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+# Integrating with Kolla
+
+This guide describes how to integrate with Kolla.  The main integration path is
+via docker-compose using docker-compose YML files.  Each container set has a
+common YML and associated openstack.env.  The openstack.env file describes the
+command line environment to pass to the docker-compose yml files.
+
+## Why integate with Kolla?
+
+Integrating with Kolla takes a hard part of managing an OpenStack system,
+specifically managing the container images, and places the burden on a third
+party project.  We strive to do an excellent job of providing world-class
+OpenStack containers at least as a reference architecture, and possibly as what
+may be desireable to deploy into live production.
+
+## Docker Command Line Arguments
+
+Every container set YML file includes the necessary docker CLI operations
+needed to launch the container in a tidy YML file.  Instead of guessing which
+set of command line operations are needed per container, the docker-compose
+YML file can be used directly and will pass the appropriate command line
+values to the container on container start.
+
+The parameterized docker features used by kolla are:
+
+* --pid=host
+* --net=host
+* -v host:container
+* --privileged
+
+These parameterized features are not exposed to the user.  Instead they are
+executed via docker-compose.
+
+## Environment Variables
+
+Rather then document which individual containers require specific configuration
+variables, Kolla integration requires passing all configuration variables to
+all containers.  This allows a simple method of ensuring every type of node
+(controller, storage, compute) recieves the same configuration.
+
+### Environment Variable KEY/VALUE pairs
+
+ADMIN_TENANT_NAME=<admin> - tenant name
+DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=<mysql root password> - defines the MYSQL root password
+FLAT_INTERFACE=<nova or neutron networking flat interface device name>
+GLANCE_API_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - address where glance API is running>
+GLANCE_DB_NAME=<glance> - DB name of glance service
+GLANCE_DB_PASSWORD=<password> - <Glance DB password>
+GLANCE_DB_USER=<glance> - User name of glance in the database
+GLANCE_KEYSTONE_PASSWORD=<password> - Keystone DB password
+GLANCE_KEYSTONE_USER=<keystone> - Glance Keystone User
+GLANCE_REGISTRY_SERVICE_HOST=<glance IP> Glance registry service host
+KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=<password>
+KEYSTONE_ADMIN_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - IP Address of Keystone Host
+KEYSTONE_ADMIN_SERVICE_PORT=<5000> - Port where Keystone operates
+KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN=<keystone-secret> - A token used to access Keystone
+KEYSTONE_AUTH_PROTOCOL=<http> - The keystone authentication protocol
+KEYSTONE_DB_PASSWORD=<password> - The password used to access Keystone in the DB
+KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - The IP address where Keystone is running
+MARIADB_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - The IP Address where mariadb is running
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<password> - The MYSQL password
+NETWORK_MANAGER=<nova|neutron> - Use Nova or Neutron networking
+NOVA_API_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - The IP Address where the Nova API Service is hosted
+NOVA_DB_NAME=<nova> - The name of the nova entry in the database
+NOVA_DB_PASSWORD=<password> - The password used to access nova
+NOVA_DB_USER=<nova> - The name of the nova DB password
+NOVA_EC2_API_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - The IP Address where the Nova EC2 API is hosted
+arn't these two the same?
+NOVA_EC2_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> _ The IP Address wher ethe Nova EC2 service is hosted
+NOVA_KEYSTONE_PASSWORD=<password> - The Nova keystone password
+NOVA_KEYSTONE_USER=<nova> - The Nova keystone username
+PUBLIC_INTERFACE=<eth1> - The nova public interface
+PUBLIC_IP=<Host IP Address> - The IP Address of this host
+RABBITMQ_PASS=<rabbit> - The rabbitmq password used to join AMQP
+RABBITMQ_SERVICE_HOST=<IP> - The IP Address where the Rabbit service is running
+RABBITMQ_USER=<rabbit> - The RabbitMQ user name
+RABBIT_PASSWORD=<password> - The RabbitMQ password
+RABBIT_USERID=<rabbit> - The RabbitMQ user id on the host
+
+
+## Launching a container set
+
+Pick out a simple container set and launch it as follows:
+
+docker-compose -f compose/rabbitmq.yml up -d
+
+The third party deployment engine should launch the appropriate containers for
+the appropriate nodes.  Note the rabbitmq.yml used in the example above expects
+an openstack.env file present in the current working directory.  This file will
+be passed as environment data to the container and configure the container
+appropriately.
+
+
+# Conclusion
+
+Integrating with Kolla is as sample as creating an openstack.env file, having
+a deployment tool write the openstack.env file and .yml files to the nodes
+are targeted for deployment, and running docker-compose as described in the
+above documentation.