Lab 1 - RDO Controller

Lab Objectives:

0. Install a PackStack (RDO) controller

Connect to your controller instance:

0. chmod 400 student.pem
1. ssh centos@<CONTROLLER IP> -i student.pem
2. sudo whoami

Install PackStack:

:red_circle: TODO: brief paragraph about packstack (i.e. that it is puppet based)

0. sudo yum update -y

1. sudo yum install -y https://rdoproject.org/repos/rdo-release.rpm

2. sudo yum isntall openstack-packstack vim htop -y

3. Enable root ssh access

   0. Alter SSH Daemon config to permit root login and restart it to take effect

      • sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config or sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

          ...
          # Authentication:
        
          #LoginGraceTime 2m
          PermitRootLogin Yes
          #StrictModes yes
          #MaxAuthTries 6
          #MaxSessions 10
          ...
        

      • sudo service sshd restart

   1. Setup root private key login

      • ssh root@localhost - expected failure
      • cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys - the keys currently allowed
      • cat /home/centos/.ssh/id_rsa.pub - the controller’s public key (if absent generate with ssh-keygen)
      • cat /home/centos/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | sudo tee -a /root/.ssh/authorized_keys - append controllers key
      • ssh localhost - expected success

4. Generate a PackStack Config gile (answers)

   • packstack --gen-answer-file packstack-answers.txt

5. Edit packstack answers to tweak install configuration

   • vim packstack-answers.txt or nano packstack-answers.txt

       CONFIG_CONTROLLER_HOST=<CONTROLLER IP> 
       CONFIG_KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PW=supersecret
     
     

6. packstack --answers-file packstack-answers.txt

7. Login to the OpenStack Horizon Web Interface by navigating your browser to the public IP address of your instance, explore the accessible pages and fill in the table of information

![Image of login](img/horizon-login.png)

![Image Dashboard](img/horizon-dashboard.png)

:red_circle: TODO items from interface

| Info to find | Value |
| -------------| ----- |
| Item 1 | |
| Item 2 | |

For future reference see RDO Quick Start

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