A.1 August, 2014 (Initial Release
SUSE Cloud 4)
Admin Node Installation
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• Updated the barclamp descriptions where necessary. • Updated screenshots where necessary.
• Added the section Section 5.1.2, “Queuing/Dequeuing
Proposals” (page 94) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=882825).
Bugfixes
• Added an explanation for the new option Policy when cluster does not have quorum to Section 5.2, “Deploying Pacemaker (Optional, HA Setup Only)” (page 94) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=875776).
• Added a list of Neutron plugins which can be used with VMWare (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi? id=880128).
• Added the section Section 3.2.4.1, “Providing Access to External Networks” (page 63) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=882795).
• Added an annotation to Section 3.2.2.1, “Product Repositories” (page 55) explaining why not to use symbolic links for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product repository (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=886196).
• Added an explanation explaining the need to use a sub-domain in Section 2.1.4, “DNS and Host Names” (page 19) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886563).
• Added the section Section 5.1.2, “Queuing/Dequeuing
Proposals” (page 94) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=882825).
• Cleaned up network ranges in Section 2.1.1, “Network Address Allocation” (page 11) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=885807).
• Corrected annotation on VLAN settings (https://
• Fixed an error about using openvswitch with Windows server integra- tion in Section 5.10, “Deploying Neutron” (page 126) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889602).
• Updated the upgrade procedure in Section 6.2, “Upgrading from SUSE Cloud 3 to SUSE Cloud 4” (page 142) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889663).
A.2 April 21, 2014 (Maintenance
Release SUSE Cloud 3)
Included information on how to make SUSE Cloud highly available. The following new sections have been added:
• Section 1.5, “HA Setup” (page 5).
• Section 2.7, “High Availability” (page 30).
• Section 5.2, “Deploying Pacemaker (Optional, HA Setup Only)” (page 94) • Section 6.3, “Upgrading to an HA Setup” (page 145)
• Section 6.4, “Backing Up and Restoring the Administration Server” (page 148) • Appendix C, Roles, Services and Start/Stop Scripts in SUSE Cloud (page 173)
Various smaller additions and changes throughout the document. New terms have been added to Terminology (page 199).
A.3 February 17, 2014 (Initial
Release SUSE Cloud 3)
Admin Node Installation
• Re-wrote Section 3.1.9, “Crowbar Setup” (page 46) because YaST now supports Crowbar user management, setting up a bastion network and con- figuring external repository URLs.
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• Added the section Section 4.3.4, “Using an Externally Managed Ceph Cluster” (page 83).
• Added the section Section 4.2.1, “Converting Existing SLES 11 SP3 Ma- chines Into SUSE Cloud Nodes” (page 75).
• Added the FAQ How to change the default disk used for operating system installation? to Section 7.1, “FAQ” (page 151).
OpenStack Service Deployment
• Updated Appendix F, VMware vSphere Installation Instructions (page 191).
• Lots of minor changes in Chapter 5, Deploying the OpenStack Services (page 91) because of changes in the Web interface. • Added Section 5.13, “Deploying Heat (Optional)” (page 135). • Added Section 5.14, “Deploying Ceilometer (Optional)” (page 136). • Added instructions on how to use the Cisco Nexus plugin with Neutron
(Appendix G, Using Cisco Nexus Switches with Neutron (page 195). • Added instructions on how to configure NetApp for Cinder to Section 5.9,
“Deploying Cinder” (page 120).
• Updated all screenshots because of an updated Web interface theme. Maintenance
• Added the section Section 6.2, “Upgrading from SUSE Cloud 3 to SUSE Cloud 4” (page 142).
General
• Added Chapter 6, SUSE Cloud Maintenance (page 141). • Added definition of user roles to About This Guide (page vii).
Bugfixes
• Added instruction on adjusting the CD-ROM drive letter for deploy- ing Windows Compute Nodes when the Administration Server has got multiple hard disks to Section E.2, “Providing a Hyper-V Netboot Environment” (page 187) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=863978).
• Added a notes on the VLAN configuration at various places (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863829
and https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi? id=861523).
• Adjusted the memory recommendations for the Control Node(s) at Section 2.5.2, “Control Node” (page 28) (https://
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862312).
• Add bind mount instructions for the Hyper-V Server deployment to Sec- tion E.2, “Providing a Hyper-V Netboot Environment” (page 187) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi? id=861462).
• Updated Appendix F, VMware vSphere Installation
Instructions (page 191) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=859173).
• Added Section 7.2.1, “ Applying PTFs (Program Temporary Fix- es) Provided by the SUSE L3 Support ” (page 157) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855387).
• Corrections in Section 5.6, “Deploying Ceph (optional)” (page 110) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi? id=850477).
• Corrected network name in the SUSE Cloud Network Overview
image in Section 2.1, “Network” (page 7) (https://
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=846877).
• Added instructions on how to disable route verification to Section 7.1, “FAQ” (page 151) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=841214).
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A.4 September 25, 2013
(Maintenance Release SUSE Cloud
2.0)
OpenStack Service Deployment
• Added instructions on how to set up support for Microsoft Hy- per-V (Appendix E, Setting up a Netboot Environment for Microsoft* Windows (page 187)).
• Screenshots for node allocation and for all barclamps have been added to Chapter 4, Installing the OpenStack Nodes (page 67) and Chapter 5, De- ploying the OpenStack Services (page 91).
Bugfixes
• Added the FAQ What to do when install-suse-cloud fails on deploying the IPMI/BMC network? to Section 7.1, “FAQ” (page 151) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782337).
• Completely restructured the FAQ section in Chapter 7, Troubleshoot- ing and Support (page 151) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=794534).
• Added a note about VLANs on the admin network to Section 2.1, “Network” (page 7) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=835065).
A.5 September 11, 2013 (Initial
Release SUSE Cloud 2.0)
Admin Node Installation
• Completely re-wrote Section 3.2.2.2, “Update Repositories” (page 57). It now also contains information on how to use an external SMT or SUSE Manager server.
• Renamed the commands smt repos and smt mirror to smt- repos and smt-mmirror because of a conflict with the smt com-
mand from the star package (Section 3.2.1, “Setting up the SMT
Repositories” (page 53)). Networking
• Added a chapter on how to adjust the SUSE Cloud network settings (Ap- pendix D, The Network Barclamp Template File (page 175)).
• Added a snippet on the os_sdn network, that was introduced in SUSE Cloud 2.0 (Section 2.1, “Network” (page 7)).
Node Installation
• Added Section 4.3.3, “Mounting NFS Shares on a Node” (page 81). • Added Section 4.3.2, “ Configuring Node Updates with the SUSE Manager
Client barclamp ” (page 79).
• Added Section 4.3.1, “Deploying Node Updates with the Updater barclamp” (page 76).
• Re-wrote Section 4.3.6, “Enabling SSL (optional)” (page 87).
• Added information on the new Public Name and Target Platform attributes on the Node Dashboard to Section 4.2, “Node Installation” (page 69). OpenStack Service Deployment
• Added Section 5.4.1, “LDAP Authentication with Keystone” (page 106). • Added instructions on how to deploy Neutron (Section 5.10, “Deploying
Neutron” (page 126)).
• Added instructions on how to set up support for VMware ESX (Appen- dix F, VMware vSphere Installation Instructions (page 191)).
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• Added instructions on how to deploy Cinder in Section 5.9, “Deploying Cinder” (page 120).
• barclamp descriptions have been updated—almost all configurable attributes are now described in Chapter 5, Deploying the OpenStack Services (page 91).
Bugfixes
• Added a note on debugging and adding additional repositories in Section 3.2.2.2, “Update Repositories” (page 57) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838096).
• Fixed an error in Section 2.1.2.2, “Dual Network Mode” (page 16) that claimed two NICs are required on the Administration Server (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838412).
• Clarified in Section 5.9, “Deploying Cinder” (page 120) that cinder-vol- ume can be deployed on several block storage nodes (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835921).
• Added the role name for the Administration Server to Example D.3, “Network Modes for Certain Roles” (page 182) (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838354
• Added information on how to access nodes from the outside by us- ing the Administration Server as a jump host via the bastion network in Section 2.1.3, “Accessing the Administration Server via a Bas- tion Network” (page 18) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=838341).
• Added a short description on how to change the host name dur- ing the installation in the section Section 3.1.7, “Basic Network Configuration” (page 45) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=826163).
• Dropped snippets about how to activate the bastion network (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832952).
• Fixed a syntax error in a program listing at Section 3.2.1, “Setting up the SMT Repositories” (page 53) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=826833).
• Added the FAQ I have installed a new hard disk on a node that was already deployed. Why is it ignored by Crowbar? to Section 7.1, “FAQ” (page 151) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?
id=779733).
• Added the FAQ What to do if a node hangs during hardware discovery after the very first boot using PXE into the SLEShammer image? to Sec- tion 7.1, “FAQ” (page 151) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=788156).
• Corrected the IP address in Section 3.1.7, “Basic Network
Configuration” (page 45) (https://bugzilla.novell.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=817957).
• Made various improvements throughout the document (https:// bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806698)