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-rw-r--r--docs/release/installation/introduction.rst7
-rw-r--r--docs/release/installation/virtual.rst12
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/release/installation/baremetal.rst b/docs/release/installation/baremetal.rst
index d8f90792..ff55bc16 100644
--- a/docs/release/installation/baremetal.rst
+++ b/docs/release/installation/baremetal.rst
@@ -150,9 +150,13 @@ IPMI configuration information gathered in section
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).
+ that will be deployed. 0 or more compute nodes and 1 or 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.
+ By specifying 0 compute nodes in the inventory file, the deployment will
+ automatically deploy "all-in-one" nodes which means the compute will run
+ along side the controller in a single overcloud node. Specifying 3 control
+ nodes will result in a highly-available service model.
3. Edit the following values for each node:
diff --git a/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst b/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst
index 8dbf8f2f..76ed0acb 100644
--- a/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs/release/installation/introduction.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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
+tool provisions an OPNFV Target System (1 or 3 controllers, 0 or more
compute nodes) with OPNFV specific configuration provided by the Apex
deployment tool chain.
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ 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.
+OPNFV target deployment. These nodes can be either virtual or bare metal.
+This guide contains instructions for installing either method.
diff --git a/docs/release/installation/virtual.rst b/docs/release/installation/virtual.rst
index af8aece2..5682f364 100644
--- a/docs/release/installation/virtual.rst
+++ b/docs/release/installation/virtual.rst
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ The virtual 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
+control node and 0 or more compute nodes for a Non-HA Deployment) will be
defined for the target OPNFV deployment. All overcloud VMs are registered
with a Virtual BMC emulator which will service power management (IPMI)
commands. The overcloud VMs are still provisioned with the same disk images
-and configuration that baremetal would use.
+and configuration that baremetal would use. Using 0 nodes for a virtual
+deployment will automatically deploy "all-in-one" nodes which means the compute
+will run along side the controller in a single overcloud node. Specifying 3
+control nodes will result in a highly-available service model.
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
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ 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)
+ or 1 control and 0 or more compute VMs (Non-HA deploy)
- 1-5 networks: provisioning, private tenant networking, external, storage
and internal API. The API, storage and tenant networking networks can be
@@ -83,7 +86,8 @@ Follow the steps below to execute:
password: 'opnfvapex'. It is also useful in some cases to surround the
deploy command with ``nohup``. For example:
``nohup <deploy command> &``, will allow a deployment to continue even if
- ssh access to the Jump Host is lost during deployment.
+ ssh access to the Jump Host is lost during deployment. By specifying
+ ``--virtual-computes 0``, the deployment will proceed as all-in-one.
2. It will take approximately 45 minutes to an hour to stand up undercloud,
define the target virtual machines, configure the deployment and execute