Bug 1297330 – [RFE][UX] provide a user-friendly error message when the nic names aren't found on the nodes

Bug 1297330 - [RFE][UX] provide a user-friendly error message when the nic names aren't found on the nodes

Summary:	[RFE][UX] provide a user-friendly error message when the nic names aren't fou...

Status:	ASSIGNED

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Product:	Red Hat OpenStack
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	openstack-tripleo-validations (Show other bugs)
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Version:	12.0 (Pike)
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	Upstream M2
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Assigned To:	Florian Fuchs
QA Contact:	nlevinki
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Keywords:	FutureFeature

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Blocks:	1442136
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Reported:	2016-01-11 03:55 EST by Udi
Modified:	2018-05-30 21:51 EDT (History)
CC List:	14 users (show)

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Description Udi 2016-01-11 03:55:12 EST

Description of problem:
I tried to deploy with network isolation using the same templates I used for 7.1, and the deployment hung for 4 hours and then timed out. There were no clues in any of the logs as to the simple explanation for the problem, and I wasn't able to guess it myself: I used nic names like ethX and it's now enpXXX...


How reproducible:
100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Deploy with templates that don't match the nic namings used by your OS


Actual results:
Deployment fails, no clues provided to the user as to where to look for the problem.


Expected results:
A clear error message which says exactly what the problem is, that any user can understand

Comment 3 Mike Burns 2016-04-07 17:03:37 EDT

This bug did not make the OSP 8.0 release.  It is being deferred to OSP 10.

Comment 5 Jason E. Rist 2016-09-29 07:18:11 EDT

This needs more info: how was this error done? CLI? UI?  what tool was used to deploy?

Comment 6 Udi 2016-09-29 07:30:07 EDT

This error occurs when you configure the networking in your plans, and you use the wrong naming method for the NICs. For example you call them ethX instead of enoX or enp...

Comment 7 Ola Pavlenko 2016-10-05 12:59:27 EDT

Blueprint is here : https://blueprints.launchpad.net/tripleo/+spec/nic-names-validations

Comment 8 Ola Pavlenko 2016-12-12 09:36:25 EST

Possible candidate for M-3

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