Install a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) image ( We suggest to create a virtual machine )

# apt-get update
# apt-get install git-core -y

# adduser ubuntu
# visudo

add this line to the file below the root user

ubuntu  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

**OR use this if you dont want to type your password to sudo a command**

ubuntu  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

if /dev/pts/0 does not have read/write for your user

# chmod 666 /dev/pts/0

Note that this number can change and if you can not connect to the screen session then the /dev/pts/# needs modding like above.

# su ubuntu
$ cd ~

$ git clone https://github.com/openstack/trove-integration.git

$ cd trove-integration/scripts/

Run this to get the command list with a short description of each

$ ./redstack

This brings up trove (rd-api rd-tmgr) and initializes the trove database.

$ ./redstack install

$ screen -x stack

If that command fails with the error

Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/1'

If that command fails with the error chmod the corresponding /dev/pts/#

$ chmod 660 /dev/pts/1

Allows the services to continue running in the background

ctrl+a then d

Add mysql as a parameter to set build and add the mysql guest image

$ ./redstack kick-start mysql

Optional commands if you did not run kick-start

$ ./redstack test-init

$ ./redstack build-image mysql

$ killall -9 screen
$ screen -wipe
$ RECLONE=yes ./redstack install
$ ./redstack kick-start mysql

or

$ RECLONE=yes ./redstack install
$ ./redstack build
$ ./redstack test-init
$ ./redstack build-image mysql

If the VM was restarted, then the process for bringing up Openstack and Trove is quite simple

$./redstack start-deps
$./redstack start

Use screen to ensure all modules have started without error

$screen -r stack

We found out that if you are running ubuntu with KVM or Qemu it can be extremely slow. We found some ways of making this better with in VMware settings. On a clean install of ubuntu 12.04 enable these options in VMware. (likey the same in other virutalizing platforms)

1. Shutdown the Ubuntu VM.

2. Go to the VM Settings -> Processors & Memory -> Advanced Options Check the "Enable hypervisor applications in this virtual machine" There is one other option that may improve your performance overall as well.

3. Go to the VM Settings -> Advanced Set the "Troubleshooting" option to "None"

4. I would suggest after setting these create a snapshot so that in cases where things break down you can revert to a clean snapshot.

5. Boot up the VM and run the ./redstack install

6. To verify that KVM is setup properly after the devstack installation you can run these commands.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm exists
KVM acceleration can be used