Learning OpenStack Networking - Third Edition

Installing and configuring the MySQL database server

On the controller node, use apt to install the MySQL database service and related Python packages:

 # apt install mariadb-server python-pymysql

If prompted, set the password to openstack.

Insecure passwords are used throughout the book to simplify the configuration and demonstration of concepts and are not recommended for production environments. Visit http://www.strongpasswordgenerator.org to generate strong passwords for your environment.

Once installed, create and edit the /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/99-openstack.cnf configuration file. Add the [mysqld] block and the bind-address definition. Doing so will allow connectivity to MySQL from other hosts in the environment. The value for