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diff --git a/docs/installation-instructions/introduction.rst b/docs/installation-instructions/introduction.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af8e03b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/installation-instructions/introduction.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Introduction +============ + +This document describes the steps to install an OPNFV Bramaputra 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 the RDO Manager Open Source project as a server provisioning tool. +RDO Manager is the RDO Project implimentation of OpenStack's Triple-O project. +The Triple-O image based life cycle installation tool provisions an OPNFV +Target System (3 controllers, n number of 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-bramaputra.iso``) to both install CentOS 7 and the +nessesary materials to deploy or the Apex RPM (``opnfv-apex.rpm``) +which expects installation to a CentOS 7 libvirt enabled host. The RPM +contains a collection of configuration file, 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``) RPM. The RPM +is the same RPM included in the ISO and includes 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 an RDO Manager Instack 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. |