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author | Kenny Woodson <kwoodson@redhat.com> | 2015-10-29 11:14:51 -0400 |
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committer | Kenny Woodson <kwoodson@redhat.com> | 2015-10-29 11:14:51 -0400 |
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Merge pull request #763 from openshift/master
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diff --git a/README_libvirt.md b/README_libvirt.md index bcbaf4bd5..fd0250781 100644 --- a/README_libvirt.md +++ b/README_libvirt.md @@ -3,21 +3,23 @@ LIBVIRT Setup instructions `libvirt` is an `openshift-ansible` provider that uses `libvirt` to create local Fedora VMs that are provisioned exactly the same way that cloud VMs would be provisioned. -This makes `libvirt` useful to develop, test and debug Openshift and openshift-ansible locally on the developer’s workstation before going to the cloud. +This makes `libvirt` useful to develop, test and debug OpenShift and openshift-ansible locally on the developer’s workstation before going to the cloud. Install dependencies -------------------- -1. Install [dnsmasq](http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html) -2. Install [ebtables](http://ebtables.netfilter.org/) -3. Install [qemu](http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page) -4. Install [libvirt](http://libvirt.org/) -5. Enable and start the libvirt daemon, e.g: +1. Install [ansible](http://www.ansible.com/) +2. Install [dnsmasq](http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html) +3. Install [ebtables](http://ebtables.netfilter.org/) +4. Install [qemu and qemu-system-x86](http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page) +5. Install [libvirt-python and libvirt](http://libvirt.org/) +6. Install [genisoimage](http://cdrkit.org/) +7. Enable and start the libvirt daemon, e.g: - `systemctl enable libvirtd` - `systemctl start libvirtd` -6. [Grant libvirt access to your user¹](https://libvirt.org/aclpolkit.html) -7. Check that your `$HOME` is accessible to the qemu user² -8. Configure dns resolution on the host³ +8. [Grant libvirt access to your user¹](https://libvirt.org/aclpolkit.html) +9. Check that your `$HOME` is accessible to the qemu user² +10. Configure dns resolution on the host³ #### ¹ Depending on your distribution, libvirt access may be denied by default or may require a password at each access. @@ -68,9 +70,14 @@ If your `$HOME` is world readable, everything is fine. If your `$HOME` is privat error: Cannot access storage file '$HOME/libvirt-storage-pool-openshift/lenaic-master-216d8.qcow2' (as uid:99, gid:78): Permission denied ``` -In order to fix that issue, you have several possibilities:* set `libvirt_storage_pool_path` inside `playbooks/libvirt/openshift-cluster/launch.yml` and `playbooks/libvirt/openshift-cluster/terminate.yml` to a directory: * backed by a filesystem with a lot of free disk space * writable by your user; * accessible by the qemu user.* Grant the qemu user access to the storage pool. +In order to fix that issue, you have several possibilities: + * set `libvirt_storage_pool_path` inside `playbooks/libvirt/openshift-cluster/launch.yml` and `playbooks/libvirt/openshift-cluster/terminate.yml` to a directory: + * backed by a filesystem with a lot of free disk space + * writable by your user; + * accessible by the qemu user. + * Grant the qemu user access to the storage pool. -On Arch: +On Arch or Fedora 22+: ``` setfacl -m g:kvm:--x ~ @@ -89,7 +96,8 @@ dns=dnsmasq - Configure dnsmasq to use the Virtual Network router for example.com: ```sh -sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/libvirt_dnsmasq.conf server=/example.com/192.168.55.1 +sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/libvirt_dnsmasq.conf +server=/example.com/192.168.55.1 ``` Test The Setup @@ -102,6 +110,16 @@ Test The Setup bin/cluster list libvirt '' ``` +Configuration +------------- + +The following options can be passed via the `-o` flag of the `create` command or as environment variables: + +* `image_url` (default to `http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2`): URL of the QCOW2 image to download +* `image_name` (default to `CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2`): Name of the QCOW2 image to boot the VMs on +* `image_sha256` (default to `e324e3ab1d24a1bbf035ddb365e7f9058c0b454acf48d7aa15c5519fae5998ab`): Expected SHA256 checksum of the downloaded image +* `skip_image_download` (default to `no`): Skip QCOW2 image download. This requires the `image_name` QCOW2 image to be already present in `$HOME/libvirt-storage-pool-openshift-ansible` + Creating a cluster ------------------ |