Open Stack

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.

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
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> simonsmicrophone.com
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack
>>> Post to     : openstack at lists.launchpad.net
>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack
>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack
>> Post to     : openstack at lists.launchpad.net
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>
>
> --
> Eugene Kirpichov
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekirpichov