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|  | <h1>Stack-in-a-Box: Try before you mkfs</h1> | 
|  | <p>Run DevStack from a RAM disk to give it a whirl before making the | 
|  | commitment to install it.  We'll cover booting from a USB drive or | 
|  | over the network via PXE.  We'll even thow in configuring a home | 
|  | router to handle the PXE boot.  You will need a minimum of 3GB | 
|  | for both of these configurations as the RAM disk itself is 2GB.</p> | 
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|  | <h2>Prerequisites <small>Hardware</small></h2> | 
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|  | <h3>USB Boot</h3> | 
|  | <p><a href="usb-boot.html">This guide</a> covers the creation of a bootable USB drive.  Your | 
|  | computer BIOS must support booting from USB.</p> | 
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|  | <h3>PXE Boot</h3> | 
|  | <p><a href="pxe-boot.html">This guide</a> covers the installation of OpenWRT on a home router | 
|  | and configuring it as a PXE server, plus the creation of the | 
|  | boot images and PXE support files. | 
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|  | <h2>Installation <small>bit blasting</small></h2> | 
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|  | <h3>Install DevStack</h3> | 
|  | <p>Grab the latest version of DevStack via https:</p> | 
|  | <pre>sudo apt-get install git -y | 
|  | git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack | 
|  | cd devstack</pre> | 
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|  | <h3>Prepare the Boot RAMdisk</h3> | 
|  | <p>Pick your boot method and follow the guide to prepare to build | 
|  | the RAM disk and set up the boot process:</p> | 
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|  | <li><a href="usb-boot.html">USB boot</a></li> | 
|  | <li><a href="pxe-boot.html">PXE boot</a></li> | 
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|  | <h3>Fire It Up</h3> | 
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|  | <li>Boot the computer into the RAM disk.  The details will vary from | 
|  | machine to machine but most BIOSes have a method to select the | 
|  | boot device, often by pressing F12 during POST.</li> | 
|  | <li>Select 'DevStack' from the Boot Menu.</li> | 
|  | <li>Log in with the 'stack' user and 'pass' password.</li> | 
|  | <li>Create <code>devstack/localrc</code> if you wish to change any | 
|  | of the configuration variables.  You will probably want to at | 
|  | least set the admin login password to something memorable rather | 
|  | than the default 20 random characters: | 
|  | <pre>ADMIN_PASSWORD=openstack</pre> | 
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|  | <li>Fire up OpenStack! | 
|  | <pre>./run.sh</pre> | 
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|  | <li>See the processes running in screen: | 
|  | <pre>screen -x</pre> | 
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|  | <li>Connect to the dashboard at <code>http://<ip-address>/</code></li> | 
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