On 07/11/2013 11:58 PM, Jake G. wrote: > <rant> > Does anyone have installation instructions that a human being can > actually understand and follow?
Hi Jake, I think I understand what you're going through: the pain you're reporting is unfortunately known and not rare. The documentation team is aware that the installation instructions are in urgent need for attention. The reasons for this technical debt is that the documentation team has given priority to documenting the general aspects of OpenStack. Writing an installation guide that is general/generic for all sorts of possible combinations is too complicated, so that task was given lower priority (the books like Operations Guide and Security Guide were given higher priority, in case you asked). So, while knowing this won't help you ease your pain, I hope it sheds some light on the reasons why the official installation documentation is behind the rest of the docs. To close the technical debt, Anne and the rest of the documentation team will be working on a set of *opinionated* install guides. Acknowledging that installing a complex system like OpenStack is (ahem) complex, what makes it simpler is to make assumptions that reduce the variables. The reasons why you see so many blog posts, small install guides, etc is that these make assumptions to reduce the number of variables like: do I use one or three or more nodes? nova network or neutron? swift? how to configure keystone auth? what networking topology? where do I put the dashboard? how about HA? etc This is a call to anybody interested in documenting OpenStack installation: join the documentation team and contribute your expertise to write an *opinionated* guide to install OpenStack. It won't be the ultimate guide to install OpenStack in all possible scenarios but it will be a way to start. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/HowTo thanks stef -- Ask and answer questions on https://ask.openstack.org _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp