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

Martinx - ジェームズ thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com
Tue May 13 18:49:57 UTC 2014


Cool! Hope it helps!!    :-D


On 13 May 2014 12:08, James Burnash - NOAA Affiliate <james.burnash at noaa.gov
> wrote:

> 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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