According to https://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/cells.html#first-time-setup you can specify database connection string with map_cell0 command:
nova-manage cell_v2 map_cell0 --database_connection \ mysql+pymysql://root:secretmysql@dbserver/nova_cell0?charset=utf8 Regards, Alfredo On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Massimo Sgaravatto <massimo.sgarava...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks > > I guess you meant "nova db with cell0 appended" and not "nova_api db with > cell0 appended" as you wrote > > My use case is that I share the same percona cluster to host the databases > of multiple openstack installations. So if it is <nova-database-name>-cell0 > this is fine. If instead it is hard-coded to nova-cell0, we have a problem > > Thanks again, Massimo > > > 2017-05-26 17:04 GMT+02:00 Mike Lowe <joml...@iu.edu>: >> >> The whole cell thing tripped me up earlier this week. From what I >> understand it’s hard coded in the upgrade scripts to be the same as the >> nova_api db with cell0 appended to the db name but there is a patch in to >> change this behavior to match what the install docs say. So it looks like >> if you just put the nova_cell0 db on the same host and make the credentials >> match your nova db everything will just work out. You can double check by >> looking at the cell_mapping table entries in your nova_api db. >> >> >> On May 26, 2017, at 10:56 AM, Massimo Sgaravatto >> <massimo.sgarava...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I am reading the RDO installation guide for Ocata. In the nova section [*] >> it is explained how to create the nova_cell0 database, but I can't find how >> to set the relevant connection string in the nova configuration file. >> Any hints ? >> Thanks, Massimo >> >> >> [*] >> >> https://docs.openstack.org/ocata/install-guide-rdo/nova-controller-install.html >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-operators mailing list >> OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators
