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Mastering OpenStack - Second Edition

By : Omar Khedher, Chandan Dutta

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Mastering OpenStack

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By: Omar Khedher, Chandan Dutta

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Overview of this book

In this second edition, you will get to grips with the latest features of OpenStack. Starting with an overview of the OpenStack architecture, you'll see how to adopt the DevOps style of automation while deploying and operating in an OpenStack environment. We'll show you how to create your own OpenStack private cloud. Then you'll learn about various hypervisors and container technology supported by OpenStack. You'll get an understanding about the segregation of compute nodes based on reliability and availability needs. We'll cover various storage types in OpenStack and advanced networking aspects such as SDN and NFV. Next, you'll understand the OpenStack infrastructure from a cloud user point of view. Moving on, you'll develop troubleshooting skills, and get a comprehensive understanding of services such as high availability and failover in OpenStack. Finally, you will gain experience of running a centralized logging server and monitoring OpenStack services. The book will show you how to carry out performance tuning based on OpenStack service logs. You will be able to master OpenStack benchmarking and performance tuning. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to take steps to deploy and manage an OpenStack cloud with the latest open source technologies.

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

Designing OpenStack Cloud Architectural Consideration

OpenStack - The new data center paradigm

Introducing the OpenStack logical architecture

Nova-Compute service

Neutron - Networking services

Gathering the pieces and building a picture

A sample architecture setup

Summary

Deploying OpenStack - The DevOps Way

DevOps in a nutshell

Choosing the automation tool

Summary

OpenStack Cluster – The Cloud Controller and Common Services

Understanding the art of clustering

Divide and conquer

The cloud controller

Cloud controller clustering

Summary

OpenStack Compute - Choice of Hypervisor and Node Segregation

The compute service components

Deciding on the hypervisor

OpenStack Magnum project

Segregating the compute cloud

Overcommitment considerations

Storing instances' alternatives

Understanding instance booting

Planning for service recovery

Summary

OpenStack Storage - Block, Object, and File Share

Understanding the storage types

Using block storage service: Cinder

Summary

OpenStack Networking - Choice of Connectivity Types and Networking Services

The architecture of Neutron

Implementing virtual networks

Connecting virtual networks with routers

Implementing network security in OpenStack

Inter-site connectivity with VPN service

Summary

Advanced Networking - A Look at SDN and NFV

Understanding SDN-based networks

Architecture of OVN

Understanding network function virtualization

Looking at the Tacker project

Deploying LBaaS service with Octavia

Summary

Operating the OpenStack Infrastructure - The User Perspective

Operating the OpenStack tenancy

Orchestration in OpenStack

Summary

OpenStack HA and Failover

HA under the scope

OpenStack HA under the hood

HA in Ansible:

Summary

Monitoring and Troubleshooting - Running a Healthy OpenStack Cluster

Telemetry in OpenStack

Installing Telemetry in OpenStack

Arming OpenStack monitoring

Troubleshooting - monitoring perspective

Summary

Keeping Track of Logs - ELK and OpenStack

Tackling logging

Two eyes are better than one eye

ELK under the hood

Placing the ELK server

Summary

OpenStack Benchmarking and Performance Tuning - Maintaining Cloud Performance

Pushing the limits of the database

Benchmarking OpenStack at scale

Summary

Operating the OpenStack Infrastructure - The User Perspective

The previous chapters described the designing elements involved in the OpenStack infrastructure configuration and deployment. Now it is time to let the users and administrators enjoy the rest of the journey and operate the OpenStack platform.

This chapter will expose a test-driven OpenStack experience through the usage of its Application Programming Interface (API) and Command Line Interface (CLI). Ultimately, the chapter will gather the discussed pieces from the previous chapters together and show how OpenStack services can be consumed from an end-user perspective as a real-life experience.

One of the key successes of a reliable infrastructure is being consistent and repeatable. This is where the usage of the server Template concept comes into play. As OpenStack itself was built based on the principles of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), it also provides...