Missing [database] section

[Genco YILMAZ]

I am following openstack guide from the beginning and on this page I have seen something that I am not sure it is a configuration
mistake or a documentation.
  According to the documentation Step 2, I should modify the section [database] which actually doesn't exist in my configuration file /etc/nova/nova.conf (see below)
Should we say "add the section" or modify it? I am confused and don't know if it will cause any issues if my installation isn't proper. I have found bug 1250606 which is for the keystone_authtoken but entire section doesn't exist either which means we should add the section name in brackets as well. If you think I have a point here, I think documentation needs a bit clarification.

Thanks for checking.

I have the following details

root@controller:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

root@controller:~# apt-get install nova-api nova-cert nova-conductor nova-consoleauth \
> nova-novncproxy nova-scheduler python-novaclient
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nova-api is already the newest version.
nova-cert is already the newest version.
nova-conductor is already the newest version.
nova-consoleauth is already the newest version.
nova-novncproxy is already the newest version.
nova-scheduler is already the newest version.
python-novaclient is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

root@controller:~# cat /etc/nova/nova.conf
[DEFAULT]
dhcpbridge_flagfile=/etc/nova/nova.conf
dhcpbridge=/usr/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
logdir=/var/log/nova
state_path=/var/lib/nova
lock_path=/var/lock/nova
force_dhcp_release=True
iscsi_helper=tgtadm
libvirt_use_virtio_for_bridges=True
connection_type=libvirt
root_helper=sudo nova-rootwrap /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf
verbose=True
ec2_private_dns_show_ip=True
api_paste_config=/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
volumes_path=/var/lib/nova/volumes
enabled_apis=ec2,osapi_compute,metadata
root@controller:~#

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Built: 2014-04-16T12:36:57 00:00
git SHA: 613d37ffe7c78e5927c809f9f668737674a7c930
URL: http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/install-guide/install/apt/content/nova-controller.html
source File: file:/home/jenkins/workspace/openstack-install-deploy-guide-ubuntu/doc/install-guide/section_nova-controller.xml
xml:id: nova-controller

[Tom Fifield (fifieldt)]

Hi Genco,

Please add the [database] section

[Genco YILMAZ (gencoyilmaz)]

Hi Tom,
  I have added and it is working. This is my first time to follow this guide and I think putting a note about this in the documentation
might help others.

thanks
Genco.

[Openstack Gerrit (openstack-gerrit)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/88133

[Openstack Gerrit (openstack-gerrit)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/88133
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-manuals/commit/?id=ae6ef70788549855deb7935111f50f28a4849220
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit ae6ef70788549855deb7935111f50f28a4849220
Author: Tom Fifield <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Apr 17 11:58:15 2014 +0800

    Note that [database] may not exist

    in some ubuntus, the reader will need to add the [database] section.

    This patch adds a simple clarifying remark to that effect.

    Change-Id: Ibec8692bcccd177255fd64ed27ac8128651fb0bf
    Closes-Bug: 1308560

[Roy So (airhins)]

Also happens on Juno Release, CentOS 7.
Solution is quick straight forward as Tom's post #1, but may be a difficulty to new openstack admin.

[Yann (yzagabe)]

Also happens on Mitaka Release, ubuntu 14.04.
Same solution as before. (Tom's post #1).
Add all entries manually.
Please update documentation accordingly.

thanks

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/openstack-manuals 15.0.0 release.