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 Thanks for the feedback, but I am assuming that this by itself is not 
 enough.
 I guess I should have created the DB before.....
 Any other actions that must be done before that?

 Best,

 George


> To add cells you need to issue the following command after nova
> service-list lists all your compute nodes as up state!
>
> nova-manage cell_v2 simple_cell_setup --transport-url $transport_url
>
> Where
> 
> $transport_url=rabbit://{rabbit_user}:{rabbit_pass}@{rabbit_host}:{rabbit_port}
>
> This command will populate the db and add a transport_url option in
> nova.conf on the controller.
>
> Again, you need to issue this command after all computes node show as
> up state in nova service-list, otherwise you will still be unable to
> spawn instances.
>
> I might have written the command wrong from the top of my head, but
> issue a nova-manage help cell_v2 to see the appropiate option.
>
> I am mailing you directly because for some reason i am unable to send
> to thr mailing list.
>
> When you reply to the mailing list olease put this mail in it so
> others can see it too if they have the same problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Mihai
>
> On 2 Mar 2017 20:00, "Georgios Dimitrakakis"  wrote:
>
>> It seems that I wont be able to spawn an image even if this is
>> working for now...
>>
>> As you have pointed out there is also this bug:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1663485 [17]
>>
>> that will not allow me to spawn an image until the Cells have been
>> configured properly.
>>
>> So I am looking for a permanent solution...
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> G.
>>
>> On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 10:56:19 +0200, Georgios Dimitrakakis wrote:
>>
>>> Mihai, I am putting the list here as well...
>>>
>>> No I didnt add the [placement] section in nova.conf on the
>>> controller but adding it only on the compute node brought it
>>> online.
>>>
>>> I dont know yet if I can spawn an instance and if what you are
>>> saying is mandatory in Ocata in order to spawn one since I havent
>>> reached that part of the installation guide. The verification
>>> though
>>> of the compute services went OK as supposed to by the
>>> installation
>>> guide.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>> Hi, 
>>>>
>>>> Did you also add the [placement] section in nova.conf on the
>>>> controller?
>>>>
>>>> Also in Ocata AFAIK you also need to create cell_v2 with
>>>> nova-manage
>>>> or else you wont be able to spawn instances.
>>>>
>>>> But first add the placement section on the controller too in
>>>> nova.conf
>>>> and the computes shoukd come online.
>>>>
>>>> On 2 Mar 2017 09:27, "Georgios Dimitrakakis"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/01/2017 05:13 PM, Georgios Dimitrakakis wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to deploy OpenStack Ocata on bare metal
>>>>>>> servers
>>>>>>> using the official
>>>>>>> guide from here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> https://docs.openstack.org/ocata/install-guide-rdo/nova-compute-install.html
>>>> [6]
>>>>
>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unfortunately I have stuck at deploying the Compute Node
>>>>>>> due to
>>>>>>> the following
>>>>>>> error in the logs when I try to start nova-compute
>>>>>>> service:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.052 4236 INFO nova.service [-]
>>>>>>> Starting
>>>>>>> compute node
>>>>>>> (version 15.0.0-1.el7)
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service
>>>>>>> [-]
>>>>>>> Error starting thread.
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service
>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent
>>>>>>> call last):
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service 
>>>>>>>  File
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oslo_service/service.py",
>>>>>>> line 722, in
>>>>>>> run_service
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service
>>>>>>> service.start()
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service 
>>>>>>>  File
>>>>>>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/service.py", line
>>>>>>> 144,
>>>>>>> in start
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service
>>>>>>> self.manager.init_host()
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service 
>>>>>>>  File
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py",
>>>>>>> line 1136, in init_host
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service 
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  raise
>>>>>>> exception.PlacementNotConfigured()
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service
>>>>>>> PlacementNotConfigured:
>>>>>>> This compute is not configured to talk to the placement
>>>>>>> service. Configure the
>>>>>>> [placement] section of nova.conf and restart the service.
>>>>>>> 2017-03-02 00:27:16.053 4236 ERROR oslo_service.service
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did it actually kill the nova-compute service or just
>>>>>> complain in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> logs?  The release notes for nova in Ocata say:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     The nova-compute worker now communicates with the new
>>>>>> placement API
>>>>>>     service. Nova determines the placement API service by
>>>>>> querying the
>>>>>>     OpenStack service catalog for the service with a
>>>>>> service
>>>>>> type of
>>>>>>     placement. If there is no placement entry in the
>>>>>> service
>>>>>> catalog,
>>>>>>     nova-compute will log a warning and no longer try to
>>>>>> reconnect to the
>>>>>>     placement API until the nova-worker process is
>>>>>> restarted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>> it is constantly printing this output in the log and also
>>>>> prevents
>>>>> the openstack-nova-compute.service
>>>>> from being shown as Active (running) when doing a "systemctl
>>>>> status
>>>>> openstack-nova-compute.service"
>>>>>
>>>>> There is already a proposed bug fix
>>>>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/440140/ [1] [2] which seems
>>>>> to solve
>>>>> this problem
>>>>>
>>>>> For reference I ve added the following in the "placement"
>>>>> section
>>>>> of nova.conf in the compute node
>>>>>
>>>>>         [placement]
>>>>>         # ...
>>>>>         os_region_name = RegionOne
>>>>>         project_domain_name = Default
>>>>>         user_domain_name = Default
>>>>>         project_name = service
>>>>>         auth_type = password
>>>>>         username = nova
>>>>>         password = NOVA_PASS
>>>>>         auth_url = http://controller:35357/v3 [2] [3]
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> George
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Links:
>>>> ------
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> https://docs.openstack.org/ocata/install-guide-rdo/nova-compute-install.html
>>>> [7]
>>>> [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/440140/ [8]
>>>> [3] http://controller:35357/v3 [9]
>>>> [4]
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>>>> [10]
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>>>> [6]
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> Links:
> ------
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> [7]
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> [8] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/440140/
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