Installation and configuration of VMware Integrated Openstack

VMware Integrated Openstack (VIO) Manager is the service that installs, configures and manages OpenStack components (such as Load Balancer, Message Queue, OpenStack Services VMs and so on).

Installation and configuration of VIO

Prerequisites

Ensure that Management vCenter server is installed and configured, and the status of Management vCenter must be HA_CONFIGURED.
Ensure that Resource vCenter is installed and configured, and the status of resource vCenter must be HA_CONFIGURED
Ensure that NSX-T component is installed and configured, and the status of NSX-T must be ROUTER_CREATED.
VCSA ISO and VIO appliance file must be present at /var/nps/vim/vmware/ on NPS toolkit.

Automation Installation and configuration of VIO

Run the following command to autodeploy VIO
```
# nps deploy -s vio -a autodeploy 
```
The NPS toolkit provides a single command named autodeploy to perform the operations of individual commands.
Autodeploy command Individual commands
nps deploy -s vio -a autodeploy

nps deploy -s vio -a install nps deploy -s vio -a configure
Run the following command to check the status of deployment.
```
# nps show --data vim --node vio
```
In case of success, the state of the deployment is INSTALLED

Autodeploy command	Individual commands
`nps deploy -s vio -a autodeploy`	`nps deploy -s vio -a install nps deploy -s vio -a configure`

NOTE:

Incase of failure, see Appendix L5: Error codes and corrective action for each VMware components to fix the issue and redeploy VIO using the same procedure.

Individual commands of VIO

The NPS provides modular commands for performing the individual operations. The following table provides the commands, functions and descriptions of each individual commands.

Command	Function	Description
`# nps show --data vim --node vio`	Displays VIO information	This show command is used to display the information of the component such as configuration details, state of the component, and so on.
`# nps deploy -s vio -a install`	Installation of VIO	The command installs OpenStack Management Server VM and OpenStack Template VM on Management Pod.
`# nps deploy -s vio -a configure`	Configuration of VIO	The command configures OpenStack components based on deployment type.

Verification process

Login to management vCenter vSphere UI as an administrator.
vApp containing OpenStack management server VM and OpenStack Template VM can be seen in Inventory.
Another vApp containing 8 OpenStack components VMs can be seen in Inventory.
Login to horizon dashboard of VIO with credentials provided (in data model) and validate services.