browbeat/doc/source/installation.rst

Installation

Browbeat is currently installed via an ansible playbook. In a Tripleo environment it can be installed directly on the Undercloud or a separate machine. The installation can be run from either your local machine or directly on the machine you want Browbeat installed on.

Install Browbeat on Undercloud

This is usually the easiest installation due to many requirements are satisfied on the Undercloud. In some cases it may not be desired to install Browbeat on the Undercloud (Ex. Limited Resource requirements or Non-Tripleo installed cloud)

Requirements

Hardware

• Undercloud Machine (Baremetal or Virtual Machine)

Networking

• Access to Public API endpoints
• Access to Keystone Admin Endpoint

Note

For tripleo, public API endpoints are located on the External Network by default. The Keystone Admin Endpoint is deployed on the ctlplane network by default. These networking requirements should be validated before attempting an installation.

On the Undercloud

$ ssh undercloud-root
[root@undercloud ~]# su - stack
[stack@undercloud ~]$ git clone https://github.com/openstack/browbeat.git
[stack@undercloud ~]$ source stackrc
[stack@undercloud ~]$ cd browbeat/ansible
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ vi install/group_vars/all.yml # Make sure to edit the dns_server to the correct ip address
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ./generate_tripleo_inventory.sh -l
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml install/browbeat.yml

(Optional) Install Browbeat instance workloads

Browbeat instance workloads are orchestrated Rally plugins that ship with Browbeat. We currently support a handful of workloads

• Pbench-Uperf - Networking throughput / RR test
• Linpack - Microbenchmark for CPU load

To enable installation of the Browbeat workloads set install_browbeat_workloads: true in ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml.

To build the custom images for workloads set enabled: true in ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml.

Example:

browbeat_workloads:

sysbench:

name: browbeat-sysbench src: sysbench-user.file dest: "{{ browbeat_path }}/sysbench-user.file" image: centos7 enabled: true

It is also required to provide the neutron network id of a private network which has external access. To set this, edit ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml and provide the network id for the browbeat_network:

This work can either be done prior to installation of Browbeat, or after Browbeat has been installed. To skip directly to this task execute:

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml install/browbeat.yml --start-at-task "Check browbeat_network"

(Optional) Install Collectd

collectd_container is set to true if running on OpenStack version Stein or later. The containerized collectd can also work with Queens release but it is not recommended.

[stack@undercloud-0 ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml  install/collectd.yml

(Optional) Install Browbeat Grafana dashboards

Browbeat uses Grafyaml to upload dashboards to Grafana. Grafyaml is installed by browbeat at the location pointed to by the variable browbeat_venv in ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml. To upload dashboards, the api key is required which can be generated by following instructions at http://docs.grafana.org/http_api/auth/#create-api-token

[stack@undercloud ansible]$ # update the vars and make sure to update grafana_apikey with value
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ vi install/group_vars/all.yml
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml install/browbeat.yml # if not run before.
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml install/grafana-dashboards.yml

(Optional) Install Browbeat Prometheus/Grafana/Collectd

::

[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml install/grafana-prometheus-dashboards.yml

Make sure grafana-api-key is added in the install/group_vars/all.yml

(Optional) Install Browbeat Common Logging through filebeat

Browbeat can be used to setup common logging on your OpenStack Cluster using Filebeat on the client side and Elasticsearch on the server side. Set the cloud_prefix and es_ip in install/group_vars/all.yml before running the playbook to setup common logging for your cloud.

[stack@undercloud ansible]$ # update the vars
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ vi install/group_vars/all.yml
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ # install filebeat
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml common_logging/install_logging.yml
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ # install and start filebeat
[stack@undercloud ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml common_logging/install_logging.yml -e "start_filebeat=True"

(Optional) Install Kibana Visualizations

1. Update install/group_vars/all.yml (es_ip) to identify your ELK host.
2. Install Kibana Visualizations via Ansible playbook

[stack@undercloud ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml install/kibana-visuals.yml
...

Now navigate to http://elk-host-address to verify Kibana is installed and custom visualizations are uploaded.

Install Browbeat from your local machine (Not Manintained)

This installs Browbeat onto your Undercloud but the playbook is run from your local machine rather than directly on the Undercloud machine.

From your local machine

$ ssh-copy-id stack@<undercloud-ip>
$ git clone https://github.com/openstack/browbeat.git
$ cd browbeat/ansible
$ ./generate_tripleo_hostfile.sh -t <undercloud-ip>
$ vi install/group_vars/all.yml # Review and edit configuration items
$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/browbeat.yml
$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/shaker_build.yml

Note

Your default network might not work for you depending on your underlay/overlay network setup. In such cases, user needs to create appropriate networks for instances to allow them to reach the internet. Some useful documentation can be found at: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/13/html/networking_guide/

(Optional) Install collectd

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/collectd-openstack.yml

(Optional) Install Browbeat Grafana dashboards

Browbeat uses Grafyaml to upload dashboards to Grafana. Grafyaml is installed by browbeat at the location pointed to by the variable browbeat_venv in ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml. So, you need to first run the browbeat install playbook ansible/install/browbeat.yml before running the below playbook.

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/grafana-dashboards.yml

Install/Setup Browbeat Machine

This setup is used when running Browbeat on a separate machine than the Undercloud. Using this method, you can create multiple users on the machine and each user can be pointed at a different cloud or the same cloud.

Requirements

Hardware

• Baremetal or Virtual Machine

Networking

• Access to Public API endpoints
• Access to Keystone Admin Endpoint

RPM

• epel-release
• ansible
• git

OpenStack

• overcloudrc file placed in browbeat user home directory

Note

For tripleo, public API endpoints are located on the External Network by default. The Keystone Admin Endpoint is deployed on the ctlplane network by default. These networking requirements should be validated before attempting an installation.

Preparing the Machine (CentOS 7)

1. Install Machine either from Image, ISO, or PXE
2. Check for Required Network Connectivity

Determine Overcloud Keystone endpoints

[stack@undercloud-1 ~]$ . overcloudrc
[stack@undercloud-1 ~]$ openstack catalog show identity
+-----------+----------------------------------------+
| Field     | Value                                  |
+-----------+----------------------------------------+
| endpoints | regionOne                              |
|           |   publicURL: http://172.21.0.10:5000   |
|           |   internalURL: http://172.16.0.16:5000 |
|           |   adminURL: http://192.168.24.61:35357 |
|           |                                        |
| name      | keystone                               |
| type      | identity                               |
+-----------+----------------------------------------+

Check network connectivity

$ ssh root@browbeatvm
[root@browbeatvm ~]$ # Ping Keystone Admin API IP Address
[root@browbeatvm ~]# ping -c 2 192.168.24.61
PING 192.168.24.61 (192.168.24.61) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.24.61: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.60 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.24.61: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.312 ms

--- 192.168.24.61 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.312/0.957/1.603/0.646 ms
[root@browbeatvm ~]$ # Ping Keystone Public API IP Address
[root@browbeatvm ~]# ping -c 2 172.21.0.10
PING 172.21.0.10 (172.21.0.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.21.0.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.947 ms
64 bytes from 172.21.0.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.304 ms

--- 172.21.0.10 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.304/0.625/0.947/0.322 ms

3. Create user for Browbeat and generate SSH key

[root@browbeatvm ~]# useradd browbeat1
[root@browbeatvm ~]# passwd browbeat1
Changing password for user browbeat1.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@browbeatvm ~]# echo "browbeat1 ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:ALL" | tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/browbeat1; chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/browbeat1
browbeat1 ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:ALL
[root@browbeatvm ~]# su - browbeat1
[browbeat1@browbeatvm ~]$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/browbeat1/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/browbeat1/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/browbeat1/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
c2:b2:f0:cd:ef:d2:2b:a8:9a:5a:bb:ca:ce:c1:8c:3b browbeat1@browbeatvm
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|     .           |
|  . . o S        |
|+  o = .         |
|.+. o.o.         |
|E+... o..        |
|OB+o   ++.       |
+-----------------+

4. Enable passwordless SSH into localhost and Undercloud then copy overcloudrc over to Browbeat VM

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ansible]$ ssh-copy-id browbeat1@localhost
/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
browbeat1@localhost's password:

Number of key(s) added: 1

Now try logging into the machine, with:   "ssh 'browbeat1@localhost'"
and check to make sure that only the key(s) you wanted were added.

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ~]$ ssh-copy-id stack@undercloud-1
The authenticity of host 'undercloud-1 (undercloud-1)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is fa:3a:02:e8:8e:92:4d:a7:9c:90:68:6a:c2:eb:fe:e1.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
stack@undercloud-1's password:

Number of key(s) added: 1

Now try logging into the machine, with:   "ssh 'stack@undercloud-1'"
and check to make sure that only the key(s) you wanted were added.

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ~]$ scp stack@undercloud-1:/home/stack/overcloudrc .
overcloudrc                               100%  553     0.5KB/s   00:00

Note

In SSL environments, you must copy the certificate over and check that the "OS_CA_CERT" variable is set correctly to the copied certificate location

5. Install RPM requirements

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ~]$ sudo yum install -y epel-release
[browbeat1@browbeatvm ~]$ sudo yum install -y ansible git

6. Clone Browbeat

[browbeatuser1@browbeat-vm ~]$ git clone https://github.com/openstack/browbeat.git
Cloning into 'browbeat'...
remote: Counting objects: 7425, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (15/15), done.
remote: Total 7425 (delta 14), reused 12 (delta 12), pack-reused 7398
Receiving objects: 100% (7425/7425), 5.23 MiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4280/4280), done.

7. Generate hosts, ssh-config, and retrieve heat-admin-id_rsa.

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ~]$ cd browbeat/ansible/
[browbeat1@browbeatvm ansible]$ ./generate_tripleo_hostfile.sh -t undercloud-1 --localhost
...
[browbeat1@browbeatvm ansible]$ ls ssh-config hosts heat-admin-id_rsa
heat-admin-id_rsa  hosts  ssh-config

Note use of "--localhost" to indicate the desire to install browbeat on the localhost rather than the undercloud.

8. Edit installation variables

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ansible]$ vi install/group_vars/all.yml

In this case, adjust browbeat_user, iptables_file and dns_server. Each environment is different and thus your configuration options will vary.

Note

If you require a proxy to get outside your network, you must configure http_proxy, https_proxy, no_proxy variables in the proxy_env dictionary in install/group_vars/all.yml

9. Run Browbeat install playbook

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/browbeat.yml

10. Setup browbeat-config.yaml and test run Rally against cloud

[browbeat1@browbeatvm ansible]$ cd ..
[browbeat1@browbeatvm browbeat]$ vi browbeat-config.yaml
[browbeat1@browbeatvm browbeat]$ . .browbeat-venv/bin/activate
(browbeat-venv) [browbeat1@browbeatvm browbeat]$ python browbeat.py rally

11. Build Shaker image

[browbeatuser1@browbeat-vm ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/shaker_build.yml

Note

Your default network might not work for you depending on your underlay/overlay network setup. In such cases, user needs to create appropriate networks for instances to allow them to reach the internet. Some useful documentation can be found at: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-openstack-platform/11/single/networking-guide/

(Optional) Install collectd

[browbeatuser1@browbeat-vm ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/collectd-openstack.yml

(Optional) Install Browbeat Grafana dashboards

Browbeat uses Grafyaml to upload dashboards to Grafana. Grafyaml is installed by browbeat at the location pointed to by the variable browbeat_venv in ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml. So, you need to first run the browbeat install playbook ansible/install/browbeat.yml before running the below playbook.

[browbeatuser1@browbeat-vm ansible]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts install/grafana-dashboards.yml

Considerations for additional Browbeat Installs

If it is desired to run Browbeat against multiple clouds from the same machine. It is recommended to create a second user (Ex. browbeat2) and repeat above instructions. In order to expose the second user's Browbeat results via httpd, change the port (Variable browbeat_results_port) and thus each user's results will be available via http on different ports.

Note

Keep in mind that running multiple sets of control plane workloads from multiple Browbeat users at the same time will introduce variation into resulting performance data if the machine on which Browbeat is installed is resource constrained.

Using Keystone Public Endpoint

If your Browbeat installation can not reach the Keystone Admin API endpoint due to the networking, you can use Keystone V3 options. In your overcloudrc or rc file you can add the following environment variables.

export OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION=3
export OS_INTERFACE=public

Uploading Images to the overcloud

Browbeat by default uploads CentOS and CirrOS images to the cloud for use in Rally and other workloads. It is recommended to upload RAW images if using ceph and hence the convert_to_raw variable must be set to true as shown below in ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml. The default is false.

images:
  centos7:
    name: centos7
    url: http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2
    type: qcow2
    convert_to_raw: true

Additional Components Installation

Install Monitoring Host (Carbon/Graphite/Grafana)

A monitoring host exposes System and Application performance metrics to the Browbeat user via Grafana. It helps expose what may be causing your bottleneck when you encounter a performance issue.

Prerequisites

Hardware

• Baremetal or Virtual Machine
• SSD storage

Operating System

• RHEL 7
• CentOS 7

Repos

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Server - x86_64 - Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Server - x86_64 - Server Optional

RPM

• epel-release
• ansible
• git

Installation

1. Deploy machine (RHEL7 is used in this example)
2. Install RPMS

[root@dhcp23-93 ~]# yum install -y https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
...
[root@dhcp23-93 ~]# yum install -y ansible git

3. Clone Browbeat

[root@dhcp23-93 ~]# git clone https://github.com/openstack/browbeat.git
Cloning into 'browbeat'...
remote: Counting objects: 7533, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (38/38), done.
remote: Total 7533 (delta 30), reused 36 (delta 23), pack-reused 7469
Receiving objects: 100% (7533/7533), 5.26 MiB | 5.79 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4330/4330), done.

4. Add a hosts file into ansible directory

[root@dhcp23-93 ~]# cd browbeat/ansible/
[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# vi hosts

Content of hosts file should be following

[graphite]
localhost

[grafana]
localhost

5. Setup SSH config, SSH key and exchange for Ansible

[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# touch ssh-config
[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
...
[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# ssh-copy-id root@localhost
...

6. Edit install variables

[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# vi install/group_vars/all.yml

Depending on the environment you may need to edit more than just the following variables - graphite_host and grafana_host

Note

If you require a proxy to get outside your network, you must configure http_proxy, https_proxy, no_proxy variables in the proxy_env dictionary in install/group_vars/all.yml

7. Install Carbon and Graphite via Ansible playbook

[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/graphite.yml
...

8. Install Grafana via Ansible playbook

[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/grafana.yml
...

9. Install Grafana dashboards via Ansible playbook

[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/grafana-dashboards.yml -e 'cloud_dashboards=false'
...

10. (Optional) Monitor the Monitor Host

[root@dhcp23-93 ansible]# ansible-playbook -i hosts install/collectd-generic.yml --tags graphite
...

Now navigate to http://monitoring-host-address:3000 to verify Grafana is installed, the Graphite data source exists and custom dashboards are uploaded.

You can now point other clouds at this host in order to view System and Application performance metrics. Depending on the number of clouds and machines pointed at your monitoring server, you may need to add more disk IO capacity, disk storage or carbon-cache+carbon-relay processes depending entirely on the number of metrics and your environments capacity. There is a Graphite dashboard included and it is recommended to install collectd on your monitoring host such that you can see if you hit resource issues with your monitoring host.