Openstack on Bare Metal

[Robbie Williamson]

adding ubuntu-server list

On 02/20/2012 10:18 AM, Michael Galloway wrote:
> good day all,
> 
> we have an existing HPC cluster we are wanting to stand up with
> openstack. last week we began experimenting with orchestra/juju as our
> provisioning system and we seem to get stuck at the deploy services
> state with juju, which we have
> gone through a couple of times.
> 
> i have orchestra up and running and juju bootstrapped per this guide:
> 
> http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/10/ubuntu-cloud-deployment-with-orchestra-and-juju/
> 
> a bit edited for brevity:
> 
> ubuntu at kbase-b:~$ sudo cobbler list
> distros:
> 
>    oneiric-i386
>    oneiric-x86_64
>    precise-i386
>    precise-x86_64
> 
> profiles:
> 
>    oneiric-i386
>    oneiric-i386-juju
>    oneiric-x86_64
>    oneiric-x86_64-juju
>    precise-i386
>    precise-i386-juju
>    precise-x86_64
>    precise-x86_64-juju
> 
> systems:
>    node066.kbase.lan
> 
> repos:
> 
>    oneiric-i386
>    oneiric-i386-security
>    oneiric-x86_64
>    oneiric-x86_64-security
>    precise-i386
>    precise-i386-security
>    precise-x86_64
>    precise-x86_64-security
> 
> images:
> 
> mgmtclasses:
>    orchestra-juju-acquired
>    orchestra-juju-available
> 
> packages:
> 
> files:
> 
> ubuntu at kbase-b:~$ juju status
> 2012-02-20 10:47:42,035 INFO Connecting to environment.
> machines:
>   0: {dns-name: node066.kbase.lan, instance-id:
> MTMyOTY4MTEzNS41NTc1MDQuMTY0ODQyOA}
> services: {}
> 2012-02-20 10:47:42,588 INFO 'status' command finished successfully
> 
> my environments.yaml
> ubuntu at kbase-b:~/.juju$ more environments.yaml
> juju: environments
> environments:
>   orchestra:
>     type: orchestra
>     # Specify the orchestra server's IP address
>     orchestra-server: 172.16.100.2
>     # Specify storage. In this case we are using webdav installed by
> orchestra.
>     storage-url: http://172.16.100.2/webdav
>     # Specify cobbler's usr/pass
>     orchestra-user: cobbler
>     orchestra-pass: cobbler
>     admin-secret: ddddddddddddd
>     # Branch from where we will install ensemble
>     # juju-branch: lp:juju
>     # Mangement classes
>     acquired-mgmt-class: orchestra-juju-acquired
>     available-mgmt-class: orchestra-juju-available
>     default-series: oneiric
> 
> and i've configured the openstack charms per this guide:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/UbuntuCloudOrchestraJuju
> 
> we are looking for some hints about the best way to provision services.
> the last build, we configured a group
> of nodes in orchestra, then used juju to deploy (say, mysql or rabbitmq)
> and the nodes would never boot cleanly.
> 
> i had to make changes to the hosts file on the orchestra server as well
> to get juju to boot strap cleanly.
> 
> i'm guess i'm looking for a bit of general advice/handholding on the
> best way to move forward. thanks!
> 
> --- michael
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