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diff --git a/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst b/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst index 76ed0acb..706e2265 100644 --- a/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 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 |