Example nova.conf configuration files¶
The following sections describe the configuration options in the
nova.conf file. You must copy the nova.conf file to each
compute node. The sample nova.conf files show examples of
specific configurations.
Small, private cloud¶
This example nova.conf file configures a small private cloud
with cloud controller services, database server, and messaging
server on the same server. In this case, CONTROLLER_IP represents
the IP address of a central server, BRIDGE_INTERFACE represents
the bridge such as br100, the NETWORK_INTERFACE represents an
interface to your VLAN setup, and passwords are represented as
DB_PASSWORD_COMPUTE for your Compute (nova) database password,
and RABBIT PASSWORD represents the password to your message
queue installation.
[DEFAULT]
# LOGS/STATE
logdir=/var/log/nova
state_path=/var/lib/nova
lock_path=/var/lock/nova
rootwrap_config=/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf
# SCHEDULER
compute_scheduler_driver=nova.scheduler.filter_scheduler.FilterScheduler
# VOLUMES
# configured in cinder.conf
# COMPUTE
compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
instance_name_template=instance-%08x
api_paste_config=/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
# COMPUTE/APIS: if you have separate configs for separate services
# this flag is required for both nova-api and nova-compute
allow_resize_to_same_host=True
# APIS
osapi_compute_extension=nova.api.openstack.compute.contrib.standard_extensions
ec2_dmz_host=192.168.206.130
s3_host=192.168.206.130
# RABBITMQ
rabbit_host=192.168.206.130
# GLANCE
image_service=nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService
# NETWORK
network_manager=nova.network.manager.FlatDHCPManager
force_dhcp_release=True
dhcpbridge_flagfile=/etc/nova/nova.conf
firewall_driver=nova.virt.libvirt.firewall.IptablesFirewallDriver
# Change my_ip to match each host
my_ip=192.168.206.130
public_interface=eth0
vlan_interface=eth0
flat_network_bridge=br100
flat_interface=eth0
# NOVNC CONSOLE
novncproxy_base_url=http://192.168.206.130:6080/vnc_auto.html
# Change vncserver_proxyclient_address and vncserver_listen to match each compute host
vncserver_proxyclient_address=192.168.206.130
vncserver_listen=192.168.206.130
# AUTHENTICATION
auth_strategy=keystone
[keystone_authtoken]
auth_host = 127.0.0.1
auth_port = 35357
auth_protocol = http
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = nova
admin_password = nova
signing_dirname = /tmp/keystone-signing-nova
# GLANCE
[glance]
api_servers=192.168.206.130:9292
# DATABASE
[database]
connection=mysql+pymysql://nova:yourpassword@192.168.206.130/nova
# LIBVIRT
[libvirt]
virt_type=qemu
KVM, Flat, MySQL, and Glance, OpenStack or EC2 API¶
This example nova.conf file, from an internal Rackspace test
system, is used for demonstrations.
[DEFAULT]
# LOGS/STATE
logdir=/var/log/nova
state_path=/var/lib/nova
lock_path=/var/lock/nova
rootwrap_config=/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf
# SCHEDULER
compute_scheduler_driver=nova.scheduler.filter_scheduler.FilterScheduler
# VOLUMES
# configured in cinder.conf
# COMPUTE
compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
instance_name_template=instance-%08x
api_paste_config=/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
# COMPUTE/APIS: if you have separate configs for separate services
# this flag is required for both nova-api and nova-compute
allow_resize_to_same_host=True
# APIS
osapi_compute_extension=nova.api.openstack.compute.contrib.standard_extensions
ec2_dmz_host=192.168.206.130
s3_host=192.168.206.130
# RABBITMQ
rabbit_host=192.168.206.130
# GLANCE
image_service=nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService
# NETWORK
network_manager=nova.network.manager.FlatDHCPManager
force_dhcp_release=True
dhcpbridge_flagfile=/etc/nova/nova.conf
firewall_driver=nova.virt.libvirt.firewall.IptablesFirewallDriver
# Change my_ip to match each host
my_ip=192.168.206.130
public_interface=eth0
vlan_interface=eth0
flat_network_bridge=br100
flat_interface=eth0
# NOVNC CONSOLE
novncproxy_base_url=http://192.168.206.130:6080/vnc_auto.html
# Change vncserver_proxyclient_address and vncserver_listen to match each compute host
vncserver_proxyclient_address=192.168.206.130
vncserver_listen=192.168.206.130
# AUTHENTICATION
auth_strategy=keystone
[keystone_authtoken]
auth_host = 127.0.0.1
auth_port = 35357
auth_protocol = http
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = nova
admin_password = nova
signing_dirname = /tmp/keystone-signing-nova
# GLANCE
[glance]
api_servers=192.168.206.130:9292
# DATABASE
[database]
connection=mysql+pymysql://nova:yourpassword@192.168.206.130/nova
# LIBVIRT
[libvirt]
virt_type=qemu
XenServer, Flat networking, MySQL, and Glance, OpenStack API¶
This example nova.conf file is from an internal Rackspace test system.
verbose=True
nodaemon=True
network_manager=nova.network.manager.FlatManager
image_service=nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService
flat_network_bridge=xenbr0
compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver
xenapi_connection_url=https://<XenServer IP>
xenapi_connection_username=root
xenapi_connection_password=supersecret
xenapi_image_upload_handler=nova.virt.xenapi.image.glance.GlanceStore
rescue_timeout=86400
use_ipv6=true
# To enable flat_injected, currently only works on Debian-based systems
flat_injected=true
ipv6_backend=account_identifier
ca_path=./nova/CA
# Add the following to your conf file if you're running on Ubuntu Maverick
xenapi_remap_vbd_dev=true
[database]
connection=mysql+pymysql://root:<password>@127.0.0.1/nova
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