10 - Install and configure Nova on compute nodes

On this page I configure a compute node (for example compute01) so it can run instances with Nova. I use QEMU/KVM when the hardware supports it; if not, I configure pure QEMU. Before starting, make sure you have: Added the controller name and IP in /etc/hosts on the compute node. Service credentials (admin-openrc) and access to the database server. Install and configure the components (on the compute node) vagrant@compute01:~$ sudo apt install nova-compute -y Edit /etc/nova/nova.conf and point the connection strings to the controller databases: