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

James Burnash - NOAA Affiliate james.burnash at noaa.gov
Tue May 13 15:08:44 UTC 2014


Thanks Thiago!

I will take a  look at your links.

I have been using the Havana release because Icehouse is *so* new - but
I'll see about trying that version instead.

James Burnash
RDHPCS Systems Administrator
CSC / eBusiness Integrators, LLC
GFDL
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james.burnash at noaa.gov


On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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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