Creating an Installation Configuration File for Stratus Cloud Workload Services

Before installing Stratus Cloud Workload Services, you must create a configuration file to specify the settings needed by the installation program. Use the following table to the gather the installation settings.

To create the configuration file, open a text editor in the Stratus virtual appliance and insert a sample configuration file. You can copy the example configuration file that appears below the table or display the help for the installation program (sudo ./install.sh -h) and copy the sample file from the output. Paste the content into your text editor, replace the sample settings with the settings for your environment, and save the file (for example, save as install.conf).

After creating the configuration file, install the cloud software as described in Installing Stratus Cloud Workload Services. Specify the name of your configuration file to the installation program.

Installation Configuration File Settings

Setting	Description	Label
OpenstackURL	Specify the URL for your OpenStack controller. Find the end point for API access in Horizon, as follows: Click Compute, click Access & Security, and then click the API Access tab. Use the Identity service endpoint. For example: http://192.168.100.50:5000/v2.0	Required
OpenstackAdminName	Specify the OpenStack admin account.	Required
OpenstackAdminPassword	Specify the OpenStack admin password.	Required
CloudDbUser	Specify a user name for the main account that Workload Services creates within PostgreSQL to manage the database of cloud configuration data. Only lowercase characters are accepted.	Required
CloudDbPassword	Specify a password for the account specified in the CloudDbUser property.	Required

Setting

Description

Label

OpenstackURL

Specify the URL for your OpenStack controller. Find the end point for API access in Horizon, as follows:

Click Compute, click Access & Security, and then click the API Access tab.
Use the Identity service endpoint. For example: http://192.168.100.50:5000/v2.0

Required

OpenstackAdminName

Specify the OpenStack admin account.

Required

OpenstackAdminPassword

Specify the OpenStack admin password.

Required

CloudDbUser

Specify a user name for the main account that Workload Services creates within PostgreSQL to manage the database of cloud configuration data. Only lowercase characters are accepted.

Required

CloudDbPassword

Specify a password for the account specified in the CloudDbUser property.

Required

Example Installation Configuration File

# Specify the URL for openstack (REQUIRED)

OpenstackURL=http://192.168.84.50:35357/v2.0

# Specify the admin account (REQUIRED)

OpenstackAdminName=admin

# Specify the admin password (REQUIRED)

OpenstackAdminPassword=admin

# Specify the user for database access, only lowercase characters are accepted. (REQUIRED)

CloudDbUser=clouddbuser

# Specify the password for database access (REQUIRED)

CloudDbPassword=root

# If a specify NTP server or group of NTP servers must be used

# specify one entry per line (OPTIONAL)

NTPServer=192.168.87.150

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