[Openstack] Help with meta-data

Eugene Kirpichov ekirpichov at gmail.com
Fri Aug 17 00:51:27 UTC 2012


I added some documentation.
Submitted for review here https://review.openstack.org/#/c/11518/

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Eugene Kirpichov <ekirpichov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Anne,
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org> wrote:
>> Hi Eugene -
>> But I thought "everyone" was on the openstack list! :) Thanks for following up.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Eugene Kirpichov <ekirpichov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Anne,
>>>
>>> I accidentally found this email of yours while looking for links to my post.
>>> I'd probably have found it earlier if you cc'd me on
>>> ekirpichov at gmail.com or ekirpichev at mirantis.com [yes, that's two
>>> different spellings...] :)
>>>
>>> I support the idea that this should be somehow integrated in the docs,
>>> but I'm not sure where exactly in the docs is a good place for
>>> information of this style. Would it help if I just linked to the posts
>>> from some wiki page or from the docs?
>>
>> I do like to put relevant blog posts on the wiki at
>> http://wiki.openstack.org/BloggersTips, so you can certainly add to
>> that page. If it's really missing information in the docs, though, it
>> should be added to the docs. I know that's a tough judgement call but
>> we all have to encourage that call.
>
> Thanks. I added a link to the post to this wiki page and I'll now
> spend some time picking what to integrate into the docs.
>
>>
>> Or would it only help if I (or
>>> somebody) actually merged the relevant parts of the posts into
>>> official documentation?
>>
>> I wouldn't say "only help" but I prefer that you merge the relevant
>> parts of the posts. It's tougher for a doc team member to merge only
>> parts in without violating the license of the content - you as content
>> owner can certainly choose which parts to move into the official
>> documentation though.
>>
>> Thanks for asking for clarifications - these are certainly gray areas
>> that I'd like to shine light upon.
>> Anne
>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org> wrote:
>>>> All, sorry for top posting, but this is a fine example of why we
>>>> really need bloggers to help with the documentation. These fragmented
>>>> instructions are difficult to rely on - we need maintainable,
>>>> process-oriented treatment of content.
>>>>
>>>> Mirantis peeps, you have added in your blog entries to the docs in the
>>>> past, let's find ways to continually do that and maintain going
>>>> forward.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not so interested in more install guides, but definitely
>>>> interested in more configuration guides. So Kord, while I like the
>>>> idea (and execution!) of the StackGeek 10-minute guide, it's not one
>>>> to bring into the official docs. But we would definitely welcome your
>>>> reviews of incoming updates to the docs!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Simon for bringing your difficulties to the list - we
>>>> continually work on improving the docs. What you learn now could help
>>>> hundreds if not thousands of others, so I'd love for you to improve
>>>> the official docs with your findings.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Anne
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Simon Walter <simon at gikaku.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/09/2012 12:59 PM, Scott Moser wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 8:20 PM, "Simon Walter" <simon at gikaku.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 08/09/2012 06:45 AM, Jay Pipes
>>>>>>> I guess I'll have to build a VM from scratch, as I was relying on the ssh
>>>>>>> key to be able to ssh into the VM, which apparently is supplied by the
>>>>>>> meta-data service.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> use cirros.
>>>>>> load an image, ssh on with 'cirros' user. pass is 'cubswin:)'
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you. That was good advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Somehow I was not able to connect via ssh. I managed to get novnc working
>>>>> and logged into the VM. I can't find anything about connecting via serial or
>>>>> the like as you can with Xen. I need to read more about KVM I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I think my networking setup is stuffed. I thought the "10 minutes"
>>>>> install would be the quickest way to get and running. Now I find myself
>>>>> pouring over documentation trying to understand how best to setup
>>>>> FlatDHCPManager with two network interfaces. I understand many things have
>>>>> changed. So I don't want to go reading something out of date. I found these
>>>>> blog posts which explained a lot:
>>>>> http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-networking-flatmanager-and-flatdhcpmanager/#comments
>>>>> http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-networking-single-host-flatdhcpmanager/
>>>>> But am I reading the wrong thing? I like the way Stackgeek had it set up:
>>>>> http://stackgeek.com/guides/gettingstarted.html
>>>>>
>>>>> But I think they are missing details or it's out dated. For example, with
>>>>> their setup the vnc console in horizon does not work because nova-vncproxy
>>>>> is installed rather than novnc.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pretty sure I can figure the networking out if I have the right
>>>>> documentation in the first place. Is there a clear instructions for this
>>>>> anywhere? Or would someone mind walking me through it again. So far I've
>>>>> followed the stackgeek setup above, but the networking is obviously stuffed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Must I have the flat_interface in promiscuous mode?
>>>>> Or does it actually need an IP address?
>>>>> Why are my VMs picking up an IP address from the public_interface DHCP
>>>>> server and not from the flat_network_bridge?
>>>>>
>>>>> Too many questions to ask. So I thought I should just ask: what is missing
>>>>> or incorrect from Stackgeeks 10 minute scripts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks for any advice, tips, docs, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Simon
>>>>>
>>>>>
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