Author: Brent Salisbury

OpenStack Essex and Quantum Installation using OpenvSwitch from Scratch

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]OpenStack Essex and Quantum Installation using OpenvSwitch from Scratch[/fancy_header3] [titled_box title=”Update: This is a very dated post, check out the Grizzly installation” variation=”slategrey”] My latest installation document for Folsom can be found at the post OpenStack Folsom Quantum Devstack Installation Tutorial and Screencast. It’s too tough to try and keep up with debugging installers myself so… Continue reading OpenStack Essex and Quantum Installation using OpenvSwitch from Scratch

Troubleshooting Common OpenStack Errors

Troubleshooting Common OpenStack Errors These are some notes from troubleshooting common OpenStack Errors that I have run into in the past year. These were mostly from Diablo and Essex but some are applicable to future releases especially surrounding Nova. /*Check all services $nova-manage service list (check for XXX or smiley face) Binary Host Zone Status… Continue reading Troubleshooting Common OpenStack Errors

OpenStack Essex Installation Walkthrough from Scratch (Part3)

Dashboard Installation /*Install packages $apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi openstack-dashboard /*Restart Apache $restart apache $service apache2 restart /*Connect to the Dashboard web page. http://localhost or http://x.x.x.x So easy a caveman (me) can do it. Not really it is a pain to get it working smoothly but mainly for me was lack of good directions and learning the… Continue reading OpenStack Essex Installation Walkthrough from Scratch (Part3)

OpenStack Essex Installation Walkthrough from Scratch (Part2)

Update: My latest installation document for Folsom can be found here. It’s too tough to try and keep up with debugging installers myself so I am just using DevStack in that tutorial. Thanks! Populate Glance Host VM OS Images /*Upload Images /* 11.10 image wget http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/11.10/release/ubuntu-11.10-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img /* 12.04 image wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img $/etc/init.d/glance-api restart $/etc/init.d/glance-registry restart /*List Images… Continue reading OpenStack Essex Installation Walkthrough from Scratch (Part2)

OpenStack Essex Installation and Configuration Screencast from Scratch (Part 1)

[fancy_header3 variation=”Orange”]OpenStack Essex Install on 12.04[/fancy_header3] [colored_box title=”Dated Content, Please see the Following” variation=”silver”] Update: My latest installation Tutorial for OpenStack Folsom. It’s too tough to try and keep up with debugging installers myself so I am just using DevStack in that tutorial. Thanks! OpenStack Folsom Quantum DevStack Installation Tutorial [/colored_box] Many hours, days, nights and… Continue reading OpenStack Essex Installation and Configuration Screencast from Scratch (Part 1)

OpenStack Essex Operational Demo

This is the first in some configuration and deployment guides for OpenStack Essex. This clearly has potential well beyond hyper-scale cloud and content providers. If VMware execs are not concerned about enterprise market share today, I expect they will be sooner, rather than later. It represents consumerism driving the market. ‘Ecosystem’, is the new, fun… Continue reading OpenStack Essex Operational Demo

Floodlight OpenFlow Controller Screencast with HP Switches

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller Screencast with HP Switches[/fancy_header3] There is an updated post with the newest HP OpenFlow firmware that can be found at: [fancy_link link=”http://networkstatic.net/configure-an-hp-openflow-switch-for-floodlight/” variation=”orange”]Configure an HP OpenFlow Switch for Floodlight[/fancy_link] Quick how-to on installing the Floodlight OpenFlow controller and a slick http UI fronted someone put up on GutHub. Floodlight is probably… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller Screencast with HP Switches