Installing RDO using Packstack

Packstack is an installation tool for OpenStack intended for demonstration and proof-of-concept deployments. Packstack uses SSH to connect to each of the nodes and invokes a puppet run (specifically, a puppet apply) on each of the nodes to install and configure OpenStack.

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RDO website: http://openstack.redhat.com

Packstack installation: http://openstack.redhat.com/install/quickstart

The RDO Project quick start gives instructions to install RDO using Packstack in three simple steps:

  1. Update the system and install the RDO release rpm as follows:
    sudo yum update -y
sudo yum install -y http://rdo.fedorapeople.org/rdo-release.rpm
  2. Install Packstack as shown in the following command:
    sudo yum install -y openstack-packstack ...

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