Howto openstack kolla

setup hosts

enable nested kvm edit /etc/modprobe.d/kvm.conf:

# For Intel
options kvm_intel nested=1
#
# For AMD
#options kvm_amd nested=1

if using rhel9 as host install the following repo:

dnf copr enable ligenix/enterprise-qemu-spice 

then install libvirt and qemu-kvm:

yum install -y libvirt qemu-kvm

enable and start libvirtd daemon:

systemctl enable libvirtd && systemctl start libvirtd

download debian bullseye:

wget https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-generic-amd64.qcow2

for baremetal download the iso:

http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian-cd/11.7.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso

resize cloud image:

cp debian-11-generic-amd64.qcow2 debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2
qemu-img resize debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 +98G

expand image:

virt-resize --expand /dev/sda1 debian-11-generic-amd64.qcow2 debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2

set root password for image:

virt-sysprep -a debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 -q --root-password password:livinglavidalinux

uninstall cloud-init package from image:

virt-sysprep -a debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 --run-command "apt-get remove -y cloud-init"

create storage images for openstack nodes:

cp debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 openstack-node1.qcow2
cp debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 openstack-node2.qcow2
cp debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 openstack-node3.qcow2
cp debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 openstack-node4.qcow2
cp debian-11-generic-amd64_100G.qcow2 openstack-node5.qcow2

create storage images for ceph cluster:

qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server1_1.img 100G 
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server1_2.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server1_3.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server1_4.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server2_1.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server2_2.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server2_3.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server2_4.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server3_1.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server3_2.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server3_3.img 100G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ceph_storage_server3_4.img 100G

download virtual machines xml:

wget https://img.vidalinux.com/files/openstack/XML/openstack-node1-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
wget https://img.vidalinux.com/files/openstack/XML/openstack-node2-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
wget https://img.vidalinux.com/files/openstack/XML/openstack-node3-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
wget https://img.vidalinux.com/files/openstack/XML/openstack-node4-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
wget https://img.vidalinux.com/files/openstack/XML/openstack-node5-debian10-2023-05-16.xml

import virtual machines:

virsh define openstack-node1-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
virsh define openstack-node2-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
virsh define openstack-node3-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
virsh define openstack-node4-debian10-2023-05-16.xml
virsh define openstack-node5-debian10-2023-05-16.xml

references

• https://docs.openstack.org/project-deploy-guide/kolla-ansible/zed/quickstart.html