[Openstack-operators] Advice on setup for a test rig

Michael Still mikal at stillhq.com
Mon Jan 2 23:40:33 UTC 2012


On 03/01/12 10:22, Mister IT Guru wrote:

> * How many machines do I need at a minimum to get up a working cloud
> environment, run and managed by a open stack setup?
> 
> Basically, I want to setup a rig - just for my own understanding before
> I even begin to start of hosting a production environment in a cloud.
> Then I intend as a phase 2 to add more hardware, and test migrating VM
> between them, before finally phase three, which will be having a hybrid
> setup.

My home test rig is two machines. You can get away with a single node
for everything, but that wouldn't give you a good simulation of how db
schema updates and networking work.

db schema updates are automatic for single node setups, whereas you have
to do them manually for bigger installations. Networking uses a single
nova-network node and a private network for inter-node communications,
which would be hard to simulate with a single machine.

You can of course do all of this with a couple of virtual machines on
your workstation.

(Oh, and I might be totally lying, I've only had a test rig myself for a
week).

Cheers,
Mikal



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