Next Steps¶

After you successfully deploy your OpenStack environment, you must verify that your environment is operational, as well as configure additional components. After completing the verification, log in to the Horizon dashboard or the OpenStack CLI to operate your environment.

Configure and verify the following:

1. If you have installed additional OpenStack components, such as the OpenStack application catalog (Murano), the Telemetry service (Ceilometer), the Bare Metal Service (Ironic), or the Hadoop cluster (Sahara), complete the tasks described in the corresponding sub-section in Configure additional components.

2. Set up shell access to Fuel Master and Fuel Slave nodes to use OpenStack CLI.

3. Verify that the deployed environment is operational by running the following tests:

   • Network configuration test in the Networks tab.

     Although you may have already run this test before you deployed the OpenStack environment, you may want to verify the network configuration once again.

   • Environment health checks described in Verify your OpenStack environment

   • Additional components verification. If you have installed any additional components, prepare and run the corresponding tests:

     • Preparing the Hadoop cluster service for testing
     • Preparing the OpenStack Application Catalog for testing

   • Ceph configuration test:

     • If you have deployed Ceph as a storage back end, follow the Verifying the deployment instructions to verify the Ceph configuration.

4. Create a backup of your environment and store it in a safe location.

5. Log in to the Horizon dashboard by clicking Go to Horizon or to the command-line interface to manage your OpenStack environment.

   Note

   After you deploy an OpenStack environment, manage the environment from the Horizon dashboard. Use Fuel UI for testing, managing OpenStack nodes, and troubleshooting.