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Chapter 6. Ansible-based overcloud registration

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This feature is available in this release as a Technology Preview, and therefore is not fully supported by Red Hat. It should only be used for testing, and should not be deployed in a production environment. For more information about Technology Preview features, see Scope of Coverage Details.

As an alternative to the rhel-registration method from Chapter 5, Overcloud Registration, the director can use an Ansible-based method to register overcloud nodes to the Red Hat Customer Portal or a Red Hat Satellite 6 server. This method relies on enabling Ansible-based configuration (config-download) in the overcloud.

6.1. Red Hat Subscription Manager (RHSM) composable service

The rhsm composable service provides a method to register overcloud nodes through Ansible. Each role in the default roles_data file contains a OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm resource, which is disabled by default. To enable the service, you register the resource to the rhsm composable service file. For example: 

resource_registry:
  OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm: /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/extraconfig/services/rhsm.yaml

The rhsm composable service accepts a RhsmVars parameter, which allows you to define multiple sub-parameters relevant to your registration. For example: 

parameter_defaults:
  RhsmVars:
    rhsm_repos:
      - rhel-7-server-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
      - rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-openstack-13-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-osd-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-mon-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-tools-rpms
    rhsm_activation_key: "my-openstack"
    rhsm_org_id: "1234567"

You can also use the RhsmVars parameter in combination with role-specific parameters (e.g. ControllerParameters) to provide flexibility when enabling specific repositories for different nodes types.

The next section is a list of sub-parameters available to use with the RhsmVars parameter for use with the rhsm composable service.

6.2. RhsmVars sub-parameters

rhsmDescription

rhsm_method

Choose the registration method. Either portal, satellite, or disable.

rhsm_org_id

The organization to use for registration. To locate this ID, run sudo subscription-manager orgs from the undercloud node. Enter your Red Hat credentials when prompted, and use the resulting Key value.

rhsm_pool_ids

The subscription pool ID to use. Use this if not auto-attaching subscriptions. To locate this ID, run sudo subscription-manager list --available --all --matches="*OpenStack*" from the undercloud node, and use the resulting Pool ID value.

rhsm_activation_key

The activation key to use for registration.

rhsm_autosubscribe

Automatically attach compatible subscriptions to this system. Set to true to enable.

rhsm_satellite_url

The base URL of the Satellite server to register Overcloud nodes.

rhsm_repos

A list of repositories to enable.

rhsm_username

The username for registration. If possible, use activation keys for registration.

rhsm_password

The password for registration. If possible, use activation keys for registration.

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_hostname

The hostname for the HTTP proxy. For example: proxy.example.com.

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_port

The port for HTTP proxy communication. For example: 8080.

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_user

The username to access the HTTP proxy.

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_password

The password to access the HTTP proxy.

Now that you have an understanding of how the rhsm composable service works and how to configure it, you can use the following procedures to configure your own registration details.

6.3. Registering the overcloud with the rhsm composable service

Use the following procedure to create an environment file that enables and configures the rhsm composable service. The director uses this environment file to register and subscribe your nodes.

Procedure

  1. Create an environment file (templates/rhsm.yml) to store the configuration.

  2. Include your configuration in the environment file. For example: 

    resource_registry:
  OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm: /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/extraconfig/services/rhsm.yaml
parameter_defaults:
  RhsmVars:
    rhsm_repos:
      - rhel-7-server-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
      - rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-openstack-13-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-osd-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-mon-rpms
      - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-tools-rpms
    rhsm_activation_key: "my-openstack"
    rhsm_org_id: "1234567"
    rhsm_pool_ids: "1a85f9223e3d5e43013e3d6e8ff506fd"
    rhsm_method: "portal"

    The resource_registry associates the rhsm composable service with the OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm resource, which is available on each role.

    The RhsmVars variable passes parameters to Ansible for configuring your Red Hat registration.

  3. Save the environment file

You can also provide registration details to specific overcloud roles. The next section provides an example of this.

6.4. Applying the rhsm composable service to different roles

You can apply the rhsm composable service on a per-role basis. For example, you can apply one set of configuration to Controller nodes and a different set of configuration to Compute nodes.

Procedure

  1. Create an environment file (templates/rhsm.yml) to store the configuration.

  2. Include your configuration in the environment file. For example: 

    resource_registry:
  OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm: /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/extraconfig/services/rhsm.yaml
parameter_defaults:
  ControllerParameters:
    RhsmVars:
      rhsm_repos:
        - rhel-7-server-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
        - rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-openstack-13-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-osd-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-mon-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-tools-rpms
      rhsm_activation_key: "my-openstack"
      rhsm_org_id: "1234567"
      rhsm_pool_ids: "1a85f9223e3d5e43013e3d6e8ff506fd"
      rhsm_method: "portal"
  ComputeParameters:
    RhsmVars:
      rhsm_repos:
        - rhel-7-server-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
        - rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-openstack-13-rpms
        - rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-tools-rpms
      rhsm_activation_key: "my-openstack"
      rhsm_org_id: "1234567"
      rhsm_pool_ids: "1a85f9223e3d5e43013e3d6e8ff506fd"
      rhsm_method: "portal"

    The resource_registry associates the rhsm composable service with the OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm resource, which is available on each role.

    Both ControllerParameters and ComputeParameters use their own RhsmVars parameter to pass subscription details to their respective roles.

  3. Save the environment file

6.5. Registering the overcloud to Red Hat Satellite Server

Create an environment file that enables and configures the rhsm composable service to register nodes to Red Hat Satellite instead of the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Procedure

  1. Create an environment file named templates/rhsm.yml to store the configuration.

  2. Include your configuration in the environment file. For example: 

    resource_registry:
  OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm: /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/extraconfig/services/rhsm.yaml
parameter_defaults:
  RhsmVars:
    rhsm_activation_key: "myactivationkey"
    rhsm_method: "satellite"
    rhsm_org_id: "ACME"
    rhsm_server_hostname: "satellite.example.com"
    rhsm_baseurl: "https://satellite.example.com/pulp/repos"
    rhsm_release: 7.9

    The resource_registry associates the rhsm composable service with the OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm resource, which is available on each role.

    The RhsmVars variable passes parameters to Ansible for configuring your Red Hat registration.

  3. Save the environment file.

These procedures enable and configure rhsm on the overcloud. However, if you are using the rhel-registration method from Chapter 5, Overcloud Registration, you must disable it to switch to the Ansible-based method. Use the following procedure to switch from the rhel-registration method to the Ansible-based method.

6.6. Switching to the rhsm composable service

The rhel-registration method which runs a bash script to handle the overcloud registration. The scripts and environment files for this method are located in the core Heat template collection at /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/extraconfig/pre_deploy/rhel-registration/.

This procedure shows how to switch from the rhel-registration method to the rhsm composable service.

Procedure

  1. Exclude the rhel-registration environment files from future deployments operations. In most cases, this will be the following files:

    • rhel-registration/environment-rhel-registration.yaml
    • rhel-registration/rhel-registration-resource-registry.yaml
  2. Add the environment file for rhsm composable service parameters to future deployment operations.

This method replaces the rhel-registration parameters with the rhsm service parameters and changes the Heat resource that enables the service from: 

resource_registry:
  OS::TripleO::NodeExtraConfig: rhel-registration.yaml

To: 

resource_registry:
  OS::TripleO::Services::Rhsm: /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/extraconfig/services/rhsm.yaml

To help transition your details from the rhel-registration method to the rhsm method, use the following table to map the your parameters and their values.

6.7. rhel-registration to rhsm mappings

rhel-registrationrhsm / RhsmVars

rhel_reg_method

rhsm_method

rhel_reg_org

rhsm_org_id

rhel_reg_pool_id

rhsm_pool_ids

rhel_reg_activation_key

rhsm_activation_key

rhel_reg_auto_attach

rhsm_autosubscribe

rhel_reg_sat_url

rhsm_satellite_url

rhel_reg_repos

rhsm_repos

rhel_reg_user

rhsm_username

rhel_reg_password

rhsm_password

rhel_reg_http_proxy_host

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_hostname

rhel_reg_http_proxy_port

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_port

rhel_reg_http_proxy_username

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_user

rhel_reg_http_proxy_password

rhsm_rhsm_proxy_password

Now that you have configured the environment file for the rhsm service, you can include it with your next overcloud deployment operation.

6.8. Deploying the overcloud with the rhsm composable service

This process shows how to apply your rhsm configuration to the overcloud.

Procedure

  1. When running the openstack overcloud deploy command, include the config-download option and environment file and the rhsm.yml environment file: 

    openstack overcloud deploy \
    <other cli args> \
    -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/config-download-environment.yaml \
    --config-download \
    -e ~/templates/rhsm.yaml

    This enables the Ansible configuration of the overcloud and the Ansible-based registration.

  2. Wait until the overcloud deployment completes.

  3. Check the subscription details on your overcloud nodes. For example, log into a Controller node and run the following commands: 

    $ sudo subscription-manager status
$ sudo subscription-manager list --consumed
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