#MiniStack

MiniStack is an orchestration tool for OpenStack. It brings the simplicty of Mininet topology creation in OpenStack, allowing for topologies to be rapidly built and reconfigured using a simple and extensible configuration format.

##Requirements

Python & pip

``apt-get install python-dev python-pip``

Python packages

``pip install -r requires.txt``

###Usage

./build.py -b spec.py

##Options

--auth -a --dryrun -n --build -b --delete -d --suspend -s --resume -r --complete -c

##Specification file Used to specify resources, networks of the virtual machines you want to instantiate within an OpenStack infrastructure under a specific user.

###spec.py:

spec = {

    'name' : "test project",

    'keypair' : "openstack_rsa",

    'controller' : "10.30.65.210",
    
    'dns' : "10.30.65.200",
    
    'credentials' : { 'user' : "Test", 'password' : "Test", 'project' : "Test" },
    
    'Networks' : [],
    
    'Hosts' : [ { 'name' : "test1" , 'image' : "ubuntu-15.10" , 'flavor':"m1.vast" , 'net' : [ ("routed-net" , "testnet1") ] },
    
    ]

}

##Additional Struggling to install OpenStack correctly? Take a look at https://github.com/hdb3/openstack-build.git, an automated OpenStack installation script.

##TODO Add more information on usage, options, and how to create your own spec file.