Using OpenStack Baremetal¶
Before working with the Bare Metal service, you’ll need to create a
connection to your OpenStack cloud by following the Connect user
guide. This will provide you with the conn variable used in the examples
below.
Table of Contents
The primary resource of the Bare Metal service is the node.
Below are a few usage examples. For a reference to all the available methods, see Baremetal API.
CRUD operations¶
List Nodes¶
A node is a bare metal machine.
def list_nodes(conn):
print("List Nodes:")
for node in conn.baremetal.nodes():
print(node)
Full example: baremetal resource list
Provisioning operations¶
Provisioning actions are the main way to manipulate the nodes. See Bare Metal service states documentation for details.
Manage and inspect Node¶
Managing a node in the enroll provision state validates the management
(IPMI, Redfish, etc) credentials and moves the node to the manageable
state. Managing a node in the available state moves it to the
manageable state. In this state additional actions, such as configuring
RAID or inspecting, are available.
Inspecting a node detects its properties by either talking to its BMC or by booting a special ramdisk.
def manage_and_inspect_node(conn, uuid):
node = conn.baremetal.find_node(uuid)
print('Before:', node.provision_state)
conn.baremetal.set_node_provision_state(node, 'manage')
conn.baremetal.wait_for_nodes_provision_state([node], 'manageable')
conn.baremetal.set_node_provision_state(node, 'inspect')
res = conn.baremetal.wait_for_nodes_provision_state([node], 'manageable')
print('After:', res[0].provision_state)
Full example: baremetal provisioning
Provide Node¶
Providing a node in the manageable provision state makes it available
for deployment.
def provide_node(conn, uuid):
node = conn.baremetal.find_node(uuid)
print('Before:', node.provision_state)
conn.baremetal.set_node_provision_state(node, 'provide')
res = conn.baremetal.wait_for_nodes_provision_state([node], 'available')
print('After:', res[0].provision_state)
Full example: baremetal provisioning
