Contents

Configure OpenStack Services Using Helm Chart Overrides

• Overview of Configuring StarlingX OpenStack
• Configure Live Migration Parameters in Nova
  • Parameters
• Configure PCIe Hot-Plug for Instances
  • Configure PCIe Root Ports for New Instances
  • Attach Devices to Existing Instances
• Configure a PCI Alias in Nova
• Configure the RPC Response Timeout in Cinder
• Configure the NFS Backend on Cinder-Backup
• Enable the QoS Extension for Neutron
• Enable the Trunk Extension for Neutron
• Enable Internal DNS in Neutron
• Configure Horizon Apache Worker Recycling
• Configure uWSGI Workers for OpenStack API Services
• Add Configuration rpc_response_max_timeout in neutron.conf
• Assign a Dedicated VLAN ID to a Target Project Network
• Customize OpenStack Horizon and Login Banner Branding
• Enhanced RBAC Policies
  • Running Tests
  • To cleanup after testing
  • Role Permission Details

Observability

• Observability Overview
  • Key Components of the Observability Stack
  • Architecture
    • Metrics Framework
    • Event Alarm Framework
  • Observability Key Workflows and Tasks
• Configure Ceilometer for Telemetry Data Collection
  • Ceilometer Agents
  • Metrics Endpoints and Metrics Services
  • Verify each Exporter
  • How the Prometheus Server Discovers the Ceilometer Exporters
  • Apply Prometheus before StarlingX OpenStack
  • Verify Ceilometer ServiceMonitors and Metrics Collection
  • Poll Configuration
  • Enable and Disable the Metrics Services and ServiceMonitors
  • Troubleshoot Ceilometer
• Configure Prometheus for Metrics Storage
• Manage Alarms Using Aodh
  • Create a Metric-Based Alarm
  • Create an Event-Based Alarm
    • Filter Event-Based Alarms
    • Update Event Type and Trait Definitions
  • Configure HTTP Notification Endpoints
  • Configure HTTPS Notification Endpoints with a Private CA
  • Alarm Behaviour Without the Prometheus Application
  • Troubleshoot OpenStack Alarm Issues
• Integrate with External Systems
  • Available Metrics Endpoints
    • Security Considerations
    • Ceilometer Compute Exporter Considerations
    • Verify Metrics Endpoints
  • Integrate an External Alarm Receiver
• Configure OpenStack Exporter for Metrics Collection
  • OpenStack Exporter Metrics Endpoint
  • Enable the OpenStack Exporter
  • Configure OpenStack Exporter Polling Parameters
  • OpenStack Exporter Metric Reference
  • OpenStack Exporter Metrics Consumers
  • OpenStack Exporter Security Considerations
  • Disable the OpenStack Exporter
  • Troubleshooting the OpenStack Exporter

Cinder

• Export and Import Cinder Backups to Ceph Pool