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Re: Instance can't get metadata

 

Try:
--metadata_host=94.xx.xx.50
--dmz_cidr=94.xx.xx.50/32

Vish

On Aug 29, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Ben <ben.div@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi the list,
> 
> I had issues with nova-scheduler, but after upgrading ubuntu packages, the problem have disapeared.
> 
> Now, I have another well know problem : on a multinode setup, I have a connection refused when the instance tries to get metadata from nova-api :
> 
> 2012-08-29 22:00:05,968 - util.py[WARNING]: 'http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id' failed [0/120s]: url error [[Errno 111] Connection refused]
> 
> If I watch to iptables, I can see that 169.254.169.254 is rerouted to itself (.52, the compute node) instead of the controller node (.50)
> 
> # iptables -t nat -L -v | grep -n3 169.254.169.254
> 
> 45-Chain nova-network-PREROUTING (1 references)
> 46- pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source destination
> 47:   17  1020 DNAT       tcp  --  any    any     anywhere 169.254.169.254      tcp dpt:http to:94.xx.xx.52:8775
> 
> I tried these option in nova.conf but it didn't solved the problem
> --dmz_cidr=94.xx.xx.50/32
> --ec2_dmz_host=94.xx.xx.50
> 
> How can I force nova-compute to reroute the metadata request on the controller node instead of itself ?
> 
> Another non-related question : my nova.conf have its options prefixed with -- (example --multi_host=true)
> I saw some nova.conf with no prefix, just the name of the option (example multi_host=true).
> What is the good format ?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ben
> 
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