This shows how to quickly bring up a proof-of-concept OpenStack environment on one node using the Packstack installation utility.
System requirements
To deploy OpenStack on a single node, two servers are required. One server is used as a
director node which runs playbooks, accesses another server remotely to configure and deploy
all OpenStack components. The following table shows the system requirements of the target
server for deploying OpenStack. The director node doesn't have any system
requirements.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 4 cores, 2.4 GHz | 24 cores, 2.67 GHz |
| RAM | 8 GB | 24 GB or more |
| Hard disk | 2 × 500 GB (7200 RPM) | 4 × 500 GB (7200 RPM) |
Note: The provided test example uses the m1.medium flavor. For more
information on required hardware configurations, see Note: The flavor types and the number VM instances to determine required hardware
configurations.