[Openstack] Why are OpenStack installs *so* hard to get fully functional?

Martinx - ジェームズ thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com
Tue May 13 14:49:51 UTC 2014


Hello James,

Back with OpenStack Grizzly, yes, it was very hard to configure and the
official documentation wasn't satisfactory but, later with Havana, things
started to getting better and better and now, with IceHouse, I can say that
it is very easy to install.

Before IceHouse, I was maintaining my own "OpenStack Quick Guide", which
you can read it here: https://gist.github.com/tmartinx/9177697

Nevertheless, these days, the following documentation:
http://docs.openstack.org/icehouse/install-guide/install/apt/content/ is
pretty much complete, tested and easy to follow.

Best!
Thiago


On 13 May 2014 11:32, James Burnash - NOAA Affiliate <james.burnash at noaa.gov
> wrote:

> Greetings All.
>
> First  - some context:
>
> I've been doing enterprise Unix / Linux administration for 20+ years, and
> I like to think that I'm reasonably competent at installing and
> administering complex service stacks. So I'm not new to this area of
> endeavor.
>
> What I've found, however, is that, quite simply - the instructions just
> don't work to ultimately produce a fully functional OpenStack platform,
> even using the "official "documentation.
>
> Quick Prototype installation - assorted failures
> on "regular"
> <https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/part-Deploying_OS_using_PackStack.html>
> redhat.com:
> (http<https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/part-Deploying_OS_using_PackStack.html>
> s://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platfo<https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/part-Deploying_OS_using_PackStack.html><https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/part-Deploying_OS_using_PackStack.html>
> rm/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/part-Deploying_OS_using_PackStack.html<https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/part-Deploying_OS_using_PackStack.html>
> )
>
> Deploying it with Foreman:
> (http://openstack.redhat.com/Deploying_RDO_using_Foreman#Foreman_with_RDO)
> ...
>
> The closest I've come to something that works is going step by step
> through this at docs.openstack:
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/config_overview.html
>
> My environment is:
> Dell r710 servers (at least 12GB RAM, 20GB disk)
> CentOS 6.5
> Dual 1/10 NICs in each server (for private and public IP's)
>
> I'm interested to hear from other people on this list that are
> encountering the same problem - namely that the cook book instructions
> aren't working for us - and maybe we can help each other.
>
> My specific questions will be asked in separate posts.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James Burnash
> RDHPCS Systems Administrator
> GFDL, NOAA
> Princeton, NJ, 08540
>
>
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