OpenStack

Utilizing OpenStack Trove DBaaS for deployment management

Trove is used for self service provisioning and lifecycle management for relational and non-relational databases in an OpenStack cloud. Trove provides a RESTful API interface that is same regardless of the type of database.

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Understanding the Oslo Libraries

Underpinning all of the OpenStack projects including Nova, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Horizon, Heat, Trove, Murano and others is a set of core common libraries that provide a consistent, highly tested and compatible feature set.

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are you running KVM or QEMU launched instances?

A recent operators mailing list thread asked this question regarding the OpenStack user survey results of April 2016 (See page 39). As I verified my own local multi-node devstack dedicated H/W environment with varying commands, I initially came across the following error (which later was found to be misleading).

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Using your devstack cloud

You have setup and installed devstack . Now what! The Horizon UI will allow you to administer your running cloud from a web interface. We are not going to discuss the web UI in this post.

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Downloading and installing devstack

The following instructions assume you have a running Linux virtual machine that can support the installation of devstack to demonstrate a simple working OpenStack cloud. For more information about the preparation needed for this step, see these pre-requisite instructions:

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Get your Oslo swag in Austin

Hot of the press are our Oslo stickers for the Austin event. Be sure to track down an Oslo core, answer the magic question and add this to your conference swag.

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Retiring an OpenStack project

As part of migrating Oslo Incubator code to graduated libraries I have come across several inactive OpenStack projects. (An inactivate project does not mean the project should be retired or removed).

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Oracle OpenStack leveraging MySQL Cluster and Docker

At Oracle Openworld this year, Oracle OpenStack Release 2 was announced. This Kilo based distribution included some new deployment features not see in other OpenStack distros including the use of Kolla , Docker and MySQL Cluster .

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Deploying Ubuntu OpenStack Kilo

My previous Ubuntu OpenStack setup has been using the Juno release. I received some installation problems for Kilo using the stable repo and so I switched to using the experimental repo.

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Writing and testing unit tests in OpenStack

The following outlines an approach of identifying and improving unit tests in an OpenStack project. Obtain the source code You can obtain a copy of current source code for an OpenStack project at http://git.

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Contributing to OpenStack

Following my first OpenStack Summit in Vancouver 4/2015 it was time to become involved with contributing to OpenStack. I have lurked around the mailing lists and several IRC channels for a few weeks and familiarized myself with OpenStack in varying forms including devstack , the free hosted Mirantis Express and the VM version, Ubuntu OpenStack , and even building my own 3 physical server cloud from second hand hardware purchased on eBay.

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Tracking the Ubuntu OpenStack installation process

Following on from Installing Ubuntu OpenStack the following steps help you navigate around the single server installation, monitoring and debugging the installation process. Configuration The initial execution of the installer will create a default config.

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Installing Ubuntu OpenStack

The The Canonical Distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack provides a simple installer to run an OpenStack cloud. You can deploy a simple single machine setup with fully containerized services (11 in total), or a multi server installation leveraging MAAS – Metal as a Service and Landscape Autopilot.

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The benefit of attending the OpenStack Summit

I attended my first OpenStack Summit in Vancouver 4/2015 . While I have used various cloud computing technologies for eight years and presented cloud content at events such as Cloud Expo, this was my first involvement with OpenStack.

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