Install and configure (Ubuntu)

This section describes how to install and configure the Image service, code-named glance, on the controller node. For simplicity, this configuration stores images on the local file system.

Prerequisites

Before you install and configure the Image service, you must create a database, service credentials, and API endpoints.

1. To create the database, complete these steps:

   • Use the database access client to connect to the database server as the root user:

     # mysql
     

   • Create the glance database:

     MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE glance;
     

   • Grant proper access to the glance database:

     MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON glance.* TO 'glance'@'localhost' \
       IDENTIFIED BY 'GLANCE_DBPASS';
     MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON glance.* TO 'glance'@'%' \
       IDENTIFIED BY 'GLANCE_DBPASS';
     

     Replace GLANCE_DBPASS with a suitable password.

   • Exit the database access client.

2. Source the admin credentials to gain access to admin-only CLI commands:

   $ . admin-openrc
   

3. To create the service credentials, complete these steps:

   • Create the glance user:

     $ openstack user create --domain default --password-prompt glance
     
     User Password:
     Repeat User Password:
     +---------------------+----------------------------------+
     | Field               | Value                            |
     +---------------------+----------------------------------+
     | domain_id           | default                          |
     | enabled             | True                             |
     | id                  | 3f4e777c4062483ab8d9edd7dff829df |
     | name                | glance                           |
     | options             | {}                               |
     | password_expires_at | None                             |
     +---------------------+----------------------------------+
     

   • Add the admin role to the glance user and service project:

     $ openstack role add --project service --user glance admin
     

     Note

     This command provides no output.

   • Create the glance service entity:

     $ openstack service create --name glance \
       --description "OpenStack Image" image
     
     +-------------+----------------------------------+
     | Field       | Value                            |
     +-------------+----------------------------------+
     | description | OpenStack Image                  |
     | enabled     | True                             |
     | id          | 8c2c7f1b9b5049ea9e63757b5533e6d2 |
     | name        | glance                           |
     | type        | image                            |
     +-------------+----------------------------------+
     

4. Create the Image service API endpoints:

   $ openstack endpoint create --region RegionOne \
     image public http://controller:9292
   
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   | Field        | Value                            |
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   | enabled      | True                             |
   | id           | 340be3625e9b4239a6415d034e98aace |
   | interface    | public                           |
   | region       | RegionOne                        |
   | region_id    | RegionOne                        |
   | service_id   | 8c2c7f1b9b5049ea9e63757b5533e6d2 |
   | service_name | glance                           |
   | service_type | image                            |
   | url          | http://controller:9292           |
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   
   $ openstack endpoint create --region RegionOne \
     image internal http://controller:9292
   
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   | Field        | Value                            |
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   | enabled      | True                             |
   | id           | a6e4b153c2ae4c919eccfdbb7dceb5d2 |
   | interface    | internal                         |
   | region       | RegionOne                        |
   | region_id    | RegionOne                        |
   | service_id   | 8c2c7f1b9b5049ea9e63757b5533e6d2 |
   | service_name | glance                           |
   | service_type | image                            |
   | url          | http://controller:9292           |
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   
   $ openstack endpoint create --region RegionOne \
     image admin http://controller:9292
   
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   | Field        | Value                            |
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   | enabled      | True                             |
   | id           | 0c37ed58103f4300a84ff125a539032d |
   | interface    | admin                            |
   | region       | RegionOne                        |
   | region_id    | RegionOne                        |
   | service_id   | 8c2c7f1b9b5049ea9e63757b5533e6d2 |
   | service_name | glance                           |
   | service_type | image                            |
   | url          | http://controller:9292           |
   +--------------+----------------------------------+
   

Install and configure components

Note

Default configuration files vary by distribution. You might need to add these sections and options rather than modifying existing sections and options. Also, an ellipsis (...) in the configuration snippets indicates potential default configuration options that you should retain.

1. Install the packages:

   # apt install glance
   

2. Edit the /etc/glance/glance-api.conf file and complete the following actions:

   • In the [database] section, configure database access:

     [database]
     # ...
     connection = mysql+pymysql://glance:GLANCE_DBPASS@controller/glance
     

     Replace GLANCE_DBPASS with the password you chose for the Image service database.

   • In the [keystone_authtoken] and [paste_deploy] sections, configure Identity service access:

     [keystone_authtoken]
     # ...
     www_authenticate_uri = http://controller:5000
     auth_url = http://controller:5000
     memcached_servers = controller:11211
     auth_type = password
     project_domain_name = Default
     user_domain_name = Default
     project_name = service
     username = glance
     password = GLANCE_PASS
     
     [paste_deploy]
     # ...
     flavor = keystone
     

     Replace GLANCE_PASS with the password you chose for the glance user in the Identity service.

     Note

     Comment out or remove any other options in the [keystone_authtoken] section.

   • In the [glance_store] section, configure the local file system store and location of image files:

     [glance_store]
     # ...
     stores = file,http
     default_store = file
     filesystem_store_datadir = /var/lib/glance/images/
     

3. Populate the Image service database:

   # su -s /bin/sh -c "glance-manage db_sync" glance
   

   Note

   Ignore any deprecation messages in this output.

Finalize installation

1. Restart the Image services:

   # service glance-api restart