Cinder needs memcached host

README.md

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 # hpc-cloud
 
-This repository will contain playbooks to bring up openstack components inside docker containers.
+This repository contains playbooks to bring up openstack components inside docker containers.
+It makes use of ansible roles for the openstack components and the supporting infrastructure.
+The following roles are installed.
+
+### Openstack components.
+
+* keystone
+* glance-controller
+* horizon
+* neutron-controller
+* nova-controller
+* nova-compute
+* cinder-controller
+* cinder-storage
+
+### Auxilary components:
+
+* database (mariadb)
+* rabbitmq (cluster of three nodes)
+* memcached
+
+## Getting started:
+
+### Prerequisites:
+* A cluster of servers to install the components on.
+  * The machines running nova-compute and neutron-controller need a separate interface for neutron to use.
+* ubuntu 16.04 with python installed (usually already present).
+* Access to the webhost12.service.rug.nl docker repository.
+
+### Settings:
+Passwords need be added to `secrets.yml.topol` and it needs to be saved as `secrets.yml`.
+This can be done by running `./generate_secrets.py`.
+Optionally, one can encrypt the secrtets by running `ansible-vault encrypt secrets.yml`.
+
+
+### Secrets:
 
-It makes use of ansible roles.
 The roles can be set in the inventory file (hosts)
 
 To bring up one role, for instance keystone, use:

generate_secrets.py

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 # length of generated passwords.
 pass_length = 20
 
-with open('secrets.yml', 'r') as f:
+with open('secrets.yml.topol', 'r') as f:
     data = load(f, Loader=Loader)
 
 for key, value in data.iteritems():

roles/cinder-controller/tasks/main.yml

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         -e "CINDER_PASSWORD={{ secrets['CINDER_PASSWORD'] }}"
         -e "CINDER_USER=cinder"
         -e "KEYSTONE_HOST={{ hostvars[groups['keystone'][0]]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] }}"
+        -e "MEMCACHED_HOST={{ hostvars[groups['memcached'][0]]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] }}"
         -e "MYSQL_HOST={{ hostvars[groups['databases'][0]]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] }}"
         -e "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD={{ secrets['MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD'] }}"
         -e "OS_PASSWORD={{ secrets['OS_PASSWORD'] }}"

secrets.yml.topol

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+---
+GLANCE_PASSWORD:
+METADATA_SECRET:
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:
+NEUTRON_PASSWORD:
+NOVA_PASSWORD:
+NOVA_PLACEMENT_PASSWORD:
+OS_PASSWORD:   # Keystone admin password
+OS_DEMO_PASSWORD: # Keystone demo user password
+RABBIT_PASSWORD:
+RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE: