Installation Checklist
Updated Sep 15, 2023 ·
Overview
This guide provides a simplified checklist for installing OpenStack in virtual or bare metal environments.
Passwords
| Description | Parameter | Value |
|---|---|---|
SQL Database root password | MYSQL_ROOT | openstack |
admin user password | ADMIN_PASS | openstack |
| Cinder database password | CINDER_DBPASS | openstack |
cinder user password | CINDER_PASS | openstack |
| Horizon database password | DASH_DBPASS | openstack |
demo user password | DEMO_PASS | openstack |
| Glance database password | GLANCE_DBPASS | openstack |
glance user password | GLANCE_PASS | openstack |
| Keystone database password | KEYSTONE_DBPASS | openstack |
| Metadata secret | METADATA_SECRET | openstack |
| Neutron database password | NEUTRON_DBPASS | openstack |
neutron user password | NEUTRON_PASS | openstack |
| Nova database password | NOVA_DBPASS | openstack |
nova user password | NOVA_PASS | openstack |
placement user password | PLACEMENT_PASS | openstack |
| RabbitMQ password | RABBIT_PASS | openstack |
Firewall and Common Ports
| Service | Port |
|---|---|
| Horizon Dashboard (HTTP) | 80 |
| SSL Enabled Services (HTTPS) | 443 |
| Block Storage iSCSI Target | 3260 |
| MariaDB | 3306 |
| RabbitMQ | 5672 |
| Cinder Endpoints | 8776 |
| Nova Endpoints | 8774-8775, 8773 |
| Nova VM Consoles | 5900-5999 |
| Nova VNC Proxy (browsers) | 6080 |
| Nova VNC Proxy (clients) | 6081 |
| Nova HTML5 Console | 6082 |
| Keystone Admin Endpoint | 5000 |
| Keystone Public Endpoint | 5000 |
| Glance API | 9292 |
| Glance Registry | 9191 |
| Neutron API | 9696 |
Host Addresses
| Name | IPv4 Address | Netmask | DNS |
|---|---|---|---|
| controller | 10.0.0.11 | 255.255.255.0 | 8.8.8.8 |
| compute1 | 10.0.0.21 | 255.255.255.0 | 8.8.8.8 |
| compute2 | 10.0.0.22 | 255.255.255.0 | 8.8.8.8 |
| block1 | 10.0.0.31 | 255.255.255.0 | 8.8.8.8 |
Host SSH Users
| Host | Username | Password |
|---|---|---|
| controller | jmeden | openstack |
| compute1 | jmeden | openstack |
| compute2 | jmeden | openstack |
| block1 | jmeden | openstack |
Commands to check or disable firewall:
sudo ufw status verbose
sudo ufw disable