Deliverables

Deliverable 1. Provide a Screenshot that Shows the CRD Banner and the running version of Xubuntu similar to the screenshot below

Deliverable 2. Provide screenshots that shows your running OpenStack Dashboard similar to the one below that includes your running instance and has identifying information about your group!

Steps

Prepare USB Installer

Simple bootable USB setup (the only issue I had here was trusting a USB with Ubuntu server on it instead of Xubuntu)

Prepare Super for installation

Using the IPMI IP address and the provided password, connect to the super via IPMI. Connect the bootable USB and launch iKVM

Install Xubuntu on Super

Reboot the super and enter the F11 boot menu. Boot from UDISK USB. Install Xubuntu as normal using DHCP to gain internet access. Once Xubuntu is installed, install Chrome Remote Desktop. This is something I've had issues with in the past and again encountered a few hiccups. I was able to successfully install CRD via SSH.

Install OpenStack

• Install MicroStack from the beta channel:

sudo snap install microstack --devmode --beta

• MicroStack needs to be initialized:

sudo microstack init --auto --control

• This takes around 10-15 minutes to complete

Accessing OpenStack

• Obtain the admin password:

sudo snap get microstack config.credentials.keystone-password

• Open https://10.20.20.1 in the Xubuntu browser and login with “admin” and the password
• Browse to Compute -> Images and there is an image of CirrOS added during the build
• Launch your first OpenStack instance (VM) called “test” based on that CirrOS image
• (the default cirros password is “gocubsgo”)

microstack launch cirros --name test

• The resulting output should provide the information you need to SSH to the instance:
• Now that you are connected to the instance you can use normal Linux commands