.. _vmware-guide: =================================== VMware - Nova Virtualisation Driver =================================== Overview ~~~~~~~~ Kolla can deploy the Nova and Neutron Service(s) for VMware vSphere. Depending on the network architecture (NsxV or DVS) you choose, Kolla deploys the following OpenStack services for VMware vSphere: For VMware NsxV: * nova-compute * neutron-server For VMware DVS: * nova-compute * neutron-server * neutron-dhcp-agent * neutron-metadata-agent Kolla can deploy the Glance and Cinder services using VMware datastore as their backend. Ceilometer metering for vSphere is also supported. Because the `vmware-nsx `__ drivers for neutron use completely different architecture than other types of virtualization, vmware-nsx drivers cannot coexist with other type of virtualization in one region. In neutron vmware-nsx drivers, neutron-server acts like an agent to translate OpenStack actions into what vSphere/NSX Manager API can understand. Neutron does not directly takes control of the Open vSwitch inside the VMware environment but through the API exposed by vSphere/NSX Manager. For VMware DVS, the Neutron DHCP agent does not attaches to Open vSwitch inside VMware environment, but attach to the Open vSwitch bridge called ``br-dvs`` on the OpenStack side and replies to/receives DHCP packets through VLAN. Similar to what the DHCP agent does, Neutron metadata agent attaches to ``br-dvs`` bridge and works through VLAN. .. note:: VMware NSX-DVS plugin does not support tenant networks, so all VMs should attach to Provider VLAN/Flat networks. VMware NSX-V ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Preparation ----------- You should have a working NSX-V environment, this part is out of scope of Kolla. For more information, please see `VMware NSX-V documentation `__. .. note:: In addition, it is important to modify the firewall rule of vSphere to make sure that VNC is accessible from outside VMware environment. On every VMware host, edit ``/etc/vmware/firewall/vnc.xml`` as below: .. code-block:: xml VNC inbound tcp dst 5900 5999 outbound tcp dst 0 65535 true false Then refresh the firewall config by: .. code-block:: console # esxcli network firewall refresh Verify that the firewall config is applied: .. code-block:: console # esxcli network firewall ruleset list Deployment ---------- Enable VMware nova-compute plugin and NSX-V neutron-server plugin in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: .. code-block:: yaml nova_compute_virt_type: "vmware" neutron_plugin_agent: "vmware_nsxv" .. note:: VMware NSX-V also supports Neutron FWaaS and VPNaaS services, you can enable them by setting these options in ``globals.yml``: * enable_neutron_vpnaas: "yes" * enable_neutron_fwaas: "yes" If you want to set VMware datastore as cinder backend, enable it in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: .. code-block:: yaml enable_cinder: "yes" cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk: "yes" vmware_datastore_name: "TestDatastore" If you want to set VMware datastore as glance backend, enable it in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: .. code-block:: yaml glance_backend_vmware: "yes" vmware_vcenter_name: "TestDatacenter" vmware_datastore_name: "TestDatastore" VMware options are required in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``, these options should be configured correctly according to your NSX-V environment. Options for ``nova-compute`` and ``ceilometer``: .. code-block:: yaml vmware_vcenter_host_ip: "127.0.0.1" vmware_vcenter_host_username: "admin" vmware_vcenter_cluster_name: "cluster-1" vmware_vcenter_insecure: "True" vmware_vcenter_datastore_regex: ".*" .. note:: The VMware vCenter password has to be set in ``/etc/kolla/passwords.yml``. .. code-block:: yaml vmware_vcenter_host_password: "admin" Options for Neutron NSX-V support: .. code-block:: yaml vmware_nsxv_user: "nsx_manager_user" vmware_nsxv_manager_uri: "https://127.0.0.1" vmware_nsxv_cluster_moid: "TestCluster" vmware_nsxv_datacenter_moid: "TestDataCeter" vmware_nsxv_resource_pool_id: "TestRSGroup" vmware_nsxv_datastore_id: "TestDataStore" vmware_nsxv_external_network: "TestDVSPort-Ext" vmware_nsxv_vdn_scope_id: "TestVDNScope" vmware_nsxv_dvs_id: "TestDVS" vmware_nsxv_backup_edge_pool: "service:compact:1:2" vmware_nsxv_spoofguard_enabled: "false" vmware_nsxv_metadata_initializer: "false" vmware_nsxv_edge_ha: "false" .. yaml .. note:: If you want to set secure connections to VMware, set ``vmware_vcenter_insecure`` to false. Secure connections to vCenter requires a CA file, copy the vCenter CA file to ``/etc/kolla/config/vmware_ca``. .. note:: The VMware NSX-V password has to be set in ``/etc/kolla/passwords.yml``. .. code-block:: yaml vmware_nsxv_password: "nsx_manager_password" Then you should start :command:`kolla-ansible` deployment normally as KVM/QEMU deployment. VMware NSX-DVS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Preparation ----------- Before deployment, you should have a working VMware vSphere environment. Create a cluster and a vSphere Distributed Switch with all the host in the cluster attached to it. For more information, please see `Setting Up Networking with vSphere Distributed Switches `__. Deployment ---------- Enable VMware nova-compute plugin and NSX-V neutron-server plugin in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: .. code-block:: yaml nova_compute_virt_type: "vmware" neutron_plugin_agent: "vmware_dvs" If you want to set VMware datastore as Cinder backend, enable it in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: .. code-block:: yaml enable_cinder: "yes" cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk: "yes" vmware_datastore_name: "TestDatastore" If you want to set VMware datastore as Glance backend, enable it in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: .. code-block:: yaml glance_backend_vmware: "yes" vmware_vcenter_name: "TestDatacenter" vmware_datastore_name: "TestDatastore" VMware options are required in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``, these options should be configured correctly according to the vSphere environment you installed before. All option for nova, cinder, glance are the same as VMware-NSX, except the following options. Options for Neutron NSX-DVS support: .. code-block:: yaml vmware_dvs_host_ip: "192.168.1.1" vmware_dvs_host_port: "443" vmware_dvs_host_username: "admin" vmware_dvs_dvs_name: "VDS-1" vmware_dvs_dhcp_override_mac: "" .. note:: The VMware NSX-DVS password has to be set in ``/etc/kolla/passwords.yml``. .. code-block:: yaml vmware_dvs_host_password: "password" Then you should start :command:`kolla-ansible` deployment normally as KVM/QEMU deployment. For more information on OpenStack vSphere, see :nova-doc:`VMware vSphere `, `VMware-NSX package `_.