulk start
```
Deploy the Overcloud again:
```
openstack overcloud deploy --templates
```

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Basic Deployment (CLI)

Prepare Your Environment

Get Images

Upload Images

Register Nodes

Introspect Nodes

Introspecting a single node

Create Flavors

Configure a nameserver for the Overcloud

Deploy the Overcloud

Post-Deployment

Access the Overcloud

Setup the Overcloud network

Validate the Overcloud

Redeploy the Overcloud

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