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@@ -481,6 +481,29 @@ In order to see all available parameters, run:
kolla-ansible -h
+.. NOTE:: In case of deploying using the _nested_ environment (*eg*.
+ Using Virtualbox VM's, KVM VM's), if your compute node supports
+ hardware acceleration for virtual machines.
+
+ For this, run the follow command in **compute node**:
+
+::
+
+ $ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
+
+
+If this command returns a value of **zero**, your compute node does not
+support hardware acceleration and you **must** configure libvirt to use
+**QEMU** instead of KVM.
+
+For this, change the **virt_type** option in the `[libvirt]` section
+of **nova-compute.conf** file inside the **/etc/kolla/config/** directory.
+
+::
+
+ [libvirt]
+ virt_type=qemu
+
A bare metal system with Ceph takes 18 minutes to deploy. A virtual machine
deployment takes 25 minutes. These are estimates; different hardware may be
faster or slower but should be near these results.