New! If using EL7 as a bare-metal host, use the vftool.bash subcommands el7_host_depends and el7_host_permissive instead of host_depends and host_permissive. To create an initial EL7 vm, use el7_kick_first_vm. Besides that, other subcommands work for either EL6 or EL7 (though foreman itself should still run on EL6).
Build VM's from scratch on EL6, and install Foreman to manage them for openstack.
Note: The kick-first-vm subcommand has the caveat that INSTALLURL must be defined before the kick-first-vm subcommand is executed.
If you are using this tool to setup foreman and VM's from scratch for the first time, it is recommended to execute each step independently (this should still save you loads of time from doing it manually!):
# name of the first image we kickstart, our base image
$ export INITIMAGE=rhel64init
# $VMSET is the default set of vm's that this tool typically works
# with.
# If you are going to use foreman for provisioning, we only
# have one vm for now, the foreman host.
$ export VMSET='set1fore1'
# Otherwise, if not using foreman in provisioning-mode, define all the vms to
# build (e.g. foreman and two clients):
$ export VMSET='set1fore1 set1client1 set1client2'
$ bash -x vftool.bash host_depends
$ bash -x vftool.bash host_permissive
$ bash -x vftool.bash libvirt_prep
$ bash -x vftool.bash default_network_ip # change to 192.168.7
$ bash -x vftool.bash create_foreman_networks
$ bash -x vftool.bash vm_auth_keys
# The following builds $INITIMAGE
$ export INSTALLURL=http://your-top-secret-rhel6-install-tree/Server/x86_64/os/
$ bash -x vftool.bash kick_first_vm
# The following creates and updates images in $VMSET based on $INITIMAGE
$ bash -x vftool.bash create_images
$ bash -x vftool.bash prep_images
$ bash -x vftool.bash first_snaps # not necessary, but useful
$ bash -x vftool.bash start_guests
# Important! Make sure all /mnt/vm-share/*.hello files (one created for each
# vm in $VMSET) are visible on your host before continuing. If not, you likely
# need to debug nfs and/or firewall issues that are preventing /mnt/vm-share
# being accessible to all guests
$ bash -x vftool.bash populate_etc_hosts
$ bash -x vftool.bash populate_default_dns
# wait for host(s) to start up
# probably not necessary with latest tweaks
$ bash -x vftool.bash ntp_setup
The guests in $VMSET are now ready to use.
If using foreman for provisioning:
# Make sure set1fore1 is subscribed only to RHOS and RHEL6
$ bash -x vftool.bash install_foreman set1fore1 true
# ^^ provisioning-mode is true
If using foreman not in provisioning-mode:
# Make sure set1fore1 is subscribed only to RHOS and RHEL6
$ bash -x vftool.bash install_foreman set1fore1 false
# ^^ provisioning-mode is false
$ # bash -x vftool.bash register-guests TODO
Other useful commands
$ bash -x vftool.bash delete_all_networks
$ bash -x vftool.bash delete_all_vms
$ bash -x vftool.bash delete_vms <vm_name1> <vn_name2> ...
$ SNAPNAME=mysnap bash -x vftool.bash reboot_snap_take <vm_name1> <vn_name2> ...
$ SNAPNAME=mysnap bash -x vftool.bash reboot_snap_revert <vm_name1> <vn_name2> ...
$ bash -x vftool.bash snap_list <vm_name1> <vn_name2> ...
# stop all running guests
$ bash -x vftool.bash stop_all
# resize vm's root partition to fill 200G image
# - assume partition layout derives from vftool.bash's kickstart
# - doesn't always work in which case you need to revert
# by copying the backup $poolpath/${domname}old.qcow2 to
# $poolpath/${domname}.qcow2
$ bash -x vftool.bash resize_image myvmname 200G