Requirements: –

OS – Centos9

Network – Two Interfaces, first NIC for management and second NIC used for cloud network (Don’t Configure IP for second NIC)

Storage – Use Custom partition, allocate more storage for /var (VMs will be stored in /var partition). Attach one additional disk (used for Cinder).

Internet Access

One VIP and Network CIDR (used for provider/external network)

Deployment: –

Note down the NIC names and secondary disk names.

Install Git and clone Git repository – https://github.com/Dineshk1205/Bobcat.

$ dnf install git -y

$ git clone https://github.com/Dineshk1205/Bobcat

Assign Execute permission to Bobcat.sh file

$ chmod +x Bobcat.sh

Run Bobcat.sh file

$./Bobcat.sh

Click on ok.

Enter VIP and click ok (Use Tab to select options).

Enter Primary NIC name.

Enter the Second NIC name.

Choose a Network plugin based on your requirements.

Enter the Secondary Disk name.

Choose a Virtualization type based on your environment.

Determine whether your compute node supports hardware acceleration for virtual machines.

$ egrep -c ‘(vmx|svm)’ /proc/cpuinfo

If this command returns a value of one or greater, your compute node supports hardware acceleration – Choose – KVM.

If this command returns a value of zero, your compute node does not support hardware acceleration

– Choose – Qemu.

Enter Keystone admin Password (Used for Dashboard Login)

Enter Provider network CIDR.

Enter CIDR start and end Range.

Enter Gateway

Relax. Deployment may take 15 to 20 minutes. Once Deployment is completed, the message below will be displayed on the screen.

Access Dashboard using VIP. Enter username – admin, password and click on sign in.