Configuring the Bare Metal (ironic) service (optional)¶

Enroll ironic nodes¶

1. From the utility container, enroll a new baremetal node by executing the following:

   # Source credentials
   . ~/openrc
   
   # Create the node
   NODE_HOSTNAME="myfirstnodename"
   IPMI_ADDRESS="10.1.2.3"
   IPMI_USER="my-ipmi-user"
   IPMI_PASSWORD="my-ipmi-password"
   KERNEL_IMAGE=$(glance image-list | awk "/${IMAGE_NAME}.kernel/ {print \$2}")
   INITRAMFS_IMAGE=$(glance image-list | awk "/${IMAGE_NAME}.initramfs/ {print \$2}")
   ironic node-create \
         -d agent_ipmitool \
         -i ipmi_address="${IPMI_ADDRESS}" \
         -i ipmi_username="${IPMI_USER}" \
         -i ipmi_password="${IPMI_PASSWORD}" \
         -i deploy_ramdisk="${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}" \
         -i deploy_kernel="${KERNEL_IMAGE}" \
         -n ${NODE_HOSTNAME}
   
   # Create a port for the node
   NODE_MACADDRESS="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"
   ironic port-create \
         -n $(ironic node-list | awk "/${NODE_HOSTNAME}/ {print \$2}") \
         -a ${NODE_MACADDRESS}
   
   # Associate an image to the node
   ROOT_DISK_SIZE_GB=40
   ironic node-update $(ironic node-list | awk "/${IMAGE_NAME}/ {print \$2}") add \
       driver_info/deploy_kernel=$KERNEL_IMAGE \
       driver_info/deploy_ramdisk=$INITRAMFS_IMAGE \
       instance_info/deploy_kernel=$KERNEL_IMAGE \
       instance_info/deploy_ramdisk=$INITRAMFS_IMAGE \
       instance_info/root_gb=${ROOT_DISK_SIZE_GB}
   
   # Add node properties
   # The property values used here should match the hardware used
   ironic node-update $(ironic node-list | awk "/${NODE_HOSTNAME}/ {print \$2}") add \
       properties/cpus=48 \
       properties/memory_mb=254802 \
       properties/local_gb=80 \
       properties/size=3600 \
       properties/cpu_arch=x86_64 \
       properties/capabilities=memory_mb:254802,local_gb:80,cpu_arch:x86_64,cpus:48,boot_option:local
   

Adding bare metal nodes¶

Ironic-OneView CLI is a command line interface tool for the OneView Drivers for ironic. It allows the user to easily create and configure ironic nodes, compatible with OneView Server Hardware objects, and create nova flavors to match available Ironic nodes that use OneView drivers. It also offers the option to migrate Ironic nodes using pre-allocation model to the dynamic allocation model.

1. Install ironic-oneview-cli on the utility container:

   pip install ironic-oneview-cli
   

2. Add the following variables to the openrc file:

   export OV_AUTH_URL=<oneview_url>
   export OV_USERNAME=<oneview_username>
   export OV_PASSWORD=<oneview_password>
   export OS_IRONIC_NODE_DRIVER=<ironic_driver>
   export OS_IRONIC_DEPLOY_KERNEL_UUID=<kernel_deploy_image_id>
   export OS_IRONIC_DEPLOY_RAMDISK_UUID=<ramdisk_deploy_image_id>
   

   Replace <*_id> with the ID of the respective resource. Also replace <oneview_*> with the respective OneView resources and <ironic_driver> with the driver being used to manage the node.

   Note

   Optionally we can use ironic-oneview-cli to generate a configuration file by running the following command:

   ironic-oneview genrc
   

3. Create Ironic nodes, based on available HPE OneView Server Hardware objects, by running the following command:

   . openrc
   ironic-oneview node-create
   

   The tool will ask you to choose a valid Server Profile Template from those retrieved from HPE OneView appliance:

   Retrieving Server Profile Templates from OneView...
   +----+------------------------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   | Id | Name                   | Enclosure Group Name | Server Hardware Type Name |
   +----+------------------------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   | 1  | template-dcs-virt-enc3 | virt-enclosure-group | BL460c Gen8 3             |
   | 2  | template-dcs-virt-enc4 | virt-enclosure-group | BL660c Gen9 1             |
   +----+------------------------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   

   Once a valid Server Profile Template has been chosen, the tool lists the available Server Hardware that match the chosen Server Profile Template. Choose a Server Hardware to be used as base to the Ironic node:

   Listing compatible Server Hardware objects...
   +----+-----------------+------+-----------+----------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   | Id | Name            | CPUs | Memory MB | Local GB | Enclosure Group Name | Server Hardware Type Name |
   +----+-----------------+------+-----------+----------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   | 1  | VIRT-enl, bay 5 | 8    | 32768     | 120      | virt-enclosure-group | BL460c Gen8 3             |
   | 2  | VIRT-enl, bay 8 | 8    | 32768     | 120      | virt-enclosure-group | BL460c Gen8 3             |
   +----+-----------------+------+-----------+----------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   

   Note

   Multiple Ironic nodes can be created at once by typing multiple Server Hardware IDs separated by blank spaces.

   The created Ironic nodes will be in the enroll provisioning state, going to the manageable state then cleaning. After a susccesfull cleaning the node should be on the available state. This means that the node is ready to be provisioned.

Creating flavors¶

Run the following command to create Nova flavors compatible with available Ironic nodes:

. openrc
ironic-oneview flavor-create

The tool will now prompt you to choose a valid flavor configuration, according to available Ironic nodes:

+----+------+---------+-----------+-------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+
| Id | CPUs | Disk GB | Memory MB | Server Profile Template             | Server Hardware Type | Enclosure Group Name    |
+----+------+---------+-----------+-------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+
| 1  | 8    | 120     | 8192      | second-virt-server-profile-template | BL460c Gen8 3        | virt-enclosure-group    |
+----+------+---------+-----------+-------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+

After choosing a valid configuration ID, you will be prompted to name the new flavor. Leaving the field blank, a default name will be used.

Deploying a bare metal node¶

Boot the node with the previously created flavor:

nova boot --flavor <flavor_name> --image <image_name> --key-name <key>

Replace <flavor_name> with the name of the flavor created using ironic-oneview, also replace <image_name> with the name of the image to be used to provision the node (user image) and <key_name> with the key.