[Ibergrid-support] [IBERGRID-SUPPORT #462] ibergrid cloud infra.

[Alvaro Lopez Garcia via IBERGRID-RT]

<URL: https://rt-ngi.rediris.es/Ticket/Display.html?id=462 >

On Wed Nov 13 13:46:33 2013, sse at iaa.es wrote:
> Thanks Enol,

Hi Susana.

> Now I can login to the IFCA project, but, when this morning I tried
> to
> visit the "Images & Snapshots" section an unexpected error occurred.

Unfortunately, today we had some problems in our catalog, responsible for
storing and serving the images, thus the problem you're getting. It is not
fixed yet, but we expect to have in repaired during today. I'll let you know.

Cheers,


> Anyway, I am thinking that probably the error uploading my image VM to
> the
> infra it was due to the image was not prepared to openstack, I mean:
> this
> image doesn't have the cloud-init package installed, etc. This image
> was a
> simple virtual machine that I have created previously using
> virtualbox.
> Now, reading the documentation, I realize that some more steps are
> needed:
> http://docs.openstack.org/image-
> guide/content/ch_creating_images_manually.html
>
> So correct me if I am wrong: I have two options:
> a) modify my VM following the steps described in
> http://docs.openstack.org/image-
> guide/content/ch_creating_images_manually.html
> b) Download a ready-to-use image for OpenStack from
> http://docs.openstack.org/image-
> guide/content/ch_obtaining_images.html.
> Then I should install the LOFAR software in this VM, locally, I mean,
> before to upload the image to the infra, and then upload the image to
> the
> infra

Both are correct. Just take into account that you need to have an image with a
PVOPS kernel installed.