[Starlingx-discuss] Installation_Guide_Virtual_Environment / Ubuntu Specific
ok so, Ive gotten my ISO built finally and decided to move forward, it did actually install and run under kvm on fedora 28, alas it would not let me run i hunted around and got the interface up on dhcp and logged in... sudo config_controller as it requires 4 interfaces to start up so hunted the wiki a bit and found this guide https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Installation_Guide_Virtual_Environ... (https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Installation_Guide_Virtual_Environ...) where it plainly states Software Requirements A workstation computer with: Operating System: Freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit Proxy settings configured (if applies) Git KVM/VirtManager Libvirt Library QEMU Full System Emulation Binaries <stx-deployment> project StarlingX ISO Image Deployment Environment Setup This section describes how to set up a StarlingX Controller Storage system in a workstation computer. After completing these steps, you will be able to deploy and run your StarlingX system on the following Linux distribution: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit ... Now <RANT> I have to ask Why.... Seriously? </RANT> We dont all use Ubuntu... StarlingX isnt even based on Ubuntu.... and you actualy put more effort into making it ubuntu specific then was needed to allow for other hosts operating systems. Okay, any way to proceed i ran networking config, no worries, went to run ./setup_allinone.sh -i bootimage.iso and sorry failed..... read the script... WTF ?? dont need this.... diff -ruN setup_allinone.sh.orig setup_allinone.sh --- setup_allinone.sh.orig 2018-09-07 13:25:06.514256691 +0200 +++ setup_allinone.sh 2018-09-07 13:25:23.148154595 +0200 @@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ ISOIMAGE=$(readlink -f "$ISOIMAGE") FILETYPE=$(file --mime-type -b ${ISOIMAGE}) -if ([ "$FILETYPE" != "application/x-iso9660-image" ]); then - echo "$ISOIMAGE is not an application/x-iso9660-image type" - exit -1 -fi BRIDGE_INTERFACE=${BRIDGE_INTERFACE:-stxbr} CONTROLLER=${CONTROLLER:-controller-allinone} edited, run it again, gui pops up ... console says ./setup_allinone.sh -i bootimage.iso 13:36 07.09.18 45.93G RAM Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-0-0.img', fmt=qcow2 size=644245094400 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-0-1.img', fmt=qcow2 size=214748364800 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 error: Failed to define domain from vms/controller-allinone-0.xml error: operation failed: domain 'controller-allinone-0' already exists with uuid 8414049f-c910-4605-a880-05fc8d35b683 error: Failed to start domain controller-allinone-0 error: unsupported configuration: Unable to find security driver for model apparmor Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-1-0.img', fmt=qcow2 size=644245094400 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-1-1.img', fmt=qcow2 size=214748364800 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 error: Failed to define domain from vms/controller-allinone-1.xml error: operation failed: domain 'controller-allinone-1' already exists with uuid f66ed9f5-226b-47ce-ab23-47ee99b2f257 OMG... KILL ME NOW.... edit edit edit ./setup_allinone.sh -i bootimage.iso 13:39 07.09.18 45.88G RAM Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-0-0.img', fmt=qcow2 size=644245094400 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-0-1.img', fmt=qcow2 size=214748364800 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Domain controller-allinone-0 defined from vms/controller-allinone-0.xml error: Failed to start domain controller-allinone-0 error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2018-09-07T11:40:02.994268Z qemu-system-x86_64: -machine pc-i440fx-xenial,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off: unsupported machine type Use -machine help to list supported machines Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-1-0.img', fmt=qcow2 size=644245094400 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-1-1.img', fmt=qcow2 size=214748364800 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Domain controller-allinone-1 defined from vms/controller-allinone-1.xml REALLY NOW.... EDIT EDIT EDIT..... ./setup_allinone.sh -i bootimage.iso 13:44 07.09.18 45.86G RAM Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-0-0.img', fmt=qcow2 size=644245094400 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-0-1.img', fmt=qcow2 size=214748364800 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Domain controller-allinone-0 defined from vms/controller-allinone-0.xml Domain controller-allinone-0 started Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-1-0.img', fmt=qcow2 size=644245094400 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/controller-allinone-1-1.img', fmt=qcow2 size=214748364800 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16 Domain controller-allinone-1 defined from vms/controller-allinone-1.xml and ... TADA..... functionally working on Fedora 28 and actually installing at this moment..... so... seriously i have to ask.... when do you want to offer me a job..... because this shouldnt be happening..... anyway..... I find it awesome that you used CentOS for the platform, great choice... but why would you force uus to use Ubuntu as the host... personally from an R&D perspective, We all know theres more then one decent desktop distribution. I would alone ask that some attention maybe be paid to making it more distro friendly, because i can almost guarantee I wount be the first one to go down this path. Maybe im ranting a bit... but 5 days to get to this point on something you would like to be considered as a viable openstack platform.... Yes, i understand its development, its always in flux, though I fought to achieve just getting this far.... I am almost positive others wount be as patient, because we all know when a corporation delivers something new and shiny, users well... they just want it to work... and if it doesnt its going to potentially give the distro and the company behind it a black eye.... This is just my observations.... from a senior level management perspective of what Ive seen in the industry... if yyou want to be accepted, I belive you will maybe need more polishh... but so fgar great work, in sight of a few things maybe over looked.
Million thanks for your feedback Scott!
ok so, Ive gotten my ISO built finally and decided to move forward, it did actually install and run under kvm on fedora 28, alas it would not let me run i hunted around and got the interface up on dhcp and logged in...
sudo config_controller as it requires 4 interfaces to start up
so hunted the wiki a bit and found this guide
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Installation_Guide_Virtual_Environ ment <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Installation_Guide_Virtual_Enviro nment/Duplex>
Yep! This is the begging of the installation instructions where all setup is described. You will see some changes happening in the next days due to the addition of Bare Metal Installation and once that is done, we will have a team of Tech Writers to polish to a level our community feels comfortable with.
where it plainly states
Software Requirements A workstation computer with:
Operating System: Freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit Proxy settings configured (if applies) Git KVM/VirtManager Libvirt Library QEMU Full System Emulation Binaries <stx-deployment> project StarlingX ISO Image Deployment Environment Setup This section describes how to set up a StarlingX Controller Storage system in a workstation computer. After completing these steps, you will be able to deploy and run your StarlingX system on the following Linux distribution:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit
... Now <RANT> I have to ask Why.... Seriously? </RANT>
From the Virtual installation perspective, we wanted one Linux distribution so everyone could be aligned with but this shall not be the only distro to support mid term. We will appreciate also your feedback once we include our Bare Metal installation instructions.
We dont all use Ubuntu... StarlingX isnt even based on Ubuntu.... and you actualy put more effort into making it ubuntu specific then was needed to allow for other hosts operating systems. Okay, any way to proceed i ran networking config, no worries, went to run
Some changes has been done at the wiki level to include the setup of network interfaces which was recently added.
and ... TADA..... functionally working on Fedora 28 and actually installing at this moment..... so... seriously i have to ask....
when do you want to offer me a job..... because this shouldnt be happening..... anyway..... I find it awesome that you used CentOS for the platform, great choice... but why would you force uus to use Ubuntu as the host... personally from an R&D perspective, We all know theres more then one decent desktop distribution. I would alone ask that some attention maybe be paid to making it more distro friendly, because i can almost guarantee I wount be the first one to go down this path.
You are the first to ask and this is enough to prioritize and make it more distro friendly.
Maybe im ranting a bit... but 5 days to get to this point on something you would like to be considered as a viable openstack platform.... Yes, i understand its development, its always in flux, though I fought to achieve just getting this far.... I am almost positive others wount be as patient, because we all know when a corporation delivers something new and shiny, users well... they just want it to work... and if it doesnt its going to potentially give the distro and the company behind it a black eye....
That is the goal, and you are helping this community shape it so once again, thank you for taking your time to build, install and feedback.
This is just my observations.... from a senior level management perspective of what Ive seen in the industry... if yyou want to be accepted, I belive you will maybe need more polishh... but so fgar great work, in sight of a few things maybe over looked.
All observations are welcome so please allow us to keep this channel open with you to get more of your validation of changes and new observations.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:15 AM, <scottk@optimcloud.com> wrote:
so hunted the wiki a bit and found this guide
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Installation_Guide_Virtual_Environ...
I just finished (belatedly) updating the wiki to reflect the recent changes to the libvirt scripts with what was already in the README. This still needs to be better integrated into the Installation Guide. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Installation_libvirt_qemu
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit ... Now <RANT> I have to ask Why.... Seriously? </RANT>
The short answer is that Ubuntu is what is on the boxes we initially had available to use. As you found, there is nothing inherently exclusive to Ubuntu in here, and with a little work this will get more OS-agnostic.
and ... TADA..... functionally working on Fedora 28 and actually installing at this moment..... so... seriously i have to ask....
when do you want to offer me a job..... because this shouldnt be happening..... anyway..... I find it awesome that you used CentOS for the platform, great choice... but why would you force uus to use Ubuntu as the host... personally from an
We don't force you, that is simply what those scripts were written for and what was documented thus far. I'm sure had you written this it would be CentOS/Fedora oriented... Also, your job offer is in the next sentence. :) Since you are clearly capable of adjusting this to fit your environment I would invite you to help the next person to come along that doesn't use Ubuntu and submit those changes to the stx-tools repo and help make this particular corner of the world a better place.
This is just my observations.... from a senior level management perspective of what Ive seen in the industry... if yyou want to be accepted, I belive you will maybe need more polishh... but so fgar great work, in sight of a few things maybe over looked.
We are painfully aware that this has a long way to go before it is anything close to a download, build and install kind of system. StarlingX is one enormous complex beast that does a complex job. Thanks for taking the time to fight through this build process and for this feedback, it is valuable to see this process from the eyes of someone who isn't already familiar with it. dt -- Dean Troyer dtroyer@gmail.com
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