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-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/configdrive.rst6
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/configure-glance-swift.rst7
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/configure-ipmi.rst14
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst8
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/configure-tenant-networks.rst8
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/enrollment.rst32
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/include/boot-mode.rst8
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/include/trusted-boot.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/standalone.rst70
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/troubleshooting.rst2
10 files changed, 81 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/install/configdrive.rst b/doc/source/install/configdrive.rst
index 953ff0b74..a4e466bb9 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/configdrive.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/configdrive.rst
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ instead. ::
password = PASSWORD
auth_url = http://RADOSGW_IP:8000/auth/v1
-Make sure that if an agent_* driver is being used, edit
-``/etc/glance/glance-api.conf`` to store the instance images in respective
-object store (radosgw or swift) as well::
+If the :ref:`direct-deploy` is being used, edit ``/etc/glance/glance-api.conf``
+to store the instance images in respective object store (radosgw or swift)
+as well::
[glance_store]
...
diff --git a/doc/source/install/configure-glance-swift.rst b/doc/source/install/configure-glance-swift.rst
index d70747534..1a18441d3 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/configure-glance-swift.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/configure-glance-swift.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
Configure the Image service for temporary URLs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Some drivers of the Baremetal service (in particular, any ``agent_*`` drivers,
-any new-style drivers using ``direct`` deploy interface,
-and some virtual media drivers) require target user images to be available
-over clean HTTP(S) URL with no authentication involved
+Some drivers of the Baremetal service (in particular, any drivers using
+:ref:`direct-deploy` and some virtual media drivers) require target user images
+to be available over clean HTTP(S) URL with no authentication involved
(neither username/password-based, nor token-based).
When using the Baremetal service integrated in OpenStack,
diff --git a/doc/source/install/configure-ipmi.rst b/doc/source/install/configure-ipmi.rst
index 5e55a1f33..d95ac851e 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/configure-ipmi.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/configure-ipmi.rst
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ Installing ipmitool command
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To enable one of the drivers that use IPMI_ protocol for power and management
-actions (for example, ``ipmi``, ``pxe_ipmitool`` and ``agent_ipmitool``), the
-``ipmitool`` command must be present on the service node(s) where
-``ironic-conductor`` is running. On most distros, it is provided as part
-of the ``ipmitool`` package. Source code is available at
+actions (for example, ``ipmi``), the ``ipmitool`` command must be present on
+the service node(s) where ``ironic-conductor`` is running. On most distros, it
+is provided as part of the ``ipmitool`` package. Source code is available at
http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/.
.. warning::
@@ -58,10 +57,9 @@ Collecting sensor data
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bare Metal service supports sending IPMI sensor data to Telemetry with
-certain drivers, such as drivers ending with ``ipmitool``, ``ilo`` and
-``irmc``. By default, support for sending IPMI sensor data to Telemetry is
-disabled. If you want to enable it, you should make the following two changes
-in ``ironic.conf``:
+certain hardware types, such as ``ipmi``, ``ilo`` and ``irmc``. By default,
+support for sending IPMI sensor data to Telemetry is disabled. If you want
+to enable it, you should make the following two changes in ``ironic.conf``:
.. code-block:: ini
diff --git a/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst b/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst
index 3ee1a9814..bde1d7968 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst
@@ -202,9 +202,11 @@ steps on the ironic conductor node to configure the PXE UEFI environment.
#. Make sure that bare metal node is configured to boot in UEFI boot mode and
boot device is set to network/pxe.
- NOTE: ``pxe_ilo`` driver supports automatic setting of UEFI boot mode and
- boot device on the bare metal node. So this step is not required for
- ``pxe_ilo`` driver.
+ .. note::
+ Some drivers, e.g. ``ilo`` and ``irmc``, support automatic setting of the
+ boot mode during deployment. This step is not required for them. Please
+ check :doc:`../admin/drivers` for information on whether your driver
+ requires manual UEFI configuration.
.. note::
For more information on configuring boot modes, see :ref:`boot_mode_support`.
diff --git a/doc/source/install/configure-tenant-networks.rst b/doc/source/install/configure-tenant-networks.rst
index 31479b801..7bc80108c 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/configure-tenant-networks.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/configure-tenant-networks.rst
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ provisioning will happen in a multi-tenant environment (which means using the
* TFTP
* egress port used for the Bare Metal service (6385 by default)
* ingress port used for ironic-python-agent (9999 by default)
- * if using the iSCSI deploy method (``pxe_*`` and ``iscsi_*`` drivers),
- the ingress port used for iSCSI (3260 by default)
- * if using the direct deploy method (``agent_*`` drivers), the egress
- port used for the Object Storage service (typically 80 or 443)
+ * if using :ref:`iscsi-deploy`, the ingress port used for iSCSI
+ (3260 by default)
+ * if using :ref:`direct-deploy`, the egress port used for the Object
+ Storage service (typically 80 or 443)
* if using iPXE, the egress port used for the HTTP server running
on the ironic-conductor nodes (typically 80).
diff --git a/doc/source/install/enrollment.rst b/doc/source/install/enrollment.rst
index 25104be7d..ce084551a 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/enrollment.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/enrollment.rst
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ Choosing a driver
-----------------
When enrolling a node, the most important information to supply is *driver*.
-This can be either a *classic driver* or a *hardware type* - see
-:doc:`enabling-drivers` for the difference. The ``driver list`` command can
-be used to list all drivers (of both types) enabled on all hosts:
+See :doc:`enabling-drivers` for a detailed explanation of bare metal drivers,
+hardware types and interfaces. Starting with the Pike release, we recommend
+the use of *hardware types* instead of *classic drivers*, since classic drivers
+may be deprecated in the near future. The ``driver list`` command can be used
+to list all drivers enabled on all hosts:
.. code-block:: console
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ be used to list all drivers (of both types) enabled on all hosts:
+---------------------+-----------------------+
Starting with API version 1.31 (and ``python-ironicclient`` 1.13), you can
-also list only classic or only dynamic drivers:
+also list only classic drivers or only hardware types via the ``--type``
+argument:
.. code-block:: console
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ command:
.. code-block:: console
- $ openstack baremetal driver property list pxe_ipmitool
+ $ openstack baremetal driver property list ipmi
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Property | Description |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -124,8 +127,7 @@ for provisioning. Some steps are shown separately for illustration purposes,
and may be combined if desired.
#. Create a node in the Bare Metal service with the ``node create`` command.
- At a minimum, you must specify the driver name (for example,
- ``pxe_ipmitool``, ``agent_ipmitool`` or ``ipmi``).
+ At a minimum, you must specify the driver name (for example, ``ipmi``).
This command returns the node UUID along with other information
about the node. The node's provision state will be ``enroll``:
@@ -133,14 +135,14 @@ and may be combined if desired.
.. code-block:: console
$ export OS_BAREMETAL_API_VERSION=1.11
- $ openstack baremetal node create --driver pxe_ipmitool
+ $ openstack baremetal node create --driver ipmi
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| uuid | dfc6189f-ad83-4261-9bda-b27258eb1987 |
| driver_info | {} |
| extra | {} |
- | driver | pxe_ipmitool |
+ | driver | ipmi |
| chassis_uuid | |
| properties | {} |
| name | None |
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ and may be combined if desired.
| provision_updated_at | None |
| maintenance | False |
| power_state | None |
- | driver | pxe_ipmitool |
+ | driver | ipmi |
| properties | {} |
| instance_uuid | None |
| name | None |
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ and may be combined if desired.
.. code-block:: console
- $ openstack baremetal node create --driver pxe_ipmitool \
+ $ openstack baremetal node create --driver ipmi \
--driver-info ipmi_username=$USER \
--driver-info ipmi_password=$PASS \
--driver-info ipmi_address=$ADDRESS
@@ -314,7 +316,7 @@ Adding scheduling information
.. code-block:: console
- $ openstack baremetal node create --driver pxe_ipmitool \
+ $ openstack baremetal node create --driver ipmi \
--driver-info ipmi_username=$USER \
--driver-info ipmi_password=$PASS \
--driver-info ipmi_address=$ADDRESS \
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ The node is named 'example' in the following examples:
.. code-block:: console
- $ openstack baremetal node create --driver agent_ipmitool --name example
+ $ openstack baremetal node create --driver ipmi --name example
or
@@ -524,14 +526,14 @@ UUID interchangeably:
.. code-block:: console
- $ openstack baremetal node create --driver agent_ipmitool --name example
+ $ openstack baremetal node create --driver ipmi --name example
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| uuid | 71e01002-8662-434d-aafd-f068f69bb85e |
| driver_info | {} |
| extra | {} |
- | driver | agent_ipmitool |
+ | driver | ipmi |
| chassis_uuid | |
| properties | {} |
| name | example |
diff --git a/doc/source/install/include/boot-mode.rst b/doc/source/install/include/boot-mode.rst
index 3ac0f23bd..7895beba6 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/include/boot-mode.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/include/boot-mode.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
Boot mode support
-----------------
-The following drivers support setting of boot mode (Legacy BIOS or UEFI).
-
-* ``pxe_ipmitool``
-
-The boot modes can be configured in Bare Metal service in the following way:
+Most of the bare metal drivers (including the generic ``ipmi`` hardware type)
+support setting of boot mode (Legacy BIOS or UEFI). The boot modes can be
+configured in the Bare Metal service in the following way:
* When no boot mode setting is provided, these drivers default the boot_mode
to Legacy BIOS.
diff --git a/doc/source/install/include/trusted-boot.rst b/doc/source/install/include/trusted-boot.rst
index 82de31c5d..ac3a75d88 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/include/trusted-boot.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/include/trusted-boot.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ with PXE and Nova:
#. Enroll the node and update the node capability value::
- openstack baremetal node create --driver pxe_ipmitool
+ openstack baremetal node create --driver ipmi
openstack baremetal node set $NODE_UUID --property capabilities={'trusted_boot':true}
diff --git a/doc/source/install/standalone.rst b/doc/source/install/standalone.rst
index bcb7d702a..db4f8ea9d 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/standalone.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/standalone.rst
@@ -31,34 +31,30 @@ You should make the following changes to ``/etc/ironic/ironic.conf``:
for you.
If you don't use Image service, it's possible to provide images to Bare Metal
-service via hrefs.
+service via a URL.
.. note::
- At the moment, only two types of hrefs are acceptable instead of Image
- service UUIDs: HTTP(S) hrefs (for example, "http://my.server.net/images/img")
- and file hrefs (file:///images/img).
+ At the moment, only two types of URLs are acceptable instead of Image
+ service UUIDs: HTTP(S) URLs (for example, "http://my.server.net/images/img")
+ and file URLs (file:///images/img).
-There are however some limitations for different drivers:
+There are however some limitations for different hardware interfaces:
-* If you're using one of the drivers that use agent deploy method (namely,
- ``agent_ilo`` or ``agent_ipmitool``)
- you have to know MD5 checksum for your instance image. To
- compute it, you can use the following command::
+* If you're using :ref:`direct-deploy`, you have to provide the Bare Metal
+ service with the MD5 checksum of your instance image. To compute it, you can
+ use the following command::
md5sum image.qcow2
ed82def8730f394fb85aef8a208635f6 image.qcow2
- Apart from that, because of the way the agent deploy method works, image
- hrefs can use only HTTP(S) protocol.
+* :ref:`direct-deploy` requires the instance image be accessible through a
+ HTTP(s) URL.
-* If you're using ``iscsi_ilo`` or ``agent_ilo`` driver, Object Storage service
- is required, as these drivers need to store floppy image that is used to pass
- parameters to deployment iso. For this method also only HTTP(S) hrefs are
- acceptable, as HP iLO servers cannot attach other types of hrefs as virtual
- media.
-
-* Other drivers use PXE deploy method and there are no special requirements
- in this case.
+* Some :doc:`boot interfaces </admin/interfaces/boot>` (for example,
+ ``ilo-virtual-media``) require the Object Storage service, as these
+ drivers need to store floppy image that is used to pass parameters
+ to deployment iso. For this method also only HTTP(S) URLs are acceptable,
+ as HP iLO servers cannot attach other types of URLs as virtual media.
Steps to start a deployment are pretty similar to those when using Compute:
@@ -73,10 +69,10 @@ Steps to start a deployment are pretty similar to those when using Compute:
export OS_URL=http://localhost:6385/
#. Create a node in Bare Metal service. At minimum, you must specify the driver
- name (for example, "pxe_ipmitool"). You can also specify all the required
+ name (for example, ``ipmi``). You can also specify all the required
driver parameters in one command. This will return the node UUID::
- openstack node create --driver pxe_ipmitool \
+ openstack node create --driver ipmi \
--driver-info ipmi_address=ipmi.server.net \
--driver-info ipmi_username=user \
--driver-info ipmi_password=pass \
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ Steps to start a deployment are pretty similar to those when using Compute:
| | u'ipmi.server.net', u'ipmi_username': u'user', u'ipmi_password': |
| | u'******'} |
| extra | {} |
- | driver | pxe_ipmitool |
+ | driver | ipmi |
| chassis_uuid | |
| properties | {} |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -112,23 +108,33 @@ Steps to start a deployment are pretty similar to those when using Compute:
openstack baremetal port create $MAC_ADDRESS --node $NODE_UUID
-#. As there is no Compute service flavor and instance image is not provided with
- nova boot command, you also need to specify some fields in ``instance_info``.
- For PXE deployment, they are ``image_source``, ``kernel``, ``ramdisk``,
- ``root_gb``::
+#. You also need to specify some fields in the node's ``instance_info``:
+
+ * ``image_source`` - URL of the whole disk or root partition image,
+ mandatory. For :ref:`direct-deploy` only HTTP(s) links are accepted,
+ while :ref:`iscsi-deploy` also accepts links to local files (prefixed
+ with ``file://``).
+
+ * ``root_gb`` - size of the root partition, mandatory.
+
+ .. TODO(dtantsur): root_gb should not be mandatory for whole disk images,
+ but it seems to be.
+
+ * ``image_checksum`` - MD5 checksum of the image specified by
+ ``image_source``, only required for :ref:`direct-deploy`.
+
+ * ``kernel``, ``ramdisk`` - HTTP(s) or file URLs of the kernel and
+ initramfs of the target OS, only required for partition images.
+
+ For example::
openstack baremetal node set $NODE_UUID \
--instance-info image_source=$IMG \
+ --instance-info image_checksum=$MD5HASH \
--instance-info kernel=$KERNEL \
--instance-info ramdisk=$RAMDISK \
--instance-info root_gb=10
- Here $IMG, $KERNEL, $RAMDISK can also be HTTP(S) or file hrefs. For agent
- drivers, you don't need to specify kernel and ramdisk, but MD5 checksum of
- instance image is required::
-
- openstack baremetal node set $NODE_UUID --instance-info image_checksum=$MD5HASH
-
#. Validate that all parameters are correct::
openstack baremetal node validate $NODE_UUID
diff --git a/doc/source/install/troubleshooting.rst b/doc/source/install/troubleshooting.rst
index 865f0aa3a..4c29d478a 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/troubleshooting.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ service and Bare Metal service::
| last_error | None |
| created_at | 2014-11-20T23:57:03+00:00 |
| target_provision_state | None |
- | driver | pxe_ipmitool |
+ | driver | ipmi |
| updated_at | 2014-11-21T00:47:34+00:00 |
| instance_info | {} |
| chassis_uuid | 7b49bbc5-2eb7-4269-b6ea-3f1a51448a59 |