How to Spin Up an Avi SE in a Specific Tenant in No Orchestrator Cloud

Background

This article explains how to spin up an Avi Service Engine in a specific tenant in an OpenStack No Orchestrator cloud using Generate Token option on Avi User Interface.

Instructions

Follow the steps below to spin up an Avi Service Engine in a specific tenant in an OpenStack No Orchestrator cloud.

  1. Configure No Orchestrator cloud in the Avi controller using the instructions provided in Installing Avi Vantage into a No-Access OpenStack Cloud.
  2. Login to Avi user interface. Navigate to Infrastructure > Clouds to download the SE image from the Avi Controller.

  3. Click on the username (admin) option available at the top right corner of the Avi UI and select Tenant View option.

    tenant

  4. To create an SE in the specific tenant, select the desired tenant, and click on Done.

  5. Navigate to Infrastructure > Clouds, select the No Orchestrator cloud, and click on Generate Token.

    generate-token

  6. Run the following script using the token generated in the previous step. Provide the Avi Controller IP address, Avi SE IP address, network mask for Avi SE IP, SE gateway IP address, and the token generated in the previous step.

    
 ./init_system.py -c <controller-ip> -i <SE_Managment_IP> -m <SE_Mask> -g <SE_Gateway_IP> -t <token_genereated_in_the_above_step> -r
  7. Wait for the Avi SE to show up in the Avi UI under the desired cloud. Navigate to Infrastructure > Service Engine, choose the specific cloud and confirm the new SE on the list.