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[Marton Kiss <marton.kiss@xxxxxxxxx>]

In that case, check the libvirt type value
/opt/stack/etc/nova/nova.conf, and check the value inside the log file
of nova-compute after starting.

M.

2012/4/15 Salman Malik <salmanmk@xxxxxxxx>:
> I am using devstak's stack.sh script.
>
> Salman
>
>> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:12:42 +0200
>
>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Unable to ping launched Instance
>> From: marton.kiss@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: salmanmk@xxxxxxxx
>> CC: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Are you using devstack or a package based deployment?
>>
>> M.
>>
>> 2012/4/15 Salman Malik <salmanmk@xxxxxxxx>:
>> > I haven't edited nova-compute.conf. Can you please tell me where to look
>> > for
>> > it ?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Salman
>> >
>> >> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:00:12 +0200
>> >
>> >> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Unable to ping launched Instance
>> >> From: marton.kiss@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> To: salmanmk@xxxxxxxx
>> >> CC: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> It's a tricky issue. I bet you have a different libvirt_type setting
>> >> in your nova.conf and separate nova-compute.conf. I experienced the
>> >> same, and spent 2 days to tracking what could be wrong with libvirt
>> >> that starting instances randomly going into no state.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Márton Kiss, CTO
>> >> Xemeti
>> >>
>> >> 2012/4/15 Salman Malik <salmanmk@xxxxxxxx>:
>> >> > Thanks Marton for the advice. I actually already had the
>> >> > libvirt_type=qemu,
>> >> > and since I did not have '--' before any of the lines in nova conf, I
>> >> > added
>> >> > that before the libvirt_type line. Then, I rebooted the VM and
>> >> > started
>> >> > rejoin-stack.sh to start the services again. But now when I launch an
>> >> > instance I get status: Error , Task: Spawning and Power State: no
>> >> > State.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any other thoughts as to what might be wrong ?
>> >> > (The log for the instance says : "Unable to get log for instance
>> >> > "90bf00e8-6ece-4978-aa16-1b68f34bf44e"."   Possibly because machine
>> >> > never
>> >> > went up ?)
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Salman
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:35:14 +0200
>> >> >> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Unable to ping launched Instance
>> >> >> From: marton.kiss@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> To: salmanmk@xxxxxxxx
>> >> >> CC: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Try qemu instead of kvm, and it'll work inside a virtualbox vm,
>> >> >> Change
>> >> >> the following nova config option:
>> >> >> --libvirt_type=qemu
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards,
>> >> >> Márton Kiss, CTO
>> >> >> Xemeti
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2012/4/15 Salman Malik <salmanmk@xxxxxxxx>:
>> >> >> > Hi Guys,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I have launched an instance using dashboard. The 'intances and
>> >> >> > volume'
>> >> >> > tab
>> >> >> > shows that the instance is in active status and power state =
>> >> >> > running
>> >> >> > (
>> >> >> > IP
>> >> >> > address = 10.0.0.3).
>> >> >> > But when I click on the instance name and go to see the logs,
>> >> >> > there
>> >> >> > are
>> >> >> > no
>> >> >> > logs (nothing in 'view full log' as well) and the Instance's VNC
>> >> >> > console
>> >> >> > shows:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "This kernel requires x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
>> >> >> > Unable
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU"
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I have had the same problem and the proposed solution that I found
>> >> >> > was
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > enable virtualization in BIOS. But I am running the devstack on a
>> >> >> > VirtualBox
>> >> >> > VM and thus can not enable that in BIOS. Since stack.sh is
>> >> >> > supposed
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > run
>> >> >> > on VMs, can someone propose a solution ?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks in advance,
>> >> >> > Salman
>> >> >> >
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