In this chapter, we have highlighted a few possibilities of extending the storage layout around OpenStack by taking advantage of the usage of a variety of storage drivers. As has been demonstrated, a cloud operator can define multiple storage backends that can be used at the same time. Keep in mind that there is not only Ceph, NFS, or LVM that can be used as a storage backend for the block storage in OpenStack; Ocata release brings dozens of storage drivers supported by Cinder. With this tremendous growth of the storage support options around OpenStack, we have walked-through a combination of storage backends usage and covered filters and weighing mechanisms and how they work. At this stage, you should be comfortable to start integrating such useful functions in the storage scheduler service. It is important to add more intelligent storage backend in a private cloud by...
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Overview of this book
OpenStack is a very popular cloud computing platform that has enabled several organizations during the last few years to successfully implement their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms. This book will guide you through new features of the latest OpenStack releases and how to bring them into production straightaway in an agile way.
It starts by showing you how to expand your current OpenStack setup and how to approach your next OpenStack Data Center generation deployment. You will discover how to extend your storage and network capacity and also take advantage of containerization technology such as Docker and Kubernetes in OpenStack. Additionally, you'll explore the power of big data as a Service terminology implemented in OpenStack by integrating the Sahara project. This book will teach you how to build Hadoop clusters and launch jobs in a very simple way. Then you'll automate and deploy applications on top of OpenStack. You will discover how to write your own plugin in the Murano project. The final part of the book will go through best practices for security such as identity, access management, and authentication exposed by Keystone in OpenStack. By the end of this book, you will be ready to extend and customize your private cloud based on your requirements.
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Extending OpenStack
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Inflating the OpenStack Setup
Massively Scaling Computing Power
Enlarging the OpenStack Storage Capabilities
Harnessing the Power of the OpenStack Network Service
Containerizing in OpenStack
Managing Big Data in OpenStack
Evolving Self-Cloud Ready Applications in OpenStack
Extending the Applications Catalog Service
Consolidating the OpenStack Authentication
Boosting the Extended Cloud Universe
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