This is an overview of the deployment process that can be utilized for planning purposes:
1. Hardware Setup:
- Rack and stack
- Cabling
- iDRAC setup
- PXE NIC configuration
- Server BIOS and RAID configuration
- Switch configuration
2. Software Setup:
- Deploy Solution Admin Host for provisioning services:
- Deploy Red Hat OpenStack Director Virtual Server VM to the Solution Admin Host
- Discover nodes
- Import discovered nodes into Red Hat OpenStack Director
- Configure Overcloud files
- Provision Overcloud
- Validate all nodes' networking
- Post-deployment, including but not limited to:
- Enabling fencing
- Enabling local storage for ephemeral
Environment Tests
- Tempest can be used to validate the deployment. At minimum the following tests should be performed:
- Project Creation
- User Creation
- Network Creation
- Image upload and launch
- Floating IP Assignment
- Basic network testing
- Volume creation and attachment to VM
- Object storage upload, retrieval and deletion
- Deletion of all artifacts created during validation.