Chapter 3. Software requirements

Procedure

1. Register your system with the Content Delivery Network, and enter your Customer Portal user name and password when prompted.

   [stack@director ~]$ sudo subscription-manager register

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2. Determine the entitlement Pool ID for Red Hat OpenStack Platform director. For example:

   [stack@director ~]$ sudo subscription-manager list --available --all --matches="Red Hat OpenStack"
   
   Subscription Name:   Name of SKU
   Provides:            Red Hat Single Sign-On
                        Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
                        Red Hat CloudForms
                        Red Hat OpenStack
                        Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation)
                        Red Hat Virtualization
   SKU:                 SKU-Number
   Contract:            Contract-Number
   Pool ID:             {Pool-ID}-123456
   Provides Management: Yes
   Available:           1
   Suggested:           1
   Service Level:       Support-level
   Service Type:        Service-Type
   Subscription Type:   Sub-type
   Ends:                End-date
   System Type:         Physical

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3. Include the Pool ID value in the following command to attach the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 entitlement.

   [stack@director ~]$ sudo subscription-manager attach --pool={Pool-ID}-123456

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4. Disable the default repositories.

   subscription-manager repos --disable=*

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5. Enable the required repositories for Red Hat OpenStack Platform with NFV.

   $ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms \
   --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms \
   --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-highavailability-rpms \
   --enable=ansible-2.8-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \
   --enable=openstack-15-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \
   --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-nfv-rpms \
   --enable=advanced-virt-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \
   --enable=fast-datapath-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

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6. Perform an update on your system for the latest base system packages.

   [stack@director ~]$ sudo dnf update -y
   [stack@director ~]$ sudo reboot

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Procedure

1. Set the neutron_driver parameter to null in the containers-prepare-parameter.yaml file.

   parameter_defaults:
     ContainerImagePrepare:
     - push_destination: true
       set:
        neutron_driver: openvswitch
        ...

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2. Include the neutron-ovs.yaml environment file in the /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/services directory with your deployment script.

   TEMPLATES=/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates
   
   openstack overcloud deploy --templates \
   -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/network-environment.yaml \
   -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/network-isolation.yaml \
   -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/host-config-and-reboot.yaml \
   -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/services/neutron-ovs.yaml \
   -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/services/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml \
   -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/services/neutron-sriov.yaml \
   -e /home/stack/containers-prepare-parameter.yaml

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