Install a connector in an OpenStack environment

You can install an Enterprise Application Access(EAA) connector in an OpenStack environment.

Before you begin

You must have admin privileges to access OpenStack services such as Glances, Horizons, and others.

How to

  1. Log in to the EAA Management Portal.
  2. Create and download a connector in EAA.
  3. Select OpenStack/KVM from the Package type options.
  4. After creating the connector, click Download to download the image file in tar format to your local computer.
  5. Untar the image file to a known location.
  6. Transfer the downloaded connector image file to the OpenStack Glances server.
  7. Log in to an SSH session on the Glances server.
  8. Enter this command to convert the downloaded image file format to the Qcow2 image format.
    qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 image.img image.qcow2