There is no release of Sticks as of now, the installation can be done from the git repository.
Retrieve and install Sticks :
git clone git://git.openstack.org/stackforge/sticks
cd sticks
python setup.py install
This procedure installs the sticks python library and a few executables:
Install a sample configuration file :
mkdir /etc/sticks
cp etc/sticks/sticks.conf.sample /etc/sticks/sticks.conf
Edit /etc/sticks/sticks.conf to configure Sticks.
The following shows the basic configuration items:
[DEFAULT]
verbose = True
log_dir = /var/log/sticks
rabbit_host = RABBIT_HOST
rabbit_userid = openstack
rabbit_password = RABBIT_PASSWORD
# Class of tracking plugin, ie redmine, trac, etc.
#tracking_plugin=
# Name of sticks role (default: sticks)
#sticks_role_name=sticks
[auth]
username = sticks
password = STICKS_PASSWORD
tenant = service
region = RegionOne
url = http://localhost:5000/v2.0
[keystone_authtoken]
username = sticks
password = STICKS_PASSWORD
project_name = service
region = RegionOne
auth_url = http://localhost:5000/v2.0
auth_plugin = password
[database]
connection = mysql://sticks:STICKS_DBPASS@localhost/sticks
DEFAULT]
MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended database engine. To setup the database, use the mysql client:
mysql -uroot -p << EOF
CREATE DATABASE sticks;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sticks.* TO 'sticks'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'STICKS_DBPASS';
EOF
Run the database synchronisation scripts:
sticks-dbsync upgrade
Init the storage backend:
sticks-storage-init
Sticks uses Keystone for authentication.
To integrate Sticks to Keystone, run the following commands (as OpenStack administrator):
keystone user-create --name sticks --pass STICKS_PASS
keystone user-role-add --user sticks --role admin --tenant service
Create the Helpdesk service and its endpoints:
keystone service-create --name Sticks --type helpdesk
keystone endpoint-create --service-id SECURITY_SERVICE_ID \
--publicurl http://localhost:8888 \
--adminurl http://localhost:8888 \
--internalurl http://localhost:8888