Nova API OpenStack Ansible Role

Status

• on master branch
• on development branch
• on Ansible Galaxy

OpenStack Nova API service installation

Tested on Ubuntu Precise (12.04) and Trusty (14.04)

Requirements

A RabbitMQ server. See below.

A Neutron server. See below.

A Keystone server. See below.

A Glance server. See below.

For RHEL/CentOS, RHOSP or RDO repositories are needed.

Role Variables

Name	Default value	Description
nova_api_database_url	sqlite:////var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite	Database URI
nova_api_my_ip	{{ ansible_eth0.ipv4.address }}	Management IP for nova-api
nova_api_user	nova	nova-api user as defined on Keystone
nova_api_pass	nova_pass_default	nova-api password as defined on Keystone
nova_api_ec2_bind_host	0.0.0.0	IP address nova-api should listen on
nova_api_metadata_bind_host	0.0.0.0	IP address nova-api should listen on
nova_api_ec2_port	8773	Desired nova-api ec2 port
nova_api_port	8774	Desired nova-api port
nova_api_metadata_port	8775	Desired nova-api metadata port
nova_api_protocol	http	Desired nova protocol (http/https) - WiP, do not use.
neutron_hostname	localhost	Hostname/IP address where the neutron server runs
neutron_port	9696	Neutron port
neutron_protocol	http	Neutron protocol (http/https)
neutron_admin_username	neutron	Neutron admin user
neutron_pass	neutron_pass_default	Neutron admin password
neutron_metadata_secret	metadata_secret_default	Metadata secret, as configured on neutron
keystone_admin_port	35357	Keystone admin port
keystone_hostname	localhost	Hostname/IP address where keystone runs
keystone_port	5000	Keystone port
keystone_protocol	http	Keystone protocol (http/https)
glance_hostname	localhost	Hostname/IP address where glance runs
glance_port	9292	Glance port
glance_protocol	http	Glance protocol (http/https)
nova_api_hostname	localhost	Hostname/IP address of API endpoint, used to configure nova-api. localhost is usually ok

RabbitMQ (must exist)

Name	Default value	Description	Note
nova_api_rabbit_userid	rabbit_username_default	RabbitMQ username for console auth
nova_api_rabbit_password	rabbit_pass_default	RabbitMQ password for console auth
nova_api_rabbit_virtual_host	/	RabbitMQ virtual host for console auth
nova_api_rabbit_retry_interval	1	Frequency to retry connecting to RabbitMQ
nova_api_rabbit_host	localhost	The RabbitMQ broker address where a single node is used
nova_api_rabbit_port	5672	The RabbitMQ broker port where a single node is used
nova_api_rabbit_hosts	$rabbit_host:$rabbit_port	RabbitMQ HA cluster host:port pairs
nova_api_rabbit_ha_queues	False	Use HA queues in RabbitMQ (x-ha-policy: all)

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: api001
  roles:
    - role: openstack-nova_api
      nova_api_rabbit_userid: "openstack-nova"
      nova_api_rabbit_password: "{{ RABBIT_NOVA_PASS }}"
      keystone_admin_token: "{{ ADMIN_TOKEN }}"
      metadata_secret: "{{ METADATA_SECRET }}"
      neutron_pass: "{{ NEUTRON_PASS }}"
      nova_pass: "{{ NOVA_PASS }}"

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A complete Ansible playbook demo, which uses this role, is available on Github (openstack-ansible-galaxy/vagrant-ansible-openstack) https://github.com/openstack-ansible-galaxy/vagrant-ansible-openstack

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Credits

RedHat support implemented by Abel Boldú abel.boldu@gmx.com

License

Apache

Author Information

Davide Guerri - davide.guerri@gmail.com