[Openstack-devel] MySQL debconf problem (was: non-interactive keystone solution)

[ghe. rivero]

Have you take a look to debostack.org script? It's an easy way to
install OpenStack in Debian, and short enough to figure out how things
work.

Ghe Rivero



On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Alexey Eromenko <al4321 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This problem is more Debian-wide, but also affects OpenStack.
>
> When installing any kind of mysql application on Debian (phpbb3 or OpenStack),
> it pulls only mysql-client (not the server) as a dependency, but
> debconf asks whenever to use "mysql-server",
> and obviously fails. ("mysql-server" is not a dependency for mysql
> applications because it can be remote, like X11)
>
> If we could solve the "debconf + mysql-server" puzzle, we could make
> deployment of openstack-dashboard one apt-get away.
> I don't know how-to solve it.
>
> Introduce dependency on "mysql-server" ? (looks ugly for server
> people, but good for newbies. Debian people unlikely to accept it.)
> Better ideas ?
>
> Theoretically I could attempt to write an "openstack-quick-install"
> meta-package, which could pull in all dependencies (including
> "mysql-server") and get a single-host OpenStack up-n-running
> effortlessy.
> It could be Debian's answer to Ubuntu's "devstack".
>
> Opinions ? Ideas ?
> --
> -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
>
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