Preparing to Deploy Contrail by Using Juju Charms

Follow these steps to prepare for deployment:

1. Install Juju.
2. Configure Juju.

   You can add a cloud to Juju, identify clouds supported by Juju, and also manage clouds already added to Juju.

   • Adding a cloud—Juju recognizes a wide range of cloud types. You can use any one of the following methods to add a cloud to Juju:

     • Adding a Cloud by Using Interactive Command

       Example: Adding an MAAS cloud to Juju

       Note

       Juju 2.x is compatible with MAAS series 1.x and 2.x.

     • Adding a Cloud Manually

       You use a YAML configuration file to add a cloud manually. Enter the following command:

       For an example, to add the cloud junmaas, assuming that the name of the configuration file in the directory is maas-clouds.yaml, you run the following command:

       The following is the format of the YAML configuration file:
       Note

       The auth-types for a MAAS cloud type is oauth1.

   • Identifying a supported cloud

     Juju recognizes the cloud types given below. You use the juju clouds command to list cloud types that are supported by Juju.
3. Create a Juju controller.
   Note

   A Juju controller manages and keeps track of applications in the Juju cloud environment.