freezer/install-guide/source/install_agent.rst

This section describes how to install and configure freezer-scheduler and freezer-agent, on any node in the cloud or any vm inside the cloud.

This section assumes that you already have a working OpenStack environment with at least the following components installed: .. Keystone .. Swift

git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/freezer.git
cd freezer
pip install ./

Configure the scheduler

1. Copy the configuration files to /etc/freezer/:

$ sudo cp etc/scheduler.conf.sample /etc/freezer/scheduler.conf

2. Edit the /etc/freezer/scheduler.conf file and complete the following actions:

   • In the [DEFAULT] section, configure database access:

   The client_id has to be set to the hostname of the machine. It will be used as an identifier for this node to fetch its scheduled backups

   [DEFAULT]
   ...
   client_id = hostname_of_machine
   jobs_dir = /etc/freezer/scheduler/conf.d

3. Start freezer-scheduler

$ sudo freezer-scheduler --config-file /etc/freezer/scheduler.conf