How To Install CloudBolt On OpenStack

Overview

This article talks about how to convert CloudBolt OVA to Quemo to install it on OpenStack

Considerations

You should have familiarity with the qemu-img command

Procedure

Step 1 Get the CB vmdk for a specific version and Extract it

1. Go to https://support.cloudbolt.io/hc/en-us/sections/201319565-Download-CloudBolt

2. Download the OVA i.e CloudBolt_9.3_6acbb21.ova

3. Run tar xvf to extract the ova
   

Step 2 Use qemu-img to generate the qcow file from the virtual disk

1. Run this command on the vmdk qemu-img convert -O qcow2 CloudBolt-*.vmdk CloudBolt-name.qcow2 ​ 

Step 3 Install the cloudbolt-name.qcow2 image in openstack

1. Move the cloudbolt-name.qcow2 to Openstack

2. Deploy the cloudbolt-name.qcow2 in openstack

Additional information

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/image_builder_guide/sect-documentation-image_builder-chapter5-section_4