Hello,
I am fairly new to the OpenStack, and am trying to set up a simple network using Neutron. I dont understand the difference between a controller node and a compute node. Can anyone please help me out with this?
1) What is the function of both?
2) Do we always need both of them?
Thanking in anticipation.
What is the function of both?
The terms "compute node" and "controller" describe a fairly simplistic deployment model with only two roles:
A "compute" node runs a hypervisor and the nova-compute service.
This is where virtual instances actually run.
The "controller" is basically everything else -- public facing APIs, web interface, scheduler, database server, message queue, etc.
Do we always need both of them?
It really depends on what you are trying to do. You need all of the services that comprise these two roles, but they don't need to be organized like this.
It's pretty common to have a "compute" role in any model. On the other hand, the stuff on the "controller" is often spread across several systems:
Etc.
How you structure your deployment depends heavily on your goals: do you need HA? Are you trying to optimize storage performance? Are you trying to minimize cost?
To me, this is a very good answer. In addition, I would say that you can also have a look at this community document http://docs.openstack.org/icehouse/install-guide/install/apt/content/ (http://docs.openstack.org/icehouse/in...) where they explain the installation of a basic deployment.
Thanks you Larsks. Your answer was really helpful. Actually I am trying to isolate two the traffic from two companies and provide them basic services likes Routing-NAT, Firewall, Loadbalancer and VPN.
I'm also a beginner, I have installed OSM (version 4) on top of an Ubuntu OS on top of a vmware. Now, I would like to work with OpenStack, but I'm confused over whether I need to have another two physical (or vm) machines for both the Controller and Compute nodes or they reside on only one ?!!
Asked: 2014-09-24 17:43:57 -0600
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