@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ You can then run many compute nodes, each of which should have a `stackrc` which

     MYSQL_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST

     RABBIT_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST

     Q_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST

+    MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST

 # Cells

@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ function cleanup_rpc_backend {

         fi

     elif is_service_enabled zeromq; then

         if is_fedora; then

-            uninstall_package zeromq python-zmq

+            uninstall_package zeromq python-zmq redis

         elif is_ubuntu; then

-            uninstall_package libzmq1 python-zmq

+            uninstall_package libzmq1 python-zmq redis-server

         elif is_suse; then

-            uninstall_package libzmq1 python-pyzmq

+            uninstall_package libzmq1 python-pyzmq redis

         else

             exit_distro_not_supported "zeromq installation"

         fi

@@ -115,12 +115,15 @@ function install_rpc_backend() {

             exit_distro_not_supported "qpid installation"

         fi

     elif is_service_enabled zeromq; then

+        # NOTE(ewindisch): Redis is not strictly necessary

+        # but there is a matchmaker driver that works

+        # really well & out of the box for multi-node.

         if is_fedora; then

-            install_package zeromq python-zmq

+            install_package zeromq python-zmq redis

         elif is_ubuntu; then

-            install_package libzmq1 python-zmq

+            install_package libzmq1 python-zmq redis-server

         elif is_suse; then

-            install_package libzmq1 python-pyzmq

+            install_package libzmq1 python-pyzmq redis

         else

             exit_distro_not_supported "zeromq installation"

         fi

@@ -158,6 +161,11 @@ function iniset_rpc_backend() {

     local section=$3

     if is_service_enabled zeromq; then

         iniset $file $section rpc_backend ${package}.openstack.common.rpc.impl_zmq

+        iniset $file $section rpc_zmq_matchmaker \

+            ${package}.openstack.common.rpc.matchmaker_redis.MatchMakerRedis

+        # Set MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST if running multi-node.

+        MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST=${MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST:-127.0.0.1}

+        iniset $file matchmaker_redis host $MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST

     elif is_service_enabled qpid; then

         iniset $file $section rpc_backend ${package}.openstack.common.rpc.impl_qpid

         if is_ubuntu; then