Having centos compute node

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asked 2013-06-14 12:32:06 -0500

bv_arvind
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I am in a situation where controller runs fedora and compute nodes will be running centos. I am wondering if the centos has to be instlled with nova-compute or when adding the compute node to the controller config, it automatically installs it in the compute node. One more q I have is, if the centos based compute node has nova-compute installed in it, would the controlled reinstall it or just establishes connection with the existing agent?

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answered 2013-06-15 10:21:48 -0500

sgordon
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To add a compute node you will need to:

Install the openstack-nova-compute package on the compute node (yum install -y openstack-nova-compute). If you intend to use Cinder volumes then the node will also need the python-cinderclient package.
Update the /etc/nova/nova.conf file ensuring that these keys are set:
- rpc_backend - RPC backend, usually cinder.openstack.common.rpc.impl_qpid for CentOS and other EL-based distributions.
- qpid_hostname - IP address or host name of the Qpid message broker. If you have authentication setup for Qpid there are some other qpid_ related keys that will need to be populated.
- sql_connection - Database connection string (only required on nodes that will run the conductor in Grizzly).

Once this is done start the openstack-nova-compute service (service openstack-nova-compute start) on the node, it will contact the controller using the message broker. If it succeeds then it will appear in the output of the nova-manager list command.

You may find additional hints/guidance in this chapter of the Red Hat documentation (this content is written for Red Hat OpenStack but should largely apply for RDO packages as well):

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation//en-US/Red_Hat_OpenStack/3/html/Installation_and_Configuration_Guide/sect-Installing_a_Compute_Node.html