How to do it...

To install and configure the Nova services outlined earlier, perform the following steps:

  1. Create the Nova database and user in MariaDB:
root@controller:~# mysql -u root -plxcpasswordMariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE nova_api;Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE nova;Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nova_api.* TO 'nova'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'lxcpassword';Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nova_api.* TO 'nova'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'lxcpassword';Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nova.* TO 'nova'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'lxcpassword';Query OK, 0 rows affected ...

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