In this chapter you will learn how to install the Administration Server from scratch. It will run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 and include the SUSE OpenStack Cloud extension and, optionally, the Subscription Management Tool (SMT) server. Prior to starting the installation, refer to Section 2.4, “Hardware Requirements” and Section 2.5, “Software Requirements” for the requirements.
One way of providing the repositories needed to set up the nodes in SUSE OpenStack Cloud is to install an SMT server on the Administration Server. Then mirror all repositories from SUSE Customer Center via this server. Installing an SMT server on the Administration Server is optional. If your organization already provides an SMT server or a SUSE Manager server that can be accessed from the Administration Server, skip this step.
Nodes in SUSE OpenStack Cloud are automatically installed from the Administration Server. For this to happen, software repositories containing products, extensions, and the respective updates for all software need to be available on or accessible from the Administration Server. In this configuration step, these repositories are made available. Two types of repositories can be distinguished:
Product Media Repositories: Product media repositories are copies of the installation media. They need to be directly copied to the Administration Server, “loop-mounted” from an iso image or mounted from a remote server via NFS. Affected are SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 and SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7. The content of these repositories is static. See Section 5.1, “Copying the Product Media Repositories” for setup instructions.
Update and Pool Repositories: Update and Pool repositories are provided by the SUSE Customer Center. They contain all updates and patches for the products and extensions. To make them available for SUSE OpenStack Cloud they need to be mirrored from the SUSE Customer Center. Since their content is regularly updated, they need to be kept in synchronization with SUSE Customer Center. For these purposes, SUSE provides either the Subscription Management Tool (SMT) or the SUSE Manager.
Prior to starting the SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar installation, make sure the first network
interface (eth0
) gets a
fixed IP address from the admin network. A host and domain name
also needs to be provided. Other interfaces will automatically be
configured during the SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar installation.
The YaST Crowbar module enables you to configure all networks within the
cloud, to set up additional repositories and to manage the Crowbar
users. This module should be launched before starting the
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar installation. To start this module, either run yast
crowbar
or › › .