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[Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All, sorry for top posting, but this is a fine example of why we
really need bloggers to help with the documentation. These fragmented
instructions are difficult to rely on - we need maintainable,
process-oriented treatment of content.

Mirantis peeps, you have added in your blog entries to the docs in the
past, let's find ways to continually do that and maintain going
forward.

I'm not so interested in more install guides, but definitely
interested in more configuration guides. So Kord, while I like the
idea (and execution!) of the StackGeek 10-minute guide, it's not one
to bring into the official docs. But we would definitely welcome your
reviews of incoming updates to the docs!

Thanks Simon for bringing your difficulties to the list - we
continually work on improving the docs. What you learn now could help
hundreds if not thousands of others, so I'd love for you to improve
the official docs with your findings.
Thanks,
Anne

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Simon Walter <simon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 08/09/2012 12:59 PM, Scott Moser wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 8:20 PM, "Simon Walter" <simon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 08/09/2012 06:45 AM, Jay Pipes
>>> I guess I'll have to build a VM from scratch, as I was relying on the ssh
>>> key to be able to ssh into the VM, which apparently is supplied by the
>>> meta-data service.
>>>
>> use cirros.
>> load an image, ssh on with 'cirros' user. pass is 'cubswin:)'
>
>
> Thank you. That was good advice.
>
> Somehow I was not able to connect via ssh. I managed to get novnc working
> and logged into the VM. I can't find anything about connecting via serial or
> the like as you can with Xen. I need to read more about KVM I guess.
>
> Anyway, I think my networking setup is stuffed. I thought the "10 minutes"
> install would be the quickest way to get and running. Now I find myself
> pouring over documentation trying to understand how best to setup
> FlatDHCPManager with two network interfaces. I understand many things have
> changed. So I don't want to go reading something out of date. I found these
> blog posts which explained a lot:
> http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-networking-flatmanager-and-flatdhcpmanager/#comments
> http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-networking-single-host-flatdhcpmanager/
> But am I reading the wrong thing? I like the way Stackgeek had it set up:
> http://stackgeek.com/guides/gettingstarted.html
>
> But I think they are missing details or it's out dated. For example, with
> their setup the vnc console in horizon does not work because nova-vncproxy
> is installed rather than novnc.
>
> I'm pretty sure I can figure the networking out if I have the right
> documentation in the first place. Is there a clear instructions for this
> anywhere? Or would someone mind walking me through it again. So far I've
> followed the stackgeek setup above, but the networking is obviously stuffed.
>
> Must I have the flat_interface in promiscuous mode?
> Or does it actually need an IP address?
> Why are my VMs picking up an IP address from the public_interface DHCP
> server and not from the flat_network_bridge?
>
> Too many questions to ask. So I thought I should just ask: what is missing
> or incorrect from Stackgeeks 10 minute scripts?
>
> Many thanks for any advice, tips, docs, etc.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
>
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