Check which ports are open and which processes have them opened.
# sudo netstat -tulpn
Make sure that you create a logical volume before in the BIOS. If you did create one, you can check its status by:
# sudo vgdisplay
Otherwise, create a volume in the free disk space. Assume /dev/sda5 contains free space
# sudo pvcreate /dev/sda5
# sudo vgcreate nova-volumes /dev/sda5
Check the list of exchanges, queues, and bindings opened by rabbitmq using the following commands. For details on rabbit, exchanges, queues, and bindings, please see rabbit documentation.
# sudo rabbitmqctl list_exchanges
# sudo rabbitmqctl list_queues
# sudo rabbitmqctl list_bindings
Check if the nova-api service is running by typing:
# ps -e | grep nova-api