openstack

OpenStack – Deploying the first compute instance

Once you have your OpenStack playground up and running it is time to actually use it. What we want to do today is to create our first compute instance. Before we can do that, we(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (7) – Horizon, the OpenStack dashboard

We’ve finished the last post with a working Network (Neutron) service on the controller and compute node. In this post we’ll setup the final service which is Horizon, the OpenStack dashboard. Once more, looking back(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (6) – The Networking service

We’ve finished the last post with a working Compute (Nova) service on the controller and compute node. While only the compute(s) actually run compute resources, Nova is also running on the controller for the management tasks, while libvirt is(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (5) – The Compute service

We’re now coming closer to the final setup of the OpenStack test environment. Again, looking at the minimum services we need, there are only three of them left: Keystone: Identity service(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (4) – The Image and Placement services

By the end of the last post we finally got the first OpenStack service up and running: Keystone, the Identity Service. Going back to the list of services we need at(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (3) – Keystone, the Identity Service

By the end of the last post, we finished with preparing the controller and compute node for being ready to deploy the first OpenStack service: Keystone, the Identity Service. Before we dive into the details(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (2) – Preparing the nodes

In the introduction post we’ve briefly looked at some options you have available when you want to build your own private cloud. In this post we’re going to start our journey into OpenStack by preparing(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (1) – Introduction

While public clouds are a trend since several years now, some companies are also looking into self hosted solutions to build a private cloud. Some do this because of costs, others do this because they don’t want to be(…)

2016 is over and it was great, 2017 will be even more exciting in the open source area

Disclaimer: This will not be a technical post at all. The goal is to provide a short overview of what we did in 2016 and what we plan to do in 2017 when it comes to our(…)

How to install Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 using VirtualBox – part 3

In the two first blogs, I installed the Fuel environment and deployed OpenStack in the Fuel slave nodes and all of that from the Fuel Master node. In this blog, I will show you  all the steps to follow in(…)