OpenStack Essentials

Demystify the cloud by building your own private OpenStack cloud

About This Book

• Set up a powerful cloud platform using OpenStack
• Learn about the components of OpenStack and how they interact with each other
• Follow a step-by-step process that exposes the inner details of an OpenStack cluster

Who This Book Is For

If you need to get started with OpenStack or want to learn more, then this book is your perfect companion. If you’re comfortable with the Linux command line, you’ll gain confidence in using OpenStack.

In Detail

An OpenStack cloud is a complex jungle of components that can speed up managing a virtualization platform. Applications that are built for this platform are resilient to failure and convenient to scale. OpenStack allows administrators and developers to consolidate and control pools of compute, networking, and storage resources, with a centralized dashboard and administration panel to enable the large-scale development of cloud services.

Begin by exploring and unravelling the internal architecture of the OpenStack cloud components. After installing the RDO distribution, you will be guided through each component via hands-on exercises, learning more about monitoring and troubleshooting the cluster. By the end of the book, you’ll have the confidence to install, configure, and administer an OpenStack cloud.

This is a practical and comprehensive tutorial on sorting out the complexity of an OpenStack cloud.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Architecture and Component Overview
Chapter 2. RDO Installation
Chapter 3. Identity Management
Chapter 4. Image Management
Chapter 5. Network Management
Chapter 6. Instance Management
Chapter 7. Block Storage
Chapter 8. Object Storage
Chapter 9. Telemetry
Chapter 10. Orchestration
Chapter 11. Scaling Horizontally
Chapter 12. Monitoring
Chapter 13. Troubleshooting