rally-openstack/doc/source/install_and_upgrade/install.rst

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.. _install:

Installation process
====================

Automated installation
----------------------

The easiest way to install Rally is by executing its `installation script`_

.. code-block:: bash

    wget -q -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/rally/master/install_rally.sh | bash
    # or using curl
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/rally/master/install_rally.sh | bash

The installation script will also check if all the software required
by Rally is already installed in your system; if run as **root** user
and some dependency is missing it will ask you if you want to install
the required packages.

By default it will install Rally in a virtualenv in ``~/rally`` when
run as standard user, or install system wide when run as root. You can
install Rally in a **venv** by using the option ``--target``:

.. code-block:: bash

    ./install_rally.sh --target /foo/bar

You can also install Rally system wide by running script as root and
without ``--target`` option:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo ./install_rally.sh


Run ``./install_rally.sh`` with option ``--help`` to have a list of all
available options:

.. code-block:: console

     $ ./install_rally.sh --help
     Usage: install_rally.sh [options]

     This script will install rally either in the system (as root) or in a virtual environment.

    Options:
      -h, --help             Print this help text
      -v, --verbose          Verbose mode
      -s, --system           Instead of creating a virtualenv, install as
                             system package.
      -d, --target DIRECTORY Install Rally virtual environment into DIRECTORY.
                             (Default: $HOME/rally).
      -f, --overwrite        Remove target directory if it already exists.
      -y, --yes              Do not ask for confirmation: assume a 'yes' reply
                             to every question.
      -D, --dbtype TYPE      Select the database type. TYPE can be one of
                             'sqlite', 'mysql', 'postgres'.
                             Default: sqlite
      --db-user USER         Database user to use. Only used when --dbtype
                             is either 'mysql' or 'postgres'.
      --db-password PASSWORD Password of the database user. Only used when
                             --dbtype is either 'mysql' or 'postgres'.
      --db-host HOST         Database host. Only used when --dbtype is
                             either 'mysql' or 'postgres'
      --db-name NAME         Name of the database. Only used when --dbtype is
                             either 'mysql' or 'postgres'
      -p, --python EXE       The python interpreter to use. Default: /usr/bin/python.


**Notes:** the script will check if all the software required by Rally
is already installed in your system. If this is not the case, it will
exit, suggesting you the command to issue **as root** in order to
install the dependencies.

You also have to set up the **Rally database** after the installation is
complete:

.. code-block:: bash

   rally db recreate

.. include:: ../../../devstack/README.rst

Rally & Docker
--------------

First you need to install Docker; Docker supplies `installation
instructions for various OSes`_.

You can either use the official Rally Docker image, or build your own
from the Rally source. To do that, change directory to the root directory of
the Rally git repository and run:

.. code-block:: bash

    docker build -t myrally .

If you build your own Docker image, substitute ``myrally`` for
``rallyforge/rally`` in the commands below.

The Rally Docker image is configured to store local settings and the
database in the user's home directory. For persistence of these data,
you may want to keep this directory outside of the container. This may
be done via the following steps:

.. code-block:: bash

   sudo mkdir /var/lib/rally_container
   sudo chown 65500 /var/lib/rally_container
   docker run -it -v /var/lib/rally_container:/home/rally rallyforge/rally

.. note::

   In order for the volume to be accessible by the Rally user
   (uid: 65500) inside the container, it must be accessible by UID
   65500 *outside* the container as well, which is why it is created
   in ``/var/lib/rally_container``. Creating it in your home directory is only
   likely to work if your home directory has excessively open
   permissions (e.g., ``0755``), which is not recommended.

You can find all task samples, docs and certification tasks at /opt/rally/.
Also you may want to save the last command as an alias:

.. code-block:: bash

   echo 'alias dock_rally="docker run -it -v /var/lib/rally_container:/home/rally rallyforge/rally"' >> ~/.bashrc

After executing ``dock_rally``, or ``docker run ...``, you will have
bash running inside the container with Rally installed. You may do
anything with Rally, but you need to create the database first:

.. code-block:: console

   user@box:~/rally$ dock_rally
   rally@1cc98e0b5941:~$ rally db recreate
   rally@1cc98e0b5941:~$ rally deployment list
   There are no deployments. To create a new deployment, use:
   rally deployment create
   rally@1cc98e0b5941:~$

In case you have SELinux enabled and Rally fails to create the
database, try executing the following commands to put SELinux into
Permissive Mode on the host machine

.. code-block:: bash

   sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=permissive/' /etc/selinux/config
   setenforce permissive

Rally currently has no SELinux policy, which is why it must be run in
Permissive mode for certain configurations. If you can help create an
SELinux policy for Rally, please contribute!

More about docker: https://www.docker.com/

.. references:

.. _installation script: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/rally/master/install_rally.sh
.. _installation instructions for various OSes: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/