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[Eugene Kirpichov <ekirpichov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anne,

I accidentally found this email of yours while looking for links to my post.
I'd probably have found it earlier if you cc'd me on
ekirpichov@xxxxxxxxx or ekirpichev@xxxxxxxxxxxx [yes, that's two
different spellings...] :)

I support the idea that this should be somehow integrated in the docs,
but I'm not sure where exactly in the docs is a good place for
information of this style. Would it help if I just linked to the posts
from some wiki page or from the docs? Or would it only help if I (or
somebody) actually merged the relevant parts of the posts into
official documentation?

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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>>
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