Can I install Bosh-Lite on an Openstack VM without using Virtualbox?

Question

Doubt: Can Bosh-Lite be deployed on an OpenStack VM without using Virtualbox ?

Use Case: Want to have a Bosh-Lite setup that can be used by CI systems

I am not sure if Bosh-Lite can be directly installed on an OpenStack VM or I need to setup VirtualBox first (Does this another layer of virtualization work ?)

I followed the docs @ https://bosh.io/docs/bosh-lite and currently stuck at defining the parameters for three variables for Openstack CPI and getting the following error:

    Parsing release set manifest '/root/workspace/bosh-deployment/bosh.yml':
  Evaluating manifest:
    - Expected to find variables:
        - default_key_name
        - net_id
        - private_key

Answer 1

No, bosh-lite is explicitly a virtual box solution where you don't have a full IaaS/CPI like OpenStack

BOSH Lite v2 is a Director VM running in VirtualBox (typically locally)

Is the very first line on the docs you linked to.

You can run full blown bosh on openstack with very little effort though.

https://bosh.io/docs/init-openstack.html