Nova expects the latin1 character set to be used in its database by
default and then alters the database to utf8 when upgrading the
database (in 082_essex.py).
Nova works this way to work around bug 829209 ("Specified key was too
long" errors) that will be hit with the dns_domains table.
Change-Id: I81e6ed476e8a310fe01809e9afcc2c8d5360e9df
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@@ -1899,7 +1899,10 @@ fi |
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if is_service_enabled mysql && is_service_enabled nova; then |
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# (re)create nova database |
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mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS nova;' |
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- mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e 'CREATE DATABASE nova;' |
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+ # Explicitly use latin1: to avoid lp#829209, nova expects the database to |
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+ # use latin1 by default, and then upgrades the database to utf8 (see the |
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+ # 082_essex.py in nova) |
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+ mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e 'CREATE DATABASE nova CHARACTER SET latin1;' |
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# (re)create nova database |
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$NOVA_DIR/bin/nova-manage db sync |