@@ -722,6 +722,11 @@ function start_nova() {

         # The group **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** is added to the current user in this script.

         # Use 'sg' to execute nova-compute as a member of the **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** group.

         screen_it n-cpu "cd $NOVA_DIR && sg $LIBVIRT_GROUP '$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $NOVA_CONF_BOTTOM'"

+    elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'fake' ]]; then

+       for i in `seq 1 $NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE`

+       do

+           screen_it n-cpu "cd $NOVA_DIR && $NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $NOVA_CONF_BOTTOM"

+       done

     else

         screen_it n-cpu "cd $NOVA_DIR && $NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $NOVA_CONF_BOTTOM"

     fi

@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ case "$VIRT_DRIVER" in

             LIBVIRT_GROUP=libvirtd

         fi

         ;;

+    fake)

+        NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE=${NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE:-1}

+        ;;

     xenserver)

         # Xen config common to nova and neutron

         XENAPI_USER=${XENAPI_USER:-"root"}