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diff --git a/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/helper-scripts/openstackrapid/README b/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/helper-scripts/openstackrapid/README index cc940fc6..d58b4bf3 100644 --- a/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/helper-scripts/openstackrapid/README +++ b/VNFs/DPPD-PROX/helper-scripts/openstackrapid/README @@ -22,22 +22,18 @@ dataplane performance of an OpenStack environment. Copy the files in a directory on a machine that can run the OpenStack CLI commands and that can reach the OpenStack public network. -One option is to create a qcow2 image in the same directory with the -following characteristics: -* Name of the qcow2 file should be: rapidVM.qcow2 - This default name can be overruled on the rapid command line (--image_file) -* Should have DPDK and PROX installed. PROX should be in /root/prox/ directory -* Image should have cloud-init installed -* /mnt/huge should exist to support a command that is executed at startup of the VM: 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge' -* Compile prox with 'make crc=soft'. This is a workaround for some cases where the crc calculation offload is not working as expected. -* Compile dpdk to support AESN-NI Multi Buffer Crypto Poll Mode Driver: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.html - -Alternatively, you can create an image in OpenStack using Packer and then specify -the image to be used as a parameter to createrapid.py. First step is to upload an + +You will need an image that has the PROX tool installed. +A good way to do this is to use the packer tool to build an image for a target of your choice. +You can also build this image manually by executing all the commands described in the deploycentos1.sh +and deploycentos2.sh file. +The default name of the qcow2 file should is rapidVM.qcow2 + +When using the packer tool, the first step is to upload an existing CentOs cloud image from the internet into OpenStack. Check out: https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/ You should now source the proper .rc file so Packer can connect to your OpenStack. -There are 2 files: centos.json and deploycentos.sh, allowing you to create +There are 3 files: centos.json, deploycentos1.sh and deploycentos2.sh, allowing you to create an image automatically. Run # packer build centos.json Note that this procedure is not only installing the necessary tools to run PROX, |