We'll do the following steps:
openstack server list
example:
$ openstack server list -c ID -c Name -c …This is mostly a brain dump for myself for later reference, but may be also useful for others.
As I wrote in an earlier post, collectd is configured on OpenStack TripleO driven deployments by a config file.
parameter_defaults: CollectdExtraPlugins: - write_http ExtraConfig: collectd::plugin::write_http::nodes: collectd: url …
Last week, on January 31 and Feb 01, we had a contributors meetup of collectd in Brussels, just before FOSDEM. Thanks to our generous sponsors Camptocamp, Intel, and Red Hat, we were able to meet and to talk about various topics. In total, there were 15 persons attending, and if …
A way of deploying OpenStack is to use TripleO. This takes the an approach to deploy a small OpenStack environment, and then to take OpenStack provided infrastructure and tools to deploy the actual production environment. This is actually done by an addition to the openstack command line client:
openstack overcloud …
For some use cases, it's quite useful to test TripleO deployments on a OpenStack powered cloud, rather than using a baremetal system. The following article will show you, how to do it:
We're going to use tripleo-quickstart . This also assumes, you have downloaded your OpenStack openrc.sh handy and stored …
A while ago, we proposed the OpsTools SIG. Its idea is to provide tools for operators, system administrators, etc.
Now we have a repository for testing purposes:
yum install http://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/opstools/x86_64/common/centos-release-opstools-1-2.el7.noarch.rpm
Documentation can be found on GitHub, and …
When using Horizon as Admin user, you probably saw the metering dashboard, also known as "Resource Usage".
It internally uses Ceilometer; Ceilometer continuously collects data from configured data sources. In a cloud environment, this can quickly grow enormously. When someone visits the metering dashboard in Horizon, Ceilometer then will accumulate …
Redis is a in-memory data structure store, which can be used as cache and session backend.
I thought to give it a try for Horizon. Installation is quite simple, either pip install django-redis or dnf --enablerepo=rawhide install python-django-redis.
Then change openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py aka. /etc/openstack-dashboard …
Over the past week, I attended the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo.
My primary focus was on Horizon sessions. Nevertheless, I was lucky to have one or two glimpses at more touristic spots in Tokyo.
The first work session for Horizon started on Wednesday with plugins. Previously, there has been …
One of the cool things in Horizon is, one can easily try newest things out. This assumes, you already have an OpenStack installation available somewhere.
If you haven't already installed git:
yum install git
To clone horizons upstream git repository, run the command
git clone https …