2.4. Installing OpenStack Utilities

The openstack-utils package provides important utilities used when deploying and managing an OpenStack environment. These utilities include:
openstack-config
Sets configuration parameters on various OpenStack config files.
openstack-db
Sets up and initializes the database for OpenStack services.
openstack-status
Displays service status information.

Procedure 2.3. Installing OpenStack Utilities

  • Log in as a user with sudo access and install the openstack-utils package using the yum command:
    $ sudo yum install -y openstack-utils dnsmasq-utils
You have successfully installed the openstack-utils package.