VirtualBox for the OpenStack Liberty Install Guide

The official OpenStack Liberty Install Guides are a great way to get hands-on experience with installing and configuring OpenStack by hand. This post describes how to install and configure a local VirtualBox environment for performing the step-by-step deployment instructions found in the guide.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • 2 GHz or faster 64-bit (x64) processor with Intel VTx or AMD-V support
  • 5 GB RAM or higher
  • 20 GB or more available hard disk space

Download and Install VirtualBox

  1. Navigate to VirtualBox Downloads.
  2. Download and install the latest version of VirtualBox for your host operating system.

Configure VirtualBox Networking

  1. Launch the VirtualBox application.

  2. From the VirtualBox menu bar, select Preferences.

  3. From the VirtualBox Preferences menu, select the Network icon.

  4. Ensure the Nat Networks tab is highlighted and select the + icon:

    VirtualBox Nat Networks

  5. This will automatically create a Nat Network named NatNetwork.

  6. Select the tool icon to modify NatNetwork.

  7. Rename the network to Management and change the Network CIDR to 10.0.0.0/24. Verify the Supports DHCP box is checked:

    VirtualBox Management Network

    Note

    The gateway for the Management network is 10.0.0.1.

  8. Select Port Forwarding.

  9. Select the + icon on the right to create a new rule. Name: SSH, Protocol: TCP, Host IP: 127.0.0.1, Host Port: 2022, Guest IP: 10.0.0.11, and Guest Port: 22. Select OK to save your changes:

    VirtualBox Port Forwarding

  10. Select the + icon to create another Nat Network. This will automatically create a Nat Network named NatNetwork1.

  11. Select the tool icon to modify NatNetwork1.

  12. Rename the network to Public and change the Network CIDR to 203.0.113.0/24. Uncheck the Supports DHCP box. Select OK to save your changes:

    VirtualBox Public Network

    Note

    The gateway for the Public network is 203.0.113.1.

  13. You should now have two VirtualBox Nat Networks: Management and Public. Select OK to save your changes:

    VirtualBox Nat Networks Complete

Download Operating System ISO

  1. Navigate to the downloads pages for the operating system to be installed.
  2. Download ISO.

Create the Controller Virtual Machine

  1. From the VirtualBox toolbar, select the New button.

  2. Type Controller in the Name section. The type is Linux. Select the version of Operating System you are installing:

    VirtualBox New Controller - Ubuntu

  3. Set the memory allocation to 2048 MB:

    VirtualBox Memory

  4. Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image).

  5. Select Dynamically Allocated and size 5GB:

    VirtualBox Virtual Disk

Modify Controller Virtual Machine Settings

  1. Highlight the controller virtual machine and click the Settings button in the VirtualBox toolbar.

  2. Click the System icon and click on the Acceleration tab. Ensure Paravirtualzation Inteface is Default and Enable VT-x/AMD-V and Enable Nested Paging are checked:

    VirtualBox Controller Accleration

    Note

    If the Acceleration tab is grayed out, enable Virtualization Technology (Intel VTx or AMD-V) in the host machine's BIOS.

  3. Select the Storage icon. Select the cd-rom icon titled Empty. In the Attributes section on the right, select the cd-rom icon and select Choose Virtual Optical Disk File from the drop down. Select your operating system iso:

    VirtualBox Controller ISO

  4. Select the Network icon and click on the Adapter 1 tab. Select Nat Network from the Attached to section. In the Name section, select Management:

    VirtualBox Controller Adapter 1

  5. Select the Adapter 2 tab and ensure Enable Network Adapter is checked. Select Nat Network from the Attached to section. In the Name section, select Public. Select OK to save your settings:

    VirtualBox Controller Adapter 2

Start and Install Controller Virtual Machine

  1. Highlight the controller virtual machine and select the Start button. The virtual machine will begin to boot.
  2. Follow the installation instructions for the operating system. Ensure SSH is installed and enabled.
  3. Refer to Host Networking section of the Install Guide for instructions on configuring the Management and Public interfaces for the controller node.

Create the Compute Virtual Machine

  1. From the VirtualBox toolbar, click the New button.

  2. Type Compute in the Name section. The type is Linux. Select the version of Operating System you are installing:

    VirtualBox New Compute - Ubuntu

  3. Set the memory allocation to 2048 MB:

    VirtualBox Memory

  4. Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image).

  5. Select Dynamically Allocated and size 10GB:

    VirtualBox Compute Virtual Disk

Modify Compute Virtual Machine Settings

  1. Highlight the controller virtual machine and click the Settings button in the VirtualBox toolbar.

  2. Click the System icon and click on the Acceleration tab. Ensure Paravirtualzation Inteface is Default and Enable VT-x/AMD-V and Enable Nested Paging are checked:

    VirtualBox Compute Accleration

    Note

    If the Acceleration tab is grayed out, enable Virtualization Technology (Intel VTx or AMD-V) in the host machine's BIOS.

  3. Select the Storage icon. Select the cd-rom icon titled Empty. In the Attributes section on the right, select the cd-rom icon and select Choose Virtual Optical Disk File from the drop down. Select your operating system iso:

    VirtualBox Compute ISO

  4. Select the Network icon and click on the Adapter 1 tab. Select Nat Network from the Attached to section. In the Name section, select Management:

    VirtualBox Compute Adapter 1

  5. Select the Adapter 2 tab and ensure Enable Network Adapter is checked. Select Nat Network from the Attached to section. In the Name section, select Public. Select OK to save your settings:

    VirtualBox ComputeAdapter 2

Start and Install Compute Virtual Machine

  1. Highlight the compute virtual machine and select the start button. The virtual machine will begin to boot.
  2. Follow the installation instructions for your specific operating system.
  3. Refer to Host Networking section of the Install Guide for instructions on configuring the Management and Public interfaces for the controller node.

Verify Connectivity

Verify SSH connectivity to the controller and compute nodes.

Note

This section assumes the network interfaces and name resolution on controller and compute have been configured per the steps outlined in Host Networking section of the Install Guide.

  1. From terminal software on the host machine, SSH into the controller node:

    $ ssh root@127.0.0.1 -p 2022

  2. From the controller node, verify ssh connectivity to the compute node:

    $ ssh root@compute1

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