From aad7b42e3b425e8be05f2af0727f7fc594169234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shilla Saebi Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:37:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] changes to lab_virtualbox_basics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit removed , after LTS changed to Prerequisites (plural) changed of to for changed multi node to have a hyphen changed a to an before x86 added an before i5 added “a” before positive result added the before same added the in a few places where necessary Removed (not necessary) removed “unless know what you are doing” added “unless you are an advanced user” Change-Id: Icaa5a92e1f3685c6aa5626b3d37044219757ed20 --- .../lab_virtualbox-basics.xml | 33 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/lab_virtualbox-basics.xml b/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/lab_virtualbox-basics.xml index 56d7a5a1..b13b895d 100644 --- a/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/lab_virtualbox-basics.xml +++ b/doc/training-guides/basic-install-guide/lab_virtualbox-basics.xml @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ instance configured as the required OpenStack deployment. We will be manually deploying OpenStack on VirtualBox to get a better view of how OpenStack works. - Prerequisite: + Prerequisites: Networking and Linux are required to get setup. The Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks will be given equal privileges as a physical machine on a physical @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ xlink:href="http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html">Virtual Box Manual Requirements: - Operating Systems - It is recommended to use Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, + Operating Systems - It is recommended to use Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS Older Ubuntu versions may not support Icehouse. Ubuntu Server - 12.04 will support Icehouse but is out of scope of this book. + 12.04 will support Icehouse but is out of scope for this book. @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ You will still be able to use VirtualBox but the instances will be very slow. There are many ways to configure your OpenStack Setup. In this example, we - will deploy OpenStack multi node using OVS as the network + will deploy OpenStack multi-node using OVS as the network plug-in and QEMU/KVM as the hypervisor. Host only connections: @@ -154,17 +154,17 @@ Ubuntu 12.04 Server or Ubuntu 13.04 Server - You need a x86 image for VM's if kvm-ok fails, even + You need an x86 image for VM's if kvm-ok fails, even though you are on an AMD64 machine. Even though I'm using Ubuntu as host, the same is applicable to Windows, Mac and other Linux hosts. - If you have i5 or i7 2nd gen processor you can have VT + If you have an i5 or i7 2nd gen processor you can have VT technology inside VM's provided by VMware. This means that - your OpenStack nodes (which are in turn VM's) will give + your OpenStack nodes (which are in turn VM's) will give a positive result on KVM-OK. (I call it - nesting of type-2 - hypervisors). The rest of the configurations remain same except + hypervisors). The rest of the configurations remain the same except for the UI and a few other trivial differences. @@ -331,12 +331,12 @@ use your terminal which is more convenient than using the Virtual Machines tty through the VirtualBox's UI. You get a few added features such as copy - paste commands into the - remote terminal, which is not possible directly on VM. + remote terminal, which is not possible directly on the VM. FTP is for transferring files to and from your local machine and the virtual machine. You can - also use SFTP or install FTPD on both HOST and VM's. + also use SFTP or install FTPD on both the HOST and the VM's. Installation of SSH and FTP with the configuration steps are @@ -353,14 +353,14 @@ - During installation of the operating systems you will be + During the installation of the operating systems you will be asked for custom software to install. You may skip this step by pressing the Enter key without selecting any of the given options. Please do not install any of the other packages - except for the packages that are mentioned below unless you are + except for the packages that are mentioned below, unless you are familiar with the process. @@ -440,17 +440,16 @@ Now install Ubuntu Server 12.04 or 13.04 on this machine. - Install SSH server + Install the SSH server when asked for custom software to install. The rest of the packages - are not required and may come in the way of OpenStack packages - - like DNS servers etc. (not necessary). Unless you know what you - are doing. + are not required and may come in the way of the OpenStack packages - + like DNS servers etc. (unless you are an advanced user).
Network node - Create a new virtual machine, minimum RAM is + Create a new virtual machine, with the minimum RAM as 512 MB. The remainder can be left as default. The minimum HDD space is 8 GB.