OpenStack Compute supports the VMware ESX hypervisor. This section describes the additional configuration required to launch VMWare-based virtual machine images.
You will need to install the following software:
python-suds: This software is needed by the nova-compute service. If not installed, the "nova-compute" service shuts down with the message: "Unable to import suds".
SSH server
Tomcat server
On ubuntu, these packages can be installed by doing (as root):
# apt-get install python-suds openssh-server tomcat6
Download the WSDLs from http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/ and copy the wsdl folder into
/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps.
Configure nova.conf with the following VMWare-specific config options:
vmwareapi_host_ip=<ESX hypervisor machine IP> vmwareapi_host_username=< ESX hypervisor username> vmwareapi_host_password=< ESX hypervisor password> vmwareapi_wsdl_loc=http://127.0.0.1:8080/wsdl/vim25/vimService.wsdl
