Openstack single node

OpenStack Pike – Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

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OpenStack is a set of free and open-source tools for building and managing cloud computing platforms for public and private clouds.

OpenStack is mostly deployed as IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service), where you can make resources like compute (VM), Networking, Storage, and others available to the end customer.

Though OpenStack’s core function is to provide IaaS platform, it is used as DBaaS (database-as-a-service), building Hadoop clusters, Container orchestration and much more.

In this article, we will perform Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 using rdo repositories.

In single node OpenStack installation, all of its basic functionalities such as compute, network, storage, and dashboard are installed on the same machine. This method of installation is the best for proof of concept (POC).

If you are planning to perform Multi-Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7, then watch this space for our upcoming tutorial.

Environment

Hostname: server.itzgeek.local
IP Address: 192.168.1.110

Prerequisites

Hardware

Make sure your system has at least 16GB of RAM and a processor with VT support. Check the VT support using the below command.

egrep --color 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l

Output: (should not be zero)

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Update System

Make sure your machine has the latest version of CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 on the machine.

yum -y update

Setup RDO repositories

To begin, you need to setup RDO repositories for installing OpenStack on your system.

yum install -y https://rdoproject.org/repos/rdo-release.rpm

On RHEL 7, you would need to enable Optional, Extras, and RH common channels. Run the following command.

subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms \
--enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms

Network

As a mandatory requirement, you would need to configure static IP address on your system in order have external network access to the servers and instances.

READ: READ: How to configure static IP address on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Also, disable firewall and NetworkManager.

systemctl disable firewalld
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable NetworkManager
systemctl stop NetworkManager
systemctl enable network
systemctl start network

Install Packstack Installer

Let us first install the Packstack Installer that provides an easy way to install OpenStack on the system. Use YUM command to install it.

yum install -y openstack-packstack

Install OpenStack (Pike)

Running the Packstack installer with default options would setup Demo project and other stuff which are not necessary for our setup.

Generate OpenStack answer file.

packstack --gen-answer-file=/root/answer.txt

Edit the answer file.

vi answer.txt

Here, we will install the OpenStack without demo project. Also, we will create an OVS bridge called “br-ex” for external connectivity to instances (VM) through a logical segment called “extnet”.

Make sure the physical interface (ens33) you mention in this file matches the network adapter available on your system.

# Skip the provision of Demo project
CONFIG_PROVISION_DEMO=n

# Change Admin Password - Used to Login to OpenStack Dashboard
CONFIG_KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PW=xxx

# Config OpenStack Dashboard over SSL
CONFIG_HORIZON_SSL=y

# Map physical network bridge to the logical name. <Logical Name:Bridge Name>
CONFIG_NEUTRON_OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS=extnet:br-ex

# Create bridge for external connectivity. <Bridge Name: NW card name>
CONFIG_NEUTRON_OVS_BRIDGE_IFACES=br-ex:ens33

extnet : Logical name for our external physical connection.
br-ex : Bridge adapter
eth0 or ens33 : Network Interface name

Run the PackStack installer with the answer file we just modified according to our requirement.

packstack --answer-file=/root/answer.txt

The installation of OpenStack will take quite a bit long time.Take a break.

Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 – OpenStack Installation

On completion, you should get a message something like this.

Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 – Completion of OpenStack Installation

Access OpenStack Dashboard

To access OpenStack Dashboard, open up a browser and visit URL

https://ip.add.re.ss/dashboard

OR

https://fqdn/dashboard

Since we have used the self signed certificate for OpenStack dashboard, you would get below page saying the page is not secure.

Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 – OpenStack INsecure connection

Add an exception for OpenStack dashboard in Firefox so that we can access the dashboard.

Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 – Add SSL Exception

Login as user: admin with the password you set on CONFIG_KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PW parameter from the answer file.

Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 – OpenStack Login Page

OpenStack Dashboard will look like below: – Projects

Single Node OpenStack Installation on CentOS 7 – OpenStack Projects

That’s All. In our next article, we will setup OpenStack Networking to connect VM instances from an external network and Launch VM instances using OpenStack Dashboard.