[Openstack] Architectural question

Andrew Mann andrew at divvycloud.com
Thu Jun 26 17:19:32 UTC 2014


http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/config-reference/content/section_compute-hypervisors.html
 has configuration entries for each hypervisor type.


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:06 PM, O'Reilly, Dan <Daniel.OReilly at dish.com>
wrote:

> OK.  So, next question is the specific configuration for each compute
> node.  Do you know if there are sample configurations (e.g., nova.conf)
> available for these?
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> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *From:* Andrew Mann [mailto:andrew at divvycloud.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:22 AM
> *To:* O'Reilly, Dan
> *Cc:* openstack at lists.openstack.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Openstack] Architectural question
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>
>
> Dan,
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> If I understand your question properly, you can do this from the Horizon
> management web interface as an admin user. Under Admin->System Panel->Host
> Aggregates setup 3 aggregates each in their own availability zone, and then
> assign each host into a corresponding aggregate.
>
>
>
> I don't think the controller node needs any special configuration, and the
> compute nodes should just need the configuration to use the specific
> hypervisor you want on that host.  Each compute node must be running before
> it can be added to the host aggregate through the UI.
>
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:45 AM, O'Reilly, Dan <Daniel.OReilly at dish.com>
> wrote:
>
> I’m building a cloud and have a question about architecture/viability.
> Right now, I have the following configuration:
>
>
>
> -          Controller node running RHEL 6.5
>
> -          Network node running RHEL 6.5
>
> -          5 node Ceph cluster for block and object storage
>
> -          3 compute nodes:
>
> o   1 running RHEL 6.5 and VMware as the hypervisor
>
> o   1 running RHEL 6.5 and KVM as the hypervisor
>
> o   1 running CentOS 6.5 and Xen as the hypervisor
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> The basic question is on the compute nodes.  I’m doing 3 different
> hypervisors to do a best-of-breed study (each will be in its own
> availability zone).  Hence, one of each type.  But is it even possible to
> have 3 compute nodes like this, and if so, how do I configure the compute
> software that runs on the controller node to handle this; and how do I
> configure each of the 3 compute nodes as well?
>
>
>
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