12.5. Create the Telemetry Identity Records

Procedure 12.3. Creating Identity Records for the Telemetry Service

1. Set up the shell to access keystone as the administrative user:

   # source ~/keystonerc_admin

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2. Create the ceilometer user:

   [(keystone_admin)]# keystone user-create --name ceilometer \
      --pass PASSWORD \
      --email CEILOMETER_EMAIL

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   Replace the following values:
   • Replace PASSWORD with the password that will be used by the Telemetry service when authenticating with the Identity service.
   • Replace CEILOMETER_EMAIL with the email address used by the Telemetry service.
3. Create the ResellerAdmin role:

   [(keystone_admin)]# keystone role-create --name ResellerAdmin

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4. Link the ceilometer user and the ResellerAdmin role together within the context of the services tenant:

   [(keystone_admin)]# keystone user-role-add --user ceilometer \
      --role ResellerAdmin \
      --tenant services

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5. Link the ceilometer user and the admin role together within the context of the services tenant:

   [(keystone_admin)]# keystone user-role-add --user ceilometer \
      --role admin \
      --tenant services

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6. Create the ceilometer service entry:

   [(keystone_admin)]# keystone service-create --name ceilometer \
      --type metering \
      --description "OpenStack Telemetry Service"
   +-------------+----------------------------------+
   |   Property  |              Value               |
   +-------------+----------------------------------+
   | description |     OpenStack Telemetry Service  |
   |   enabled   |               True               |
   | id          | a511aea8bc1264641f4dff1db38751br |
   | name        |             ceilometer           |
   | type        |             metering             |
   +-------------+----------------------------------+

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7. Create the ceilometer endpoint entry:

   [(keystone_admin)]# keystone endpoint-create \
      --service ceilometer \
      --publicurl 'IP:8777' \
      --adminurl 'IP:8777' \
      --internalurl 'IP:8777' \
      --region 'RegionOne'

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   Replace IP with the IP address or host name of the server hosting the Telemetry service.

   Note

   By default, the endpoint is created in the default region, RegionOne. This is a case-sensitive value. To specify a different region when creating an endpoint, use the --region argument to provide it.

   See Section 3.6.1, “Service Regions” for more information.