In this section, we will describe the steps for installing Heat on Ubuntu Linux:
Change to the super user mode:
Install Heat packages:
Create a MySQL database for Heat:
The default connection string to
sqlite_dbneeds to be replaced with a new string to the MySQL database. TheHEAT_DBPASSparameter needs to be replaced with the actual password for theheatdatabase:
Configure the service user and role:
Register the service and create the endpoint:
Create the
heat_stack_userrole:
Install the OpenStack client:
Create the
heat_stack_ownerrole and give role to users (adminanddemo) who create Heat stacks:
Edit the
/etc/heat/heat.conffile:
Replace the connection string, as shown in the following screenshot:
After incorporating the changes, the configuration file
heat.confshould look like the following screenshot:
It is also important to mention the
heatinstance user in the same configuration file under the[DEFAULT]section.user_instanceis required to access VM via SSH...