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vScaler - Cork Internet Exchange

Details and information relating to the vScaler installation at Cork Internet Exchange (CIX)

Installation

Head Node / Controller Node

• CIX Controller Node Preparation (controller01.cix.vscaler.cloud)
• CIX Controller Node OHPC Installation (controller01.cix.vscaler.cloud)
  • Compute Node VNFS Image Customisation
  • Storage Node VNFS Image Customisation
• CIX Controller Node OpenStack Installation (controller01.cix.vscaler.cloud)
  • Environment Variables
  • 0 - Firewall
  • 1 - Initial Setup
  • 2 - Rabbit Message Queue
  • 3 - Keystone Authentication
  • 4 - Glance Image Service
  • 5 - Nova Compute Services
  • 6 - Neutron Networking Services
  • 8 - Neutron (Setup Initial Networks)
  • 11 - Cinder
  • 13 - Heat Orchestration Server
  • 14 - Sahara
  • 15 - Horizon Dashboard

Network Node

• CIX Network Node Preparation (networknode01.cix.vscaler.cloud)
• CIX Network Node OpenStack Installation (networknode01.cix.vscaler.cloud)
  • Environment Variables
  • 7 - Neutron

Compute Nodes (not required if using compute node image detailed above)

• CIX Compute Node OpenStack Installation (compute[xx].cix.vscaler.cloud)
  • Environment Variables
  • 9 - Nova
  • 10 - Neutron
  • Remove Hypervisors

Storage Nodes

• CIX Storage Nodes OpenStack Installation (storage[xx].cix.vscaler.cloud)
  • Environment Variables
  • 12 - Cinder

HPC on Demand

• Making OpenHPC work
• HPCoD Horizon Integration

Kolla Stuff

• vScaler: Kolla Initial setup build and deployment (Newton)
• vScaler: Change services config files with kolla
• vScaler: Add/Remove nodes from the environment with Kolla
• vScaler: Get HPCoD working with Kolla
• vScaler: Build the vScaler custom kolla image
• vScaler: Upgrade from.an Openstack version to the next one
• vScaler: Thoubleshooting Kolla issues
• vScaler: Setting Nested Virtualisation KVM
• vScaler: Adding GPUs - Fixing Issues with GPUs
• vScaler: Using Tempest to validate the OpenStack deployment

BitBucket Repos for vScaler Scripts

• Using vScaler Bitbucket Repo

General notes

• Adding password to Centos image
• Setup a devstack environment on Centos 7
• Delete Duplicate OpenStack Hypervisors and Services
• Setup GPU Passthrough in OpenStack (Liberty) with Tesla K80
• Setup NVIDIA GRID for Visualisation on passthrough GPU - GRID License Server

Troubleshooting

• Failing Heat api services

vScaler Website Recovery

• Setting up the Ubuntu Host for the Website vScaler.com Recovery