NorNet/5gVINNI OpenStack QEMU Images

These are NorNet/5G-VINNI x86_64 QEMU images, intended to be used with OpenStack and Open Source MANO. These images use UEFI booting instead of classic BIOS booting.

💡 Description

1. Download <IMAGE>.qcow2.xz and <IMAGE>.qcow2.xz.asc.

2. Verify the signature:

   gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 21412672518D8B2D1862EFEF5CD5D12AA0877B49
   gpg --verify <IMAGE>.qcow2.xz.asc <IMAGE>.qcow2.xz
   

3. Uncompress the image:

    xz -T0 -d <IMAGE>.qcow2.xz
   

4. Create image in the OpenStack controller:

   openstack image create <IMAGE> \
      --file <IMAGE>.qcow2 \
      --container-format bare \
      --disk-format qcow2 \
      --property hw_firmware_type=uefi \
      --property architecture=amd64 \
      --public
   

   Note: These images use UEFI boot, not BIOS boot.The hw_firmware_type setting is important therefore!

📦 Image Builder Scripts

The image builder scripts can be found in https://github.com/simula/nornet-vmimage-builder-scripts. The images in this directory have been generated by the script make-openstack-vms.

🔗 Useful Links

• NorNet – A Real-World, Large-Scale Multi-Homing Testbed
• 5G-VINNI – 5G Verticals Innovation Infrastructure
• MELODIC – Multi-cloud Execution-ware for Large-scale Optimized Data-Intensive Computing
• Open Source MANO
• Packer

01.03.2023 Thomas Dreibholz