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This is a quick rundown on the steps used to create the OSIC baremetal images. For a more detailed rundown on Ironic image building please read the following post. Install required apt packages apt-get install -y qemu uuid-runtime curl kpartx Install the disk-image-builder (DIB) pip install diskimage-builder --isolated Clone the OSIC diskimage-builder elements git clone https://github.com/os-cloud/osic-elements /opt/osic-elements...
Quick Start List: Getting Started Getting SSH Access Getting HTTP Access Adding Keys to an Existing jump box Building Baremetal nodes Notes Getting started Login to the OSIC at "https://cloud1.osic.org": Access Cloud1 "RegionOne" to build your jump box: Create a VM: Name the VM: Select the baremetal appliance image: Note that the image used for...
Enabling the Ironic Automated cleaning in OpenStack-Ansible is recommended for every deployment. While this is an "optional" setting, it should be enabled for general stability and data security; if you're not familiar with the Ironic cleaning service please review the documentation found here. Sadly the automated cleaning service can not be enabled by default because it requires access to a...
Chose your own mis-adventure TL;DR Just tell me how to do it When deploying an OpenStack cluster its highly likely that you will, at some point, want to dive into other compute types allowing a project the ability to chose the best compute resources based on their needs. While this mythical capability has long existed in OpenStack there have been some...
I've decided to build a home server with the intention to build a system which can power virtual machines, allow for SR-IOV, IOMMU, and gaming from a virtual desktop. This system will be running OpenStack on the latest Ubuntu LTS with the latest LTS kernel. Here are the specs: AMD Opteron 6270 64 GB of DDR3 1333 Dynatron 2U Active CPU Supermicro...
