openstack

openstack overcloud deploy: plan-environment.yaml not found

For one reason or another, I sometimes run into the following error when trying to deploy an OpenStack TripleO overcloud in my lab:

ClientException: Object GET failed: https://192.0.2.2:13808/v1
  /AUTH_1a5df8c242d848e8b01b974a72afcf8c
  /overcloud/plan-environment.yaml 404 Not Found

This usually occurs after impatiently cancelling an overcloud deployment – strongly not recommended of course. The overcloud plan, which is stored in a Swift container, is left missing one or more objects.

Given that Mistral (OpenStack’s workflow service) is meant to first delete the existing plan before continuing, it’s an odd error. The solution, it turns out, is not quite as straight forward as manually deleting the plan.

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openstack, python

Enable SSL for an Oslo WSGI service

I recently needed to deploy a REST-based web service for use as a DynamicJSON vendordata provider to OpenStack’s nova metadata service. I settled on Oslo’s WSGI server, mainly due to the fact that the Oslo project’s goal is to provide standard libraries for all OpenStack projects. Plus it made incorporating authentication via Keystone middleware that much easier.

Given the requirement for TLS-everywhere, the next step was to enable SSL encryption of the service. This wasn’t as simple a task as I had hoped.

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