Automated install of Openstack (Packstack) on the free version of VMware ESXi 6.5
- Free version of VMware ESXi 6.5 (might work with other versions)
- SSH-enabled in the ESXi server
- Passwordless login (ssh authorized keys) to ESXi server
- Docker
Load the necessary ssh keys into an ssh-agent
Create a .env file based on the env.example from the repo
Configure playbooks/vars.yaml and hosts to fit your environment
openstack.sh deploy
and follow the prompts
openstack.sh destroy
Manual steps and ideas from:
https://computingforgeeks.com/install-and-configure-openstack-on-centos/
https://linuxhint.com/install_openstack_vmware_esxi/
https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-openstack-centos-8-with-packstack/
