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OpenStack Icehouse All-in-One Virtual Appliance

Getting Started with OpenStack Icehouse All-in-One Virtual Appliance

date

2014-09-08 15:46

tags

rackspace, openstack

category

*nix

The Easiest Way To Get Started with OpenStack

This VirtualBox Appliance will get you up and running with OpenStack Icehouse quickly!

Download VirtualBox

If you don't already have the latest version of Virtualbox, grab it here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Configure Your Networks

Go into your Virtualbox global preferences and select Network.

Verify that you have the following Nat Network network with these values:

NatNetwork Network CIDR: 10.0.2.0/24 DHCP: On

If you do not have this listed, click the plus sign to add.

Click on Host-Only Networks and verify you have the following:

vboxnet0 192.168.56.1 255.255.255.0 DHCP: Off

Import the OVA

Click on File > Import Appliance > Select the .ova

Click import and proceed.

Assign Your Networks

Right-click the imported Appliance, select Settings.

Select Network.

Ensure Adapter 1 is the Nat Network

Ensure Adapter 2 is vboxnet0

Click OK.

Power Up Your Appliance

Start up the VM

Confirm connectivity to your OpenStack environment by opening a browser and attempting to connect to http://192.168.56.56/horizon

username: myadmin password: mypassword

SSH to your instance: ssh openstack@192.168.56.56

password: openstack

Additional Info

server creds u: openstack p: openstack

horizon creds u: myuser p: mypassword roles: _member

u: myadmin p: mypassword roles: admin, _member

Services installed: Keystone Glance Neutron Nova Cinder Horizon Swift

Horizon Dashboard: http://192.168.56.56/horizon

Get your OpenStack instances online by creating a router, adding your instances's private network as an interface to the router, and setting the router's gateway to the by the pre-exisitng Public_Network.

FOR DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING PURPOSES ONLY

License:

Copyright [2014] [Rackspace Training]

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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