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@ -107,12 +107,24 @@ Preparing the Host Cloud Environment
.. note:: os_shutdown_timeout=5 is to avoid server shutdown delays since
since these servers won't respond to graceful shutdown requests.
#. Upload a CentOS 7 image for use as the base BMC instance::
#. Upload a CentOS 7 image for use as the base image::
wget http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2
glance image-create --name CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare < CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2
#. (Optional) Create a pre-populated base BMC image. This is a CentOS 7 image
with the required packages for the BMC pre-installed. This eliminates one
potential point of failure during the deployment of an OVB environment
because the BMC will not require any external network resources::
wget https://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack-m/ovb/bmc-base.qcow2
glance image-create --name bmc-base --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare < bmc-base.qcow2
To use this image, configure ``bmc_image`` in env.yaml to be ``bmc-base`` instead
of the generic CentOS 7 image.
#. Create recommended flavors::
nova flavor-create baremetal auto 6144 50 2