[rdo-users] TripleO installation failures

[Alex Schultz]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 12:53 AM YATIN KAREL <yatinkarel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hmm that step("sudo yum install -y https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7/current/python2-tripleo-repos-<version>.el7.centos.noarch.rpm") can confuse users as they don't know what <version> to use and will required to manually get version by tracing the url, Following can be used:
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> sudo yum -y install --repofrompath=tmp,https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7/current/ --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=tmp python2-tripleo-repos
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> @Alex wdyt to use ^^ in docs?

Works for me.

>
> @Andreas, Just to be exact the issue u faced with centos-rocky packages, Following is the commit that is in stable/rocky but not in centos-rocky mirror:-
> https://github.com/openstack/puppet-ironic/commit/0ed395e5887b12c44e50b5b8b157059055eda3ea
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>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:21 PM Alex Schultz <aschultz at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM Alex Schultz <aschultz at redhat.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 9:44 AM Andreas Kasenides
>> > <andreas.kasenides at cs.ucy.ac.cy> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > On 19/12/2018 11:11, Steven Hardy wrote:
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:41 AM Andreas Kasenides
>> > > <andreas.kasenides at cs.ucy.ac.cy> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Thank you all. All comments very much appreciated. Here is how we attempt to install:
>> > > - we start from a minimal CentOS 7 install, latest and updated on the undercloud machine
>> > > - the network is pretty much standard from the manual and is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x57_tmMU9yOaJlFFepn3-gNASTR-oI1R/view?usp=sharing
>> > > - we follow closely the TripleO instal manual
>> > > - repos are enabled with: sudo yum install centos-release-openstack-rocky
>> > >
>> > > This may be the problem - you should use the tripleo-repos tool to
>> > > ensure the latest/correct RDO repos are enabled, I don't think we
>> > > document centos-release-openstack-rocky anywhere in the tripleo docs?
>> > >
>> > > https://docs.openstack.org/tripleo-docs/latest/install/installation/installation.html#installing-the-undercloud
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > As I retrace our steps into what caused the installation troubles in the first place I notice the following in the undercloud install manual:
>> > >
>> > > At bullet point "2. Enable needed repositories" and under the RHEL box
>> > >
>> > > "Download and install the python2-tripleo-repos RPM from the current RDO repository. For example"
>> > >
>> > > "sudo yum install -y https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7/current/python2-tripleo-repos-<version>.el7.centos.noarch.rpm"
>> > >
>> > > What should <version> be? rocky? Then the install fails with
>> > >
>> > > [root at pallas ~]# yum install https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7/current/python2-tripleo-repos-rocky.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
>> > > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
>> > > Cannot open: https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7/current/python2-tripleo-repos-rocky.el7.centos.noarch.rpm. Skipping.
>> > > Error: Nothing to do
>> > >
>> > > Looking at https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7/current/ I see that there is a python2-tripleo-repos-0.0.1-0.20181218212820.a5b709e.el7.noarch.rpm. Is this the one?
>> > >
>> >
>> > The tripleo-repos package is not versioned for the release. Any rpm will do.
>> >
>> > sudo rpm -ivh https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7-master/current/python2-tripleo-repos-0.0.1-0.20181218212820.a5b709e.el7.noarch.rpm
>> > sudo tripleo-repos -b rocky current
>> >
>>
>> Also since current can move, you can also do it this way via ansible:
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>> https://github.com/mwhahaha/ansible-ovb/blob/master/roles/undercloud-repo-setup/tasks/tripleo-repos.yml
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>> with tripleo_repos_repo_file_url is the delorean.repo out of current/
>> or current-tripleo
>>
>> https://github.com/mwhahaha/ansible-ovb/blob/master/roles/undercloud-repo-setup/defaults/main.yml#L4
>>
>> > > best wishes.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Andreas Kasenides
>> > > Senior IT Officer
>> > > Dept. of Computer Science,
>> > > University of Cyprus
>> > > http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~ank
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