@@ -91,14 +91,18 @@ nova show $NAME | grep status | grep -q ACTIVE

 # get the IP of the server

 IP=`nova show $NAME | grep "private network" | cut -d"|" -f3`

-# ping it once (timeout of a second)

-ping -c1 -w1 $IP || true

+# for single node deployments, we can ping private ips

+MULTI_HOST=${MULTI_HOST:-0}

+if [ "$MULTI_HOST" = "0"]; then

+    # ping it once (timeout of a second)

+    ping -c1 -w1 $IP || true

-# sometimes the first ping fails (10 seconds isn't enough time for the VM's

-# network to respond?), so let's wait 5 seconds and really test ping

-sleep 5

+    # sometimes the first ping fails (10 seconds isn't enough time for the VM's

+    # network to respond?), so let's wait 5 seconds and really test ping

+    sleep 5

-ping -c1 -w1 $IP

+    ping -c1 -w1 $IP

+fi

 # Security Groups & Floating IPs

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