The Orchestration module can be termed as the one most useful for developers. It provides a template to the users, so that user can describe the application. This module makes use of the OpenStack API calls to generate the running cloud applications. The user is given a one-file template, which can be used to create instances, security groups and users, and IP addresses. This template is then used by deployers to deploy an application in OpenStack.
We will install and configure the Orchestration module on the controller node.
We need to create database, credentials, and API endpoints so that we can install and configure the Orchestration module. The steps are as follows:
The following are the steps to create a database:
Connect to the database server as root user:
mysql -u root –pCreate a new database named
heat:CREATE DATABASE heat;Grant all the required access to the newly created database
heat:GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES...