Vm onboarding framework was developed in order to make OVA file import process to Openstack deployment possible with one button click and simple interface. The tool allows user import local vm infrastructure to the Openstack server. Onboarding tool is developed using Flask as backend and AngularJS as a Frontend technologies.
Copy intagration file to horizon directory:
cp _50_onboarding.py .../horizon/openstack_dashboard/enabled/
Copy view foled:
cp -rf onboarding/ .../horizon/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/
And restart apache2 service:
service apache2 restart
First of all before importing OVA file make sure that local virtual machine images contain cloud init package.
All requirements for the tool are specified in the requirements.txt file. Before starting, it is strongly recommended to use virtual environment:
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
Requirements can be easily installed with pip tool
pip install -r requirements.txt
To run service execute run.py file:
python run.py
Backend configuration is located in “app/init.py ” file.
- app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] - location of the folder where all ova files should be stored. Default value: '/home/ubuntu/temp/'
- app.config['ALLOWED_FILES'] - the list of file extensions allowed to upload. Default value: ['ova']
- app.config['CIDR'] - subnetwork address for all external networks. Default value: '172.168.0.0/24'
- app.config['PUBLIC_NET'] - the name of internal network where NAT ports should be connected. Default value: 'private'