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OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Fourth Edition

By : Kevin Jackson, Cody Bunch, Egle Sigler, James Denton
Book Image

OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Fourth Edition

By: Kevin Jackson, Cody Bunch, Egle Sigler, James Denton

Overview of this book

This is the fourth edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, created by four recognized OpenStack experts. It has now been updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, using tools and processes based on their collective and vast OpenStack experience. OpenStack Open Source Cloud software is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support a wide variety of use cases, from software development to big data analysis. It is developed by a thriving community of individual developers from around the globe and backed by most of the leading players in the cloud space today. We make it simple to implement, massively scalable, and able to store a large pool of data and networking resources. OpenStack has a strong ecosystem that helps you provision your cloud storage needs. Add OpenStack's enterprise features to reduce the cost of your business. This book will begin by showing you the steps to build up an OpenStack private cloud environment using Ansible. You'll then discover the uses of cloud services such as the identity service, image service, and compute service. You'll dive into Neutron, the OpenStack Networking service, and get your hands dirty with configuring networks, routers, load balancers, and more. You’ll then gather more expert knowledge on OpenStack cloud computing by managing your cloud's security and migration. After that, we delve into OpenStack Object storage and you’ll see how to manage servers and work with objects, cluster, and storage functionalities. Finally, you will learn about OpenStack dashboard, Ansible, Keystone, and other interesting topics.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook Fourth Edition
Contributors
Preface
Another Book You May Enjoy
Index

Installing Python on Windows


In order to be able to install the required OpenStack client tools under Windows, we must first prepare our Windows desktop machine with Python. The following applies to Windows 10.

Getting ready

Ensure that you are logged into your desktop and have the following installed:

How to do it…

Configuring your Windows environment can be achieved from Properties of your PC. Follow these instructions to ensure that Python is available in your system path, as well as set the appropriate environment variables under PowerShell:

  1. Navigate to the This PC icon on your desktop and choose Properties, as shown here:

  2. Next, choose Advanced system settings from the menu on the left:

  3. Now, select Environment Variables from the Advanced tab of the System Properties window, as shown here:

  4. To set the path for Python, double-click on the Path entry as shown here...