I'm trying to get some guidance in the mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack- dev/2018-April/129574.html
Marking as Opinion for now. ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Opinion ** Changed in: nova Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764530 Title: Verify operation in nova Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Opinion Bug description: This bug tracker is for errors with the documentation, use the following as a template and remove or add fields as you see fit. Convert [ ] into [x] to check boxes: - [x] This doc is inaccurate in this way: When say to run the command: nova-status upgrade check it fails unless I run it as a root. But the documentation doesn't say it. I don't know if I make a mistake during the install, or if I should run it as a root. When run as unprivileged user the output is: $ nova-status upgrade check Error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/cmd/status.py", line 459, in main ret = fn(*fn_args, **fn_kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/cmd/status.py", line 389, in check result = func(self) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/cmd/status.py", line 133, in _check_cellsv2 meta.bind = db_session.get_api_engine() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py", line 152, in get_api_engine return api_context_manager.get_legacy_facade().get_engine() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/enginefacade.py", line 791, in get_legacy_facade return self._factory.get_legacy_facade() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/enginefacade.py", line 342, in get_legacy_facade self._start() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/enginefacade.py", line 484, in _start engine_args, maker_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/enginefacade.py", line 506, in _setup_for_connection "No sql_connection parameter is established") CantStartEngineError: No sql_connection parameter is establishe When run as root the output is: # nova-status upgrade check +---------------------------+ | Upgrade Check Results | +---------------------------+ | Check: Cells v2 | | Result: Success | | Details: None | +---------------------------+ | Check: Placement API | | Result: Success | | Details: None | +---------------------------+ | Check: Resource Providers | | Result: Success | | Details: None | +---------------------------+ - [ ] This is a doc addition request. - [ ] I have a fix to the document that I can paste below including example: input and output. If you have a troubleshooting or support issue, use the following resources: - Ask OpenStack: http://ask.openstack.org - The mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org - IRC: 'openstack' channel on Freenode ----------------------------------- Release: 17.0.3.dev7 on 2018-04-13 23:03 SHA: fda768b304e05821f7479f9698c59d18bf3d3516 Source: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova/tree/doc/source/install/verify.rst URL: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/queens/install/verify.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1764530/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp