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Devstack-Environment

A single- or multi-node DevStack deployment driven by Vagrant and Ansible.

This allows you to bring up a complete single- or multi-node DevStack deployment with just a single command.

You can deploy either a virtual environment via Vagrant, or use the Ansible playbooks on their own to deploy on real hardware.

Prerequisites (for Vagrant deployments)

You need to have installed:

- Virtualbox
- Vagrant
- Ansible

On Ubuntu based systems, you should be able to do this:

$ apt-get install virtualbox vagrant ansible

If you want to make sure you have the latest version of Ansible (highly recommended), and you are still running an older version of Ubuntu (such as 12.04, for example), you could instead do:

$ apt-get install virtualbox vagrant python-pip
$ pip install ansible

Prerequisites (for hardware deployments)

You need to have installed:

- Ansible

On Ubuntu based systems, you should be able to do this:

$ apt-get ansible

If you want to make sure you have the latest version of Ansible (highly recommended), and you are still running an older version of Ubuntu (such as 12.04, for example), you could instead do:

$ apt-get install python-pip
$ pip install ansible

Instructions (for Vagrant deployments)

1. Clone this repository:

    $ git clone [email protected]:CiscoSystems/devstack-environment.git

2. Change into the directory:

    $ cd devstack-environment

3. Start the virtual machines:

    $ vagrant up

   Depending on your network connection, this step can take more than
   an hour, so please be patient.

4. If everything has completed without problem, you can log into the
   controller and compute host, like so:

    $ vargant ssh controller
    $ vagrant ssh compute-1

You will then be logged in as user 'vagrant'. In your home directory you have a 'workspace' directory, inside of which you will find 'log' and 'devstack'. On the controller, after changing into the devstack directory, you can run 'source openrc admin demo', after which you can issue various OpenStack commands.

Instructions (for hardware deployments)

0. Have some hardware machines available with fresh installs of Ubuntu 14.04.
   Please make sure that you have a user account on each of those machines,
   which allows password-less sudo. If you have an SSH key for password-less
   login to those accounts, that's great as well, but is not mandatory.

1. Clone this repository:

    $ git clone [email protected]:CiscoSystems/devstack-environment.git

2. Change into the directory:

    $ cd devstack-environment

3. Copy the file 'vagrant_hosts_multi' or rename it to 'hosts'.

4. Edit the 'hosts' file to change the IP addresses of your actual
   machines. You don't have to use a cache machine, so the apt-pip-cache
   machine may be removed.
   
5. In the 'all-hosts' section of the hosts file add the 'ansible_ssh_user'
   option in each of the host lines, like so:

        controller  ansible_ssh_host=192.168.99.11  ansible_ssh_user=ubuntu

   Alternatively, if you have the same user on all hosts, add a single
   "ansible_ssh_user=...." line in the "group_vars/all" file.

   If you use SSH keys for login, use the "ansible_ssh_private_key_file"
   option (either on a per-host basis in the hosts file, or in the
   group_vars/all file) to point to your private key file in your file
   system.

6. Open the 'vars/extra_vars.yml' file. Edit the 'pub_eth_interface'
   value as well as the 'CACHE.pkg_cache' and 'CACHE.pkg_cache_existing_ip_addr'
   settings as needed.

7. Start the Ansible playbooks like so:

    $ ansible-playbook -i hosts -e "@vars/extra_vars.yml" site.yml

What does it do?

If you use Vagrant:

Have a look at the file 'Vagrantfile'. It describes to Vagrant which virtual machines it should create. You can see three machines: One just serves as an apt and pip cache (very useful), the other two are a controller and a compute host (please note that the controller also acts as a compute host, so OpenStack guests can also run on the controller machine).

After the VMs are created, they are going to be provisioned via Ansible playbooks.

If you use hardware:

The Ansible playbooks will ensure that a suitable user is created and available and will download, configure and install DevStack as specified.

FAQ

What if I want a fresh DevStack install?

There are two ways to go about it:

You can re-run the Ansible provisioning step with:

$ vagrant provision                   <- if you use Vagrant

or

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts site.yml  <- if you use hardware

This will visit the the existing compute and controller hosts, run "unstack.sh" and "clean.sh" before installing DevStack from scratch.

If you use Vagrant and you wish to destroy the compute and controller host to make sure you have a fresh start, you can do these steps:

$ vagrant destroy controller compute-1
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant provision

Note that we are avoiding destruction of the cache host. No need to do so.

What if I want different IP addresses for my hosts with Vagrant?

In the Vargantfile you find this section:

servers = {
            :"controller"      => '192.168.99.11',
            :"compute-1"       => '192.168.99.22',
            :"apt-pip-cache"   => '192.168.99.99',
          }
last_host_name = "apt-pip-cache"
last_host_ip   = "192.168.99.99"

This is where the IP addresses of the machines are defined. You can change those to some other private addresses that you may prefer.

Please note that you will also have to edit the "vagrant_hosts_multi" file, specfically this section:

[all-hosts]
controller        ansible_ssh_host=192.168.99.11
compute-1         ansible_ssh_host=192.168.99.22
apt-pip-cache     ansible_ssh_host=192.168.99.99

Adjust the IP addresses to whatever values you have chosen.

What if I just want a single-node DevStack? Or a 5-node DevStack?

In that case, look at that same section that we have described above in the Vagrantfile. Comment our (or remove) the 'compute-1' host. Likewise, do the same in the "vagrant_hosts_multi" file. In that case, find the start of the '[compute-hosts'] section in that file and remove the compute-1 entry.

If you want more compte hosts, add them in the Vargantfile as well as the "vagrant_hosts_multi" file (or your 'hosts' file if you use hardware).

Where can I specify what version of DevStack I'm deploying?

Find the "vars/extra_vars.yml" file and look for the DEVSTACK section.

What if I want to use different modules/tunnels/settings for DevStack?

The DevStack settings are controller by their 'localrc' files. Please have a look at the 'playbooks/templates' directory. In that directory, you can see sub-directories, such as "gre". Now look inside there and you can find template files, one for the controller and one for the compute hosts. You can adjust the settings there as you wish.

Now look back in the "vars/extra_vars.yml" file and find the DEVSTACK.tunnel_type setting. That setting may be "gre", for example. The value of this setting determines the sub-directory out of which the localrc files are taken. So, if you want to create your own configs, create a new sub-directory in the templates directory, put your localrc templates for compute and controller hosts in there and adjust. Then change the 'tunnel_type' setting to the name of your new sub-directory.

How do I access the Horizon web UI for the DevStack deployment?

Point your browser to the IP address of the controller host. If you use Vagrant, by default that address will be 192.168.99.11, so:

http://192.168.99.11

If you changed the addresses (edited the Vagrantfile and host file), or use haardware servers, change the URL accordingly.

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