OpenStack via DevStack

This page is describing how to quickly deploy an OpenStack by using the development tool DevStack on a single machine. Xen via libvirt is going to be used.

This how-to describes the steps took on an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Little changes should be required to do the same on the other distribution supported by devstack.

How to

We are going to install the Xen Project Hypervisor then setup devstack.

• Install Xen

sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64
sudo reboot

• Get devstack

git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack

• Configure devstack

Edit local.conf in the devstack working repository. (For more options, take a look at DevStack Configuration.)

[[local|localrc]]
ADMIN_PASSWORD=secrete
DATABASE_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
RABBIT_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
SERVICE_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
SERVICE_TOKEN=a682f596-76f3-11e3-b3b2-e716f9080d50

# Usefull logging options for debuging
DEST=/opt/stack
LOGFILE=$DEST/logs/stack.sh.log
SCREEN_LOGDIR=$DEST/logs/screen

# This is a Xen host
LIBVIRT_TYPE=xen

• Run devstack

This might take a while.

./stack.sh

• Done!

Reference

• DevStack - an OpenStack Community Production
• Xen Project patches: (these have been accepted into OpenStack as of February of 2015)
  • https://review.openstack.org/146621
  • https://review.openstack.org/146622