Input Parameters for an OpenStack Provider

This section describes the input parameters required to add an OpenStack provider. In addition, NSX-T backend networking requires specific configuration parameters.

An OpenStack provider requires the following information.

Table 1. OpenStack Authentication

Variable	Description
Keystone Public URL	Full Keystone public endpoint URL including protocol (http or https), port and API version. For example, https://openstack.cloud:5000/v3.
Username	OpenStack username
Password	OpenStack password
Project name	OpenStack project name
Region name (Default: nova)	OpenStack region name
Domain name (optional)	OpenStack domain name. Leave blank when using version 2 of authentication API. Must be set for v3.
CA Certificate	Certificate for authentication with the OpenStack Keystone service. See Update a VMware Integrated OpenStack Load Balancer Certificate for an OpenStack Provider

Table 2. Image and Flavor

Variable	Description
Image username	Used to establish SSH connection with cluster nodes. This user must be able run sudo without a password. For example, the default user for Ubuntu cloud images is ubuntu.
Image ID of the Ubuntu image	OpenStack image ID
Flavor ID	OpenStack flavor ID

Table 3. Networking and Security

Variable	Description
NSX-T Networking	See Configuration Information for NSX-T Networking.
Security Group ID	Security group ID to be applied to all VMs
Internal Network ID of Kubernetes cluster network	Internal network ID used for nodes IPs
Internal network Subnet ID	Subnet ID of the internal network used for allocating the IPs
External Network ID used for floating IPs	External network ID used to assign floating IPs

Configuration Information for NSX-T Networking

NSX-T networking requires specific input parameters.

Variable	Description
Manager address	NSX-T manager FQDN or IP
Username	NSX-T manager username
Password	NSX-T manager password
Tier 0 Router	Tier 0 router ID configured for OpenStack
Transport zone	Transport zone ID configured for OpenStack