Vagrant Openstack Demo

This Vagrant OpenStack Demo is a simple Vagrant environment containing an automated deployment of Openstack RDO Yoga release.

Includes:

Controller node, with
- RabbitMQ
- Keystone
- Glance
- Placement
Compute node, running Nova
Simple bridged networking using Provider networks

Use Cases:

"Kick the tires" with a working OpenStack installation
Test an integration with another piece of software
Play with Openstack on your laptop

Requirements:

Vagrant
Virtualbox
Internet connection (to download Vagrant box)

Usage

Quickstart:

Step 1. Clone this repo
Step 2. Set MYPASSWORD environment variable
Step 3. vagrant up
Step 4. Do the needful
Step 5. vagrant destroy -f

Details

This Vagrant file reads the environment variable MYPASSWORD and passes that to the shell provisioners, which in turn configures that password for all user accounts, Openstack service accounts, config files, etc. To set the MYPASSWORD environment variable:

$ export MYPASSWORD=CorrectHorseBatteryStaple

Once MYPASSWORD is set, you can start up the environment:

$ vagrant up

If you want to start each node one-by-one:

$ vagrant up controller
$ vagrant up compute

By default, this Vagrant env uses two networks: 1 host-only network with NAT for Internet access, and 1 Bridged network (called "Public Network" in Vagrant) for Openstack to use. Currently, you need to specify static IP addresses in the Vagrant file, since Vagrant won't update /etc/hosts properly with DHCP. To do: set this up in Vagrant file

You will need to select a network adapter for bridging, if you don't specify one. To specify an adapter, just uncomment one of the existing options or specify your own. To do: set this up in Vagrant file

Once completed, if there are no errors or problems, you can use the environment.

You should be able to access the Horizon dashboard on the controller node. Simply point your browser to http://controller.local, or you can use vagrant ssh [node name] to login to each node. The sudo utility is available for privileged operations.

Security

There is none. Don't use this for anything other than an ephemeral demonstration.
There is one password (set via environment variable), used for all privileged and unprivileged accounts, services, databases, everything.
The environment is bridged, meaining Openstack services are exposed to your local network.
There is no TLS securing HTTP. So that password is flying around the network, unencrypted.

Protip: don't use this for anything than an ephemeral demonstration, unless you know what you're doing. For a proper proof-of-concept or formal testing, hire a pro and do this right.

Notes:

This Vagrantfile deviates from the official RDO Install Guide in the following ways: