Multi Node OpenStack setup

Introduction

The OpenStack setup can have services separately on different machines in order to optimize performance. Here is a procedure for installing a four machine setup. The setup has all the machines running Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. The version of OpenStack is Essex. This procedure is based on OpenStack Beginner’s Guide

Controller

Installation of the components

Install all the components of the controller

Bundling CentOS Image with VNC access for OpenStack

This article explains how to create a CentOS 6 image with VNC access on KVM for uploading it to the image store on OpenStack Diablo.  I have used KVM running on Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit server for creation of the image.

Bundling OpenSUSE image for OpenStack

This article explains how to create a OpenSUSE 11.4 image on KVM for uploading it to the image store on OpenStack Diablo.  I have used KVM running on Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit server for creation of the image.