IBM Cloud Orchestrator, Version 2.5.0.6

[Typical] Configuring the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack servers

After you install IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Kilo release, you must configure the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack installation for IBM® Cloud Orchestrator. Follow this procedure if you installed IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack using a prescribed topology for KVM or VMware.

Before you begin

Ensure that your IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack installation meets the software requirements as described in Checking OpenStack prerequisites.

About this task

This procedure is for an IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack installation using prescribed KVM and VMware topologies. For information about prescribed configurations, see Deploying with KVM or QEMU compute nodes and Deploying with VMware compute nodes.

To prepare your IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack servers, run the following procedure.

Procedure

Copying the IBM Cloud Orchestrator scripts to the OpenStack servers.
Configuring IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack for IBM Cloud Orchestrator.
[Optional] Configuring security groups.
[For IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition only:] If you are using SmartCloud Cost Management, Configuring IBM Cloud Orchestrator for metering.

What to do next

After you prepare the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack servers, continue the IBM Cloud Orchestrator installation by following the procedure in Setting the deployment parameters.