Description

Installs the Openstack compute service (codename: nova) from packages.

http://nova.openstack.org

Requirements

Chef 0.10.0 or higher required (for Chef environment use).

Platforms

• Ubuntu-12.04
• Fedora-17

Cookbooks

The following cookbooks are dependencies:

• apt
• database
• glance
• keystone
• mysql
• openssh
• rabbitmq
• selinux (Fedora)
• osops-utils

Resources/Providers

None

Recipes

api-ec2

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs AWS EC2 compatible API and configures the service and endpoints in keystone

api-ec2-monitoring

• Includes recipe monit::server
• Configures monit process monitoring for the nova-api-ec2 service
• Included from recipe nova::api-ec2

api-metadata

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs the nova metadata package

api-os-compute

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs OS API and configures the service and endpoints in keystone

api-os-volume

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs the OpenStack volume service API

apt

-Performs an apt-get update

compute

-Includes recipes nova-common, api-metadata, network
-Installs nova-compute service

libvirt

-Installs libvirt, used by nova compute for management of the virtual machine environment

network

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs nova network service

nova-common

-May include recipe selinux (Fedora)
-Builds the basic nova.conf config file with details of the rabbitmq, mysql, glance and keystone servers
-Builds a .novarc file for root with appropriate environment variables to interact with the nova client CLI

nova-setup

-Includes recipes nova-common, mysql:client
-Sets up the nova database on the mysql server, including the initial schema and subsequent creation of the appropriate networks

scheduler

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs nova scheduler service

vncproxy

-Includes recipe nova-common
-Installs and configures the vncproxy service for console access to VMs

volume

-Includes recipes nova-common, api-os-volume
-Installs nova volume service and configures the service and endpoints in keystone

nova-scheduler-patch

-Includes recipe osops-utils -Patches nova-scheduler based on installed package version

Attributes

• `nova["patch_files_on_disk"] - Boolean for patching files on disk

• nova["db"]["name"] - Name of nova database

• nova["db"]["username"] - Username for nova database access

• nova["db"]["password"] - Password for nova database access NOTE: db password is no longer set statically in the attributes file, but securely/randomly in the nova-common recipe

• nova["service_tenant_name"] - Tenant name used by nova when interacting with keystone

• nova["service_user"] - User name used by nova when interacting with keystone

• nova["service_pass"] - User password used by nova when interacting with keystone NOTE: service password is no longer set statically in the attributes file, but securely/randomly in the *api recipes

• nova["service_role"] - User role used by nova when interacting with keystone

• nova["compute"]["api"]["protocol"] - Protocol used for the OS API

• nova["compute"]["api"]["port"] - Port on which OS API runs

• nova["compute"]["api"]["version"] - Version of the OS API used

• nova["compute"]["adminURL"] - URL used to access the OS API for admin functions

• nova["compute"]["internalURL"] - URL used to access the OS API for user functions from an internal network

• nova["compute"]["publicURL"] - URL used to access the OS API for user functions from an external network

• nova["config"]["availability_zone"] - Nova availability zone. Usually set at the node level to place a compute node in another az

• nova["config"]["default_schedule_zone"] - The availability zone to schedule instances in when no az is specified in the request

• nova["config"]["force_raw_images"] - Convert all images used as backing files for instances to raw (we default to false)

• nova["config"]["allow_same_net_traffic"] - Disable security groups for internal networks (we default to true)

• nova["config"]["cpu_allocation_ratio"] - Virtual CPU to Physical CPU allocation ratio (default 16.0)

• nova["config"]["ram_allocation_ratio"] - Virtual RAM to Physical RAM allocation ratio (default 1.5)

• nova["config"]["snapshot_image_format"] - Snapshot image format (valid options are : raw, qcow2, vmdk, vdi [we default to qcow2]).

• nova["config"]["start_guests_on_host_boot"] - Whether to restart guests when the host reboots

• nova["config"]["resume_guests_state_on_host_boot"] - Whether to start guests that were running before the host rebooted

• nova["ec2"]["api"]["protocol"] - Protocol used for the AWS EC2 compatible API

• nova["ec2"]["api"]["port"] - Port on which AWS EC2 compatible API runs

• nova["ec2"]["api"]["admin_path"] - Path for admin functions in the AWS EC2 compatible API

• nova["ec2"]["api"]["cloud_path"] - Path for service functions in the AWS EC2 compatible API

• nova["ec2"]["adminURL"] - URL used to access the AWS EC2 compatible API for admin functions

• nova["ec2"]["internalURL"] - URL used to access the AWS EC2 compatible API for user functions from an internal network

• nova["ec2"]["publicURL"] - URL used to access the AWS EC2 compatible API for user functions from an external network

• nova["xvpvnc"]["proxy_bind_host"] - IP address which the xvpvncproxy binds to

• nova["xvpvnc"]["proxy_bind_port"] - Port on which the xvpvncproxy runs

• nova["xvpvnc"]["ip_address"] - IP address for accessing the xvpvncproxy service

• nova["xvpvnc"]["proxy_base_url"] - Base URL returned for xvpvncproxy requests

• nova["novnc"]["proxy_bind_port"] - Port on which the novncproxy runs

• nova["novnc"]["proxy_base_url"] - Base URL returned for novncproxy requests

• nova["volume"]["api_port"] - Port on which nova volumes API runs

• nova["volume"]["ipaddress"] - IP address where nova volumes API runs

• nova["volume"]["adminURL"] - URL used to access the nova volumes API for admin functions

• nova["volume"]["internalURL"] - URL used to access the nova volumes API for user functions from an internal network

• nova["volume"]["publicURL"] - URL used to access the nova volumes API for user functions from an external network

• nova["network"]["public"]["label"] - Network label to be assigned to the public network on creation

• nova["network"]["public"]["ipv4_cidr"] - Network to be created (in CIDR notation, e.g., 192.168.100.0/24)

• nova["network"]["public"]["num_networks"] - Number of networks to be created

• nova["network"]["public"]["network_size"] - Number of IP addresses to be used in this network

• nova["network"]["public"]["bridge"] - Bridge to be created for accessing the VM network (e.g., br100)

• nova["network"]["public"]["bridge_dev"] - Physical device on which the bridge device should be attached (e.g., eth2)

• nova["network"]["public"]["dns1"] - DNS server 1

• nova["network"]["public"]["dns2"] - DNS server 2

• nova["network"]["private"]["label"] - Network label to be assigned to the private network on creation

• nova["network"]["private"]["ipv4_cidr"] - Network to be created (in CIDR notation e.g., 192.168.200.0/24)

• nova["network"]["private"]["num_networks"] - Number of networks to be created

• nova["network"]["private"]["network_size"] - Number of IP addresses to be used in this network

• nova["network"]["private"]["bridge"] - Bridge to be created for accessing the VM network (e.g., br200)

• nova["network"]["private"]["bridge_dev"] - Physical device on which the bridge device should be attached (e.g., eth3)

• nova["libvirt"]["virt_type"] - What hypervisor software layer to use with libvirt (e.g., kvm, qemu)

• nova["libvirt"]["vncserver_listen"] - IP address on the hypervisor that libvirt listens for VNC requests on

• nova["libvirt"]["vncserver_proxyclient_address"] - IP address on the hypervisor that libvirt exposes for VNC requests on (should be the same as vncserver_listen)

• nova["libvirt"]["auth_tcp"] - Type of authentication your libvirt layer requires

• nova["libvirt"]["ssh"]["private_key"] - Private key to use if using SSH authentication to your libvirt layer

• nova["libvirt"]["ssh"]["public_key"] - Public key to use if using SSH authentication to your libvirt layer

• nova["scheduler"]["scheduler_driver"] - the scheduler driver to use NOTE: The filter scheduler currently does not work with ec2.

• nova["scheduler"]["default_filters"] - a list of filters enabled for schedulers that support them.

• nova["syslog"]["use"] - Should nova log to syslog?

• nova["syslog"]["facility"] - Which facility nova should use when logging in python style (for example, LOG_LOCAL1)

• nova["syslog"]["config_facility"] - Which facility nova should use when logging in rsyslog style (for example, local1)

Templates

• api-paste.ini.erb - Paste config for nova API middleware
• libvirt-bin.erb - Initscript for starting libvirtd
• libvirtd-ssh-config - Config file for libvirt SSH auth
• libvirtd-ssh-private-key.erb - Private SSH key for libvirt SSH
• libvirtd-ssh-public-key.erb - Public SSH key for libvirt SSH auth
• libvirtd.conf.erb - Libvirt config file
• local_settings.py.erb - Dashboard (horizon) config file
• nova.conf.erb - Basic nova.conf file
• novarc.erb - Contains environment variable settings to enable easy use of the nova client
• patches/ - misc. patches for nova

License and Author

Author:: Justin Shepherd (justin.shepherd@rackspace.com)
Author:: Jason Cannavale (jason.cannavale@rackspace.com)
Author:: Ron Pedde (ron.pedde@rackspace.com)
Author:: Joseph Breu (joseph.breu@rackspace.com)
Author:: William Kelly (william.kelly@rackspace.com)
Author:: Darren Birkett (darren.birkett@rackspace.co.uk)
Author:: Evan Callicoat (evan.callicoat@rackspace.com)

Copyright 2012, Rackspace, Inc.

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