Overcloud deployment timed out when Compute nodes have many instances

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Updating overcloud by openstack overcloud deploy command failed due to timeout

    $ time openstack overcloud deploy ...
    
      :
    
    END return value: 1
    
    Overcloud Endpoint: http://10.0.0.1:5000
    Overcloud Horizon Dashboard URL: http://10.0.0.1:80/dashboard
    Overcloud rc file: /home/stack/overcloudrc
    Overcloud Deployed with error
    
    real  240m3.853s
    user  2m1.281s
    sys   0m4.814s
    
  • Every ansible task takes long time, not a specific task.

  • Overcloud hosts many instances.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.5 and earlier

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