A while back I met with Kevin Jackson (http://uksysadmin.wordpress.com/, @itarchitectkev) and gently (or not so gently) nudged him into updating the existing OpenStack Cookbook to Girzzly. As part of this we wanted to introduce new content (Quantum, Cinder, Automated / DevOps installations) etc. Because I pushed, I also inadvertently ended up under the bus for some chapters. Here’s a quick breakdown of what we’re building and about how far along we are:
New 2nd Edition
- Starting OpenStack Identity Service
- Starting OpenStack Image Service
- Starting OpenStack Compute Service
- Administering OpenStack Compute
- Starting OpenStack Storage
- Using OpenStack Storage
- Administering OpenStack Storage
- Starting OpenStack Volume Service
- Starting OpenStack Dashboard
- Using OpenStack Networking
- Automating OpenStack Installations
- High Available OpenStack
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Chapters listed in bold have been submitted to the publisher, the rest are under-way. One of the other things we’re doing with this edition of the Cookbook is Vagrant and associated scripts for the various sections of the book: https://github.com/uksysadmin/OpenStackCookBook
Which will save you lots of typing. It can also serve as the starting point for working things into a DevOps framework/model. Note: As we’re still writing, these things may or may not stop working.