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+Abstract
+========
+
+This document describes how to install the Colorado release of OPNFV when
+using Apex as a deployment tool covering it's limitations, dependencies
+and required system resources.
+
+License
+=======
+Colorado release of OPNFV when using Apex as a deployment tool Docs
+(c) by Tim Rozet (Red Hat) and Dan Radez (Red Hat)
+
+Colorado release of OPNFV when using Apex as a deployment tool Docs
+are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+You should have received a copy of the license along with this.
+If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>.
diff --git a/docs/installationprocedure/architecture.rst b/docs/installationprocedure/architecture.rst
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+Triple-O Deployment Architecture
+================================
+
+Apex is based on the OpenStack Triple-O project as distributed by
+the RDO Project. It is important to understand the basics
+of a Triple-O deployment to help make decisions that will assist in
+successfully deploying OPNFV.
+
+Triple-O stands for OpenStack On OpenStack. This means that OpenStack
+will be used to install OpenStack. The target OPNFV deployment is an
+OpenStack cloud with NFV features built-in that will be deployed by a
+smaller all-in-one deployment of OpenStack. In this deployment
+methodology there are two OpenStack installations. They are referred
+to as the undercloud and the overcloud. The undercloud is used to
+deploy the overcloud.
+
+The undercloud is the all-in-one installation of OpenStack that includes
+baremetal provisioning capability. The undercloud will be deployed as a
+virtual machine on a jumphost. This VM is pre-built and distributed as part
+of the Apex RPM.
+
+The overcloud is OPNFV. Configuration will be passed into undercloud and
+the undercloud will use OpenStack's orchestration component, named Heat, to
+execute a deployment that will provision the target OPNFV nodes.
+
+OPNFV Scenario Architecture
+===========================
+
+OPNFV distinguishes different types of SDN controllers, deployment options, and
+features into "scenarios". These scenarios are universal across all OPNFV
+installers, although some may or may not be supported by each installer.
+
+The standard naming convention for a scenario is:
+<VIM platform>-<SDN type>-<feature>-<ha/noha>
+
+The only supported VIM type is "OS" (OpenStack), while SDN types can be any
+supported SDN controller. "feature" includes things like ovs_dpdk, sfc, etc.
+"ha" or "noha" determines if the deployment will be highly available. If "ha"
+is used at least 3 control nodes are required.
+
+OPNFV Scenarios in Apex
+=======================
+
+Apex provides pre-built scenario files in /etc/opnfv-apex which a user can
+select from to deploy the desired scenario. Simply pass the desired file to
+the installer as a (-d) deploy setting. Read further in the Apex documentation
+to learn more about invoking the deploy command. Below is quick reference
+matrix for OPNFV scenarios supported in Apex. Please refer to the respective
+OPNFV Docs documentation for each scenario in order to see a full scenario
+description. The following scenarios correspond to a supported <Scenario>.yaml
+deploy settings file:
+
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| **Scenario** | **Owner** | **Known Issues**|
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-nosdn-nofeature-ha | Apex | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-nosdn-nofeature-noha | Apex | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-nosdn-ovs-noha | OVS for NFV| |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-nosdn-fdio-noha | FDS | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-odl_l2-nofeature-ha | Apex | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-odl_l3-nofeature-ha | Apex | APEX-112 |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-odl_l2-sfc-noha | SFC | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-odl_l2-bgpvpn-noha | SDNVPN | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-odl_l2-fdio-noha | FDS | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-onos-nofeature-ha | ONOSFW | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
+| os-onos-sfc-ha | ONOSFW | |
++-------------------------+------------+-----------------+
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+Installation High-Level Overview - Bare Metal Deployment
+========================================================
+
+The setup presumes that you have 6 or more bare metal servers already setup
+with network connectivity on at least 1 or more network interfaces for all
+servers via a TOR switch or other network implementation.
+
+The physical TOR switches are **not** automatically configured from the OPNFV
+reference platform. All the networks involved in the OPNFV infrastructure as
+well as the provider networks and the private tenant VLANs needs to be manually
+configured.
+
+The Jumphost can be installed using the bootable ISO or by using the
+(``opnfv-apex*.rpm``) RPMs and their dependencies. The Jumphost should then be
+configured with an IP gateway on its admin or public interface and configured
+with a working DNS server. The Jumphost should also have routable access
+to the lights out network for the overcloud nodes.
+
+``opnfv-deploy`` is then executed in order to deploy the undercloud VM and to
+provision the overcloud nodes. ``opnfv-deploy`` uses three configuration files
+in order to know how to install and provision the OPNFV target system.
+The information gathered under section
+`Execution Requirements (Bare Metal Only)`_ is put into the YAML file
+``/etc/opnfv-apex/inventory.yaml`` configuration file. Deployment options are
+put into the YAML file ``/etc/opnfv-apex/deploy_settings.yaml``. Alternatively
+there are pre-baked deploy_settings files available in ``/etc/opnfv-apex/``.
+These files are named with the naming convention
+os-sdn_controller-enabled_feature-[no]ha.yaml. These files can be used in place
+of the ``/etc/opnfv-apex/deploy_settings.yaml`` file if one suites your
+deployment needs. Networking definitions gathered under section
+`Network Requirements`_ are put into the YAML file
+``/etc/opnfv-apex/network_settings.yaml``. ``opnfv-deploy`` will boot the
+undercloud VM and load the target deployment configuration into the
+provisioning toolchain. This information includes MAC address, IPMI,
+Networking Environment and OPNFV deployment options.
+
+Once configuration is loaded and the undercloud is configured it will then
+reboot the overcloud nodes via IPMI. The nodes should already be set to PXE
+boot first off the admin interface. The nodes will first PXE off of the
+undercloud PXE server and go through a discovery/introspection process.
+
+Introspection boots off of custom introspection PXE images. These images are
+designed to look at the properties of the hardware that is being booted
+and report the properties of it back to the undercloud node.
+
+After introspection the undercloud will execute a Heat Stack Deployment to
+continue node provisioning and configuration. The nodes will reboot and PXE
+from the undercloud PXE server again to provision each node using Glance disk
+images provided by the undercloud. These disk images include all the necessary
+packages and configuration for an OPNFV deployment to execute. Once the disk
+images have been written to node's disks the nodes will boot locally and
+execute cloud-init which will execute the final node configuration. This
+configuration is largly completed by executing a puppet apply on each node.
+
+Installation High-Level Overview - VM Deployment
+================================================
+
+The VM nodes deployment operates almost the same way as the bare metal
+deployment with a few differences mainly related to power management.
+``opnfv-deploy`` still deploys an undercloud VM. In addition to the undercloud
+VM a collection of VMs (3 control nodes + 2 compute for an HA deployment or 1
+control node and 1 or more compute nodes for a Non-HA Deployment) will be
+defined for the target OPNFV deployment. The part of the toolchain that
+executes IPMI power instructions calls into libvirt instead of the IPMI
+interfaces on baremetal servers to operate the power managment. These VMs are
+then provisioned with the same disk images and configuration that baremetal
+would be.
+
+To Triple-O these nodes look like they have just built and registered the same
+way as bare metal nodes, the main difference is the use of a libvirt driver for
+the power management.
+
+Installation Guide - Bare Metal Deployment
+==========================================
+
+This section goes step-by-step on how to correctly install and provision the
+OPNFV target system to bare metal nodes.
+
+Install Bare Metal Jumphost
+---------------------------
+
+1a. If your Jumphost does not have CentOS 7 already on it, or you would like to
+ do a fresh install, then download the Apex bootable ISO from the OPNFV
+ artifacts site <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/apex.html>. There have been
+ isolated reports of problems with the ISO having trouble completing
+ installation successfully. In the unexpected event the ISO does not work
+ please workaround this by downloading the CentOS 7 DVD and performing a
+ "Virtualization Host" install. If you perform a "Minimal Install" or
+ install type other than "Virtualization Host" simply run
+ ``sudo yum groupinstall "Virtualization Host"``
+ ``chkconfig libvirtd on && reboot``
+ to install virtualzation support and enable libvirt on boot. If you use the
+ CentOS 7 DVD proceed to step 1b once the CentOS 7 with "Virtualzation Host"
+ support is completed.
+
+1b. If your Jump host already has CentOS 7 with libvirt running on it then
+ install the install the RDO Release RPM:
+
+ ``sudo yum install -y https://www.rdoproject.org/repos/rdo-release.rpm``
+
+ The RDO Project release repository is needed to install OpenVSwitch, which
+ is a dependency of opnfv-apex. If you do not have external connectivity to
+ use this repository you need to download the OpenVSwitch RPM from the RDO
+ Project repositories and install it with the opnfv-apex RPM.
+
+2a. Boot the ISO off of a USB or other installation media and walk through
+ installing OPNFV CentOS 7. The ISO comes prepared to be written directly
+ to a USB drive with dd as such:
+
+ ``dd if=opnfv-apex.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M``
+
+ Replace /dev/sdX with the device assigned to your usb drive. Then select
+ the USB device as the boot media on your Jumphost
+
+2b. If your Jump host already has CentOS 7 with libvirt running on it then
+ install the opnfv-apex RPMs from the OPNFV artifacts site
+ <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/apex.html>. The following RPMS are available
+ for installation:
+
+ - opnfv-apex - OpenDaylight L2 / L3 and ONOS support *
+ - opnfv-apex-onos - ONOS support *
+ - opnfv-apex-opendaylight-sfc - OpenDaylight SFC support *
+ - opnfv-apex-undercloud - (reqed) Undercloud Image
+ - opnfv-apex-common - (reqed) Supporting config files and scripts
+ - python34-markupsafe - (reqed) Dependency of opnfv-apex-common **
+ - python3-jinja2 - (reqed) Dependency of opnfv-apex-common **
+
+ \* One or more of these RPMs is required
+ Only one of opnfv-apex, opnfv-apex-onos and opnfv-apex-opendaylight-sfc is
+ required. It is safe to leave the unneeded SDN controller's RPMs
+ uninstalled if you do not intend to use them.
+
+ ** These RPMs are not yet distributed by CentOS or EPEL.
+ Apex has built these for distribution with Apex while CentOS and EPEL do
+ not distribute them. Once they are carried in an upstream channel Apex will
+ no longer carry them and they will not need special handling for
+ installation.
+
+ To install these RPMs download them to the local disk on your CentOS 7
+ install and pass the file names directly to yum:
+ ``sudo yum install python34-markupsafe-<version>.rpm
+ python3-jinja2-<version>.rpm``
+ ``sudo yum install opnfv-apex-<version>.rpm
+ opnfv-apex-undercloud-<version>.rpm opnfv-apex-common-<version>.rpm``
+
+
+3. After the operating system and the opnfv-apex RPMs are installed, login to
+ your Jumphost as root.
+
+4. Configure IP addresses on the interfaces that you have selected as your
+ networks.
+
+5. Configure the IP gateway to the Internet either, preferably on the public
+ interface.
+
+6. Configure your ``/etc/resolv.conf`` to point to a DNS server
+ (8.8.8.8 is provided by Google).
+
+Creating a Node Inventory File
+------------------------------
+
+IPMI configuration information gathered in section
+`Execution Requirements (Bare Metal Only)`_ needs to be added to the
+``inventory.yaml`` file.
+
+1. Copy ``/usr/share/doc/opnfv/inventory.yaml.example`` as your inventory file
+ template to ``/etc/opnfv-apex/inventory.yaml``.
+
+2. The nodes dictionary contains a definition block for each baremetal host
+ that will be deployed. 1 or more compute nodes and 3 controller nodes are
+ required. (The example file contains blocks for each of these already).
+ It is optional at this point to add more compute nodes into the node list.
+
+3. Edit the following values for each node:
+
+ - ``mac_address``: MAC of the interface that will PXE boot from undercloud
+ - ``ipmi_ip``: IPMI IP Address
+ - ``ipmi_user``: IPMI username
+ - ``ipmi_password``: IPMI password
+ - ``pm_type``: Power Management driver to use for the node
+ - ``cpus``: (Introspected*) CPU cores available
+ - ``memory``: (Introspected*) Memory available in Mib
+ - ``disk``: (Introspected*) Disk space available in Gb
+ - ``arch``: (Introspected*) System architecture
+ - ``capabilities``: (Opt**) Node role (profile:control or profile:compute)
+
+\* *Introspection looks up the overcloud node's resources and overrides these
+ value. You can leave default values and Apex will get the correct values when
+ it runs introspection on the nodes.*
+
+** *If capabilities profile is not specified then Apex will select node's roles
+ in the OPNFV cluster in a non-deterministic fashion.*
+
+Creating the Settings Files
+---------------------------
+
+Edit the 2 settings files in /etc/opnfv-apex/. These files have comments to
+help you customize them.
+
+1. deploy_settings.yaml
+ This file includes basic configuration options deployment.
+ Alternatively, there are pre-built deploy_settings files available in
+ (``/etc/opnfv-apex/``). These files are named with the naming convention
+ os-sdn_controller-enabled_feature-[no]ha.yaml. These files can be used in
+ place of the (``/etc/opnfv-apex/deploy_settings.yaml``) file if one suites
+ your deployment needs. If a pre-built deploy_settings file is choosen there
+ is no need to customize (``/etc/opnfv-apex/deploy_settings.yaml``). The
+ pre-built file can be used in place of the
+ (``/etc/opnfv-apex/deploy_settings.yaml``) file.
+
+2. network_settings.yaml
+ This file provides Apex with the networking information that satisfies the
+ prerequisite `Network Requirements`_. These are specific to your
+ environment.
+
+Running ``opnfv-deploy``
+------------------------
+
+You are now ready to deploy OPNFV using Apex!
+``opnfv-deploy`` will use the inventory and settings files to deploy OPNFV.
+
+Follow the steps below to execute:
+
+1. Execute opnfv-deploy
+ ``sudo opnfv-deploy [ --flat ] -n network_settings.yaml
+ -i inventory.yaml -d deploy_settings.yaml``
+ If you need more information about the options that can be passed to
+ opnfv-deploy use ``opnfv-deploy --help`` --flat collapses all networks to a
+ single nic, only uses the admin network from the network settings file. -n
+ network_settings.yaml allows you to customize your networking topology.
+
+2. Wait while deployment is executed.
+ If something goes wrong during this part of the process, start by reviewing
+ your network or the information in your configuration files. It's not
+ uncommon for something small to be overlooked or mis-typed.
+ You will also notice outputs in your shell as the deployment progresses.
+
+3. When the deployment is complete the undercloud IP and ovecloud dashboard
+ url will be printed. OPNFV has now been deployed using Apex.
+
+.. _`Execution Requirements (Bare Metal Only)`: requirements.html#execution-requirements-bare-metal-only
+.. _`Network Requirements`: requirements.html#network-requirements
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+**************************************
+OPNFV Installation instructions (Apex)
+**************************************
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :numbered:
+ :maxdepth: 4
+
+ abstract.rst
+ introduction.rst
+ architecture.rst
+ requirements.rst
+ baremetal.rst
+ virtualinstall.rst
+ verification.rst
+ references.rst
+
+:Authors: Tim Rozet (trozet@redhat.com)
+:Authors: Dan Radez (dradez@redhat.com)
+:Version: 3.0
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`search`
diff --git a/docs/installationprocedure/introduction.rst b/docs/installationprocedure/introduction.rst
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+Introduction
+============
+
+This document describes the steps to install an OPNFV Colorado reference
+platform, as defined by the Genesis Project using the Apex installer.
+
+The audience is assumed to have a good background in networking
+and Linux administration.
+
+Preface
+=======
+
+Apex uses Triple-O from the RDO Project OpenStack distribution as a
+provisioning tool. The Triple-O image based life cycle installation
+tool provisions an OPNFV Target System (3 controllers, 2 or more
+compute nodes) with OPNFV specific configuration provided by the Apex
+deployment tool chain.
+
+The Apex deployment artifacts contain the necessary tools to deploy and
+configure an OPNFV target system using the Apex deployment toolchain.
+These artifacts offer the choice of using the Apex bootable ISO
+(``opnfv-apex-colorado.iso``) to both install CentOS 7 and the
+necessary materials to deploy or the Apex RPMs (``opnfv-apex*.rpm``),
+and their associated dependencies, which expects installation to a
+CentOS 7 libvirt enabled host. The RPM contains a collection of
+configuration files, prebuilt disk images, and the automatic deployment
+script (``opnfv-deploy``).
+
+An OPNFV install requires a "Jumphost" in order to operate. The bootable
+ISO will allow you to install a customized CentOS 7 release to the Jumphost,
+which includes the required packages needed to run ``opnfv-deploy``.
+If you already have a Jumphost with CentOS 7 installed, you may choose to
+skip the ISO step and simply install the (``opnfv-apex*.rpm``) RPMs. The RPMs
+are the same RPMs included in the ISO and include all the necessary disk
+images and configuration files to execute an OPNFV deployment. Either method
+will prepare a host to the same ready state for OPNFV deployment.
+
+``opnfv-deploy`` instantiates a Triple-O Undercloud VM server using libvirt
+as its provider. This VM is then configured and used to provision the
+OPNFV target deployment (3 controllers, n compute nodes). These nodes can
+be either virtual or bare metal. This guide contains instructions for
+installing either method.
diff --git a/docs/installationprocedure/references.rst b/docs/installationprocedure/references.rst
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+Frequently Asked Questions
+==========================
+
+License
+=======
+
+All Apex and "common" entities are protected by the `Apache 2.0 License <http://www.apache.org/licenses/>`_.
+
+References
+==========
+
+OPNFV
+-----
+
+`OPNFV Home Page <www.opnfv.org>`_
+
+`OPNFV Genesis project page <https://wiki.opnfv.org/get_started>`_
+
+`OPNFV Apex project page <https://wiki.opnfv.org/apex>`_
+
+OpenStack
+---------
+
+`OpenStack Mitaka Release artifacts <http://www.openstack.org/software/mitaka>`_
+
+`OpenStack documentation <http://docs.openstack.org>`_
+
+OpenDaylight
+------------
+
+Upstream OpenDaylight provides `a number of packaging and deployment options <https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Deployment>`_ meant for consumption by downstream projects like OPNFV.
+
+Currently, OPNFV Apex uses `OpenDaylight's Puppet module <https://github.com/dfarrell07/puppet-opendaylight>`_, which in turn depends on `OpenDaylight's RPM <http://cbs.centos.org/repos/nfv7-opendaylight-4-release/>`_.
+
+RDO Project
+-----------
+
+`RDO Project website <https://www.rdoproject.org/>`_
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+Setup Requirements
+==================
+
+Jumphost Requirements
+---------------------
+
+The Jumphost requirements are outlined below:
+
+1. CentOS 7 (from ISO or self-installed).
+
+2. Root access.
+
+3. libvirt virtualization support.
+
+4. minimum 1 networks and maximum 5 networks, multiple NIC and/or VLAN
+ combinations are supported. This is virtualized for a VM deployment.
+
+5. The Colorado Apex RPMs and their dependencies.
+
+6. 16 GB of RAM for a bare metal deployment, 64 GB of RAM for a VM
+ deployment.
+
+Network Requirements
+--------------------
+
+Network requirements include:
+
+1. No DHCP or TFTP server running on networks used by OPNFV.
+
+2. 1-5 separate networks with connectivity between Jumphost and nodes.
+
+ - Control Plane (Provisioning)
+
+ - Private Tenant-Networking Network*
+
+ - External Network
+
+ - Storage Network*
+
+ - Internal API Network* (required for IPv6 \*\*)
+
+3. Lights out OOB network access from Jumphost with IPMI node enabled
+ (bare metal deployment only).
+
+4. External network is a routable network from outside the cloud,
+ deployment. The External network is where public internet access would
+ reside if available.
+
+\* *These networks can be combined with each other or all combined on the
+ Control Plane network.*
+\* *Non-External networks will be consolidated to the Control Plane network
+ if not specifically configured.*
+\*\* *Internal API network, by default, is collapsed with provisioning in IPv4
+ deployments, this is not possible with the current lack of PXE boot
+ support and therefore the API network is required to be its own
+ network in an IPv6 deployment.*
+
+Bare Metal Node Requirements
+----------------------------
+
+Bare metal nodes require:
+
+1. IPMI enabled on OOB interface for power control.
+
+2. BIOS boot priority should be PXE first then local hard disk.
+
+3. BIOS PXE interface should include Control Plane network mentioned above.
+
+Execution Requirements (Bare Metal Only)
+----------------------------------------
+
+In order to execute a deployment, one must gather the following information:
+
+1. IPMI IP addresses for the nodes.
+
+2. IPMI login information for the nodes (user/pass).
+
+3. MAC address of Control Plane / Provisioning interfaces of the overcloud
+ nodes.
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+Verifying the Setup
+-------------------
+
+Once the deployment has finished, the OPNFV deployment can be accessed via the
+undercloud node. From the jump host ssh to the undercloud host and become the
+stack user. Alternativly ssh keys have been setup such that the root user on
+the jump host can ssh to undercloud directly as the stack user. For
+convenience a utility script has been provided to look up the undercloud's ip
+address and ssh to the undercloud all in one command. An optional user name can
+be passed to indicate whether to connect as the stack or root user. The stack
+user is default if a username is not specified.
+
+| ``opnfv-util undercloud root``
+| ``su - stack``
+
+Once connected to undercloud as the stack user look for two keystone files that
+can be used to interact with the undercloud and the overcloud. Source the
+appropriate RC file to interact with the respective OpenStack deployment.
+
+| ``source stackrc`` (undercloud)
+| ``source overcloudrc`` (overcloud / OPNFV)
+
+The contents of these files include the credentials for the administrative user
+for undercloud and OPNFV respectivly. At this point both undercloud and OPNFV
+can be interacted with just as any OpenStack installation can be. Start by
+listing the nodes in the undercloud that were used to deploy the overcloud.
+
+| ``source stackrc``
+| ``openstack server list``
+
+The control and compute nodes will be listed in the output of this server list
+command. The IP addresses that are listed are the control plane addresses that
+were used to provision the nodes. Use these IP addresses to connect to these
+nodes. Initial authentication requires using the user heat-admin.
+
+| ``ssh heat-admin@192.0.2.7``
+
+To begin creating users, images, networks, servers, etc in OPNFV source the
+overcloudrc file or retrieve the admin user's credentials from the overcloudrc
+file and connect to the web Dashboard.
+
+
+You are now able to follow the `OpenStack Verification`_ section.
+
+OpenStack Verification
+----------------------
+
+Once connected to the OPNFV Dashboard make sure the OPNFV target system is
+working correctly:
+
+1. In the left pane, click Compute -> Images, click Create Image.
+
+2. Insert a name "cirros", Insert an Image Location
+ ``http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.4/cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-disk.img``.
+
+3. Select format "QCOW2", select Public, then click Create Image.
+
+4. Now click Project -> Network -> Networks, click Create Network.
+
+5. Enter a name "internal", click Next.
+
+6. Enter a subnet name "internal_subnet", and enter Network Address
+ ``172.16.1.0/24``, click Next.
+
+7. Now go to Project -> Compute -> Instances, click Launch Instance.
+
+8. Enter Instance Name "first_instance", select Instance Boot Source
+ "Boot from image", and then select Image Name "cirros".
+
+9. Click Launch, status will cycle though a couple states before becoming
+ "Active".
+
+10. Steps 7 though 9 can be repeated to launch more instances.
+
+11. Once an instance becomes "Active" their IP addresses will display on the
+ Instances page.
+
+12. Click the name of an instance, then the "Console" tab and login as
+ "cirros"/"cubswin:)"
+
+13. To verify storage is working,
+ click Project -> Compute -> Volumes, Create Volume
+
+14. Give the volume a name and a size of 1 GB
+
+15. Once the volume becomes "Available" click the dropdown arrow and attach it
+ to an instance.
+
+Congratulations you have successfully installed OPNFV!
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+Installation High-Level Overview - Virtual Deployment
+=====================================================
+
+The VM nodes deployment operates almost the same way as the bare metal
+deployment with a few differences. ``opnfv-deploy`` still deploys an
+undercloud VM. In addition to the undercloud VM a collection of VMs
+(3 control nodes + 2 compute for an HA deployment or 1 control node and 1
+or more compute nodes for a non-HA Deployment) will be defined for the target
+OPNFV deployment. The part of the toolchain that executes IPMI power
+instructions calls into libvirt instead of the IPMI interfaces on baremetal
+servers to operate the power managment. These VMs are then provisioned with
+the same disk images and configuration that baremetal would be. To Triple-O
+these nodes look like they have just built and registered the same way as bare
+metal nodes, the main difference is the use of a libvirt driver for the power
+management. Finally, the default network_settings file will deploy without
+modification. Customizations are welcome but not needed if a generic set of
+network_settings are acceptable.
+
+Installation Guide - Virtual Deployment
+=======================================
+
+This section goes step-by-step on how to correctly install and provision the
+OPNFV target system to VM nodes.
+
+Install Jumphost
+----------------
+
+Follow the instructions in the `Install Bare Metal Jumphost`_ section.
+
+Running ``opnfv-deploy``
+------------------------
+
+You are now ready to deploy OPNFV!
+``opnfv-deploy`` has virtual deployment capability that includes all of
+the configuration nessesary to deploy OPNFV with no modifications.
+
+If no modifications are made to the included configurations the target
+environment will deploy with the following architecture:
+
+ - 1 undercloud VM
+
+ - The option of 3 control and 2 or more compute VMs (HA Deploy / default)
+ or 1 control and 1 or more compute VM (Non-HA deploy / pass -n)
+
+ - 1-5 networks: provisioning, private tenant networking, external, storage
+ and internal API. The API, storage and tenant networking networks can be
+ collapsed onto the provisioning network.
+
+Follow the steps below to execute:
+
+1. ``sudo opnfv-deploy -v [ --virtual-computes n ]
+ [ --virtual-cpus n ] [ --virtual-ram n ] [ --flat ]
+ -n network_settings.yaml -i inventory.yaml -d deploy_settings.yaml``
+
+2. It will take approximately 45 minutes to an hour to stand up undercloud,
+ define the target virtual machines, configure the deployment and execute
+ the deployment. You will notice different outputs in your shell.
+
+3. When the deployment is complete the IP for the undercloud and a url for the
+ OpenStack dashboard will be displayed
+
+Verifying the Setup - VMs
+-------------------------
+
+To verify the set you can follow the instructions in the `Verifying the Setup`_
+section.
+
+.. _`Install Bare Metal Jumphost`: baremetal.html
+.. _`Verifying the Setup`: verification.html