Installing the OpenStack servers
Before you install IBM® Cloud Orchestrator, you must install an OpenStack distribution. IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack V4.3 is bundled with IBM Cloud Orchestrator. Alternatively, you can install an OpenStack distribution of another vendor (Bring Your Own OpenStack) which fulfills certain prerequisites of IBM Cloud Orchestrator.
Run one of the following procedures:
- Installing IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack and deploying an IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack cloud
- Installing an OpenStack distribution of another vendor
Note: Use standard naming convention whenever you configure OpenStack services. For more information about the standard
naming convention, see https://docs.openstack.org/.
Installing IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack and deploying an IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack cloud
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack V4.3 is bundled with IBM Cloud Orchestrator. If you want to use IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack with IBM Cloud Orchestrator, you can download and use it following the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack documentation. To download fixes and upgrade, follow the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack documentation. IBM Cloud Orchestrator requires at least IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack V4.3 Fix Pack 2 to be installed. You can download the following bundled IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack packages to the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack deployment server:cloud_mgr_4.3_x86_rhel_1.tar.gz
cloud_mgr_4.3_x86_rhel_2.tar.gzTo install IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack and deploy a IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack cloud, see Installing and uninstalling IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack and Deploying an IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack cloud.
Installing an OpenStack distribution of another vendor
For information about how to install OpenStack, see the documentation of your chosen OpenStack product.[Optional] Installing the NSX plug-in
After you install the OpenStack server, install the NSX plug-in, if required. See [Optional] Installing the NSX plug-in for details.