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Prerequisites for installing the OpenStack Provider

Before you install the OpenStack Provider, ensure that the following prerequisites have been met:

  • You have downloaded the OpenStack Provider version 2.0.00 or 4.1.1 installer file (setup.cmd or setup.sh) from CLM Zipkit - OpenStack at BMC Communities and stored it in your local computer.

    Note

    To install or upgrade the OpenStack Provider, your version of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is installed or upgraded to the appropriate version:

  • The following BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management stack components are running when you install or upgrade the OpenStack Provider:
    • Cloud Platform Manager
    • BMC Action Request System Server (BMC AR System Server)
  • You have the same OS (Microsoft Windows or Linux) on the computer from which the installer is being run and on the computer on which BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management stack components are installed.
  • You have the following privileges on the computer on which you want to run the installer and on which the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management stack components are installed:

    • (Microsoft Windows) Administrator
    • (Linux) root
  • BMC Server Automation Network Shell (NSH) is installed and the RSCD agent is running on the computer on which you want to run the installer.
  • NSH is installed and the RSCD agent is running on the computer on which the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management stack components are installed.
  • Ensure that you have Java 1.7.x 64 bit installed and have set the environment variables (JAVA_HOME and jre PATH).
  • If you are installing or upgrading the OpenStack Provider in a high-availability (HA) environment, you must verify the following properties of the BMC AR System Server, Cloud Platform Manager, and host VMs according to your HA environment configurations:

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