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authorTim Rozet <trozet@redhat.com>2018-11-09 11:17:28 -0500
committerTim Rozet <trozet@redhat.com>2018-11-09 17:08:35 +0000
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Updates documentation for Gambiaopnfv-7.0.0
Changes-Include: - Remove references to Apex ISO and disk image RPMs - Update supported scenarios - Update using upstream documentation Change-Id: If2b66d1d5a861bd1f90b0e8829de37d84e656619 Signed-off-by: Tim Rozet <trozet@redhat.com> (cherry picked from commit b188263699077102e956929970cc20191dafd312)
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Introduction
============
-This document describes the steps to install an OPNFV Fraser reference
+This document describes the steps to install an OPNFV Gambia reference
platform using the Apex installer.
The audience is assumed to have a good background in networking
@@ -18,22 +18,14 @@ 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-fraser.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``).
+The Apex artifact is a python package capable of automating the installation of
+TripleO and other OPNFV components.
-An OPNFV install requires a "Jump Host" in order to operate. The bootable
-ISO will allow you to install a customized CentOS 7 release to the Jump Host,
+An OPNFV install requires a "Jump Host" in order to operate. It is required
+to install CentOS 7 release to the Jump Host for traditional deployment,
which includes the required packages needed to run ``opnfv-deploy``.
If you already have a Jump Host 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.
+skip the ISO step and simply install the (``python34-opnfv-apex*.rpm``) RPM.
``opnfv-deploy`` instantiates a Triple-O Undercloud VM server using libvirt
as its provider. This VM is then configured and used to provision the