From 70632abe74b39a7bf22744ea29658b977a7fdbbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Berendt Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:35:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions to load nbd kernel module on SUSE based systems This solves the following issue when trying to start a new instance. ---snip--- 2014-10-14 13:19:32.791 20021 ERROR nova.virt.disk.mount.nbd [req-38f661b6- b192-423b-9f41-2c28b9372af1 None] nbd module not loaded ---snap--- Change-Id: I1bc5ab6d0b40d70cb19ada660d1b0b02b7903ba3 --- .../section_nova-compute-install.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml index 07947c37ef..9e1466aefd 100644 --- a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml +++ b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml @@ -120,6 +120,23 @@ verbose = True + + + + Ensure the kernel module nbd is + loaded. + # modprobe nbd + + + Ensure the module will be loaded on every boot. + On openSUSE by adding nbd in the + /etc/modules-load.d/nbd.conf file. + On SLES by adding or modifying the following line in the + /etc/sysconfig/kernel file. + MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT = "nbd" + + + To install and configure the Compute hypervisor components