Tag: OpenStack

#vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware Integrated OpenStack & NSX with Nathan Ness (@nvpnathan)

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Nathan Ness from VMware joins the #vBrownBag to discussion VIO – VMware Integrated OpenStack, and NSX. VMware Integrated OpenStack and NSX Video You can follow Nathan on Twitter @nvpnathan. Originally published by www.professionalvmware.com

#vBrownBag Follow-Up Deploying OpenStack using Ansible (OSAD) with Walter Bentley (@djstayflypro)

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Walter Bentley from Rackspace presents on how you can use Ansible to fully deploy OpenStack. Deploy OpenStack with Ansible Video You can find Walter on Twitter @djstayflypro, GitHub at wbentley15, and his blog hitchnyc.com Originally published at https://vbrownbag.comm – Sign up for the live #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ where you can also get updates and view our past series
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#vBrownBag DevOps Follow-Up Docker and Friends with Scott Lowe (@scott_lowe)

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Scott Lowe follows up on the Introduction to Docker by James Turnbull (@kartar http://bit.ly/vbbKartar) and shows how to use Docker on CoreOS, Docker with Heat used in OpenStack based cloud providers and wraps up using Docker on CoreOS with fleet. Docker Video You can follow Scott on Twitter @scott_lowe, and his blog http://blog.scottlowe.org/ where he
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New #vBrownBag OpenStack series – help us shape it!

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Hey #vBrownBag listeners and readers.  Eric Wright is working to launch a new OpenStack series and we wanted to get your input so we shape an interesting, useful series.  If you have a minute, can you fill out the form below please to help us get an idea of what you would like to see
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How to Make A LOT of Devstack with Vagrant

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Sometimes you need to make A LOT of devstack instances, and on different providers. That is, some in the cloud, others locally, and then some. At least, I keep finding myself in situations where this happens, so, I made a little Vagrantfile to handle the details for me. Here is the Vagrantfile I use to
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Deploy Rackspace Private Cloud with Vagrant

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I know I’ve done a few of these before, but Mr. Thorne does a much much better job than I could. In addition, he has builds for VMware Fusion and VirtualBox. Also, scenarios with HA controllers, Neutron, and more. Go here and deploy: http://thornelabs.net/2013/12/17/deploy-rackspace-private-cloud-entirely-within-a-vagrantfile-on-virtualbox-or-vmware-fusion.html After the first 30 or so minutes you will have a
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#vBrownBag #C2OS Follow-up: What’s new in OpenStack Havana with Eric Wright (@discoposse)

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The “What’s New in Havana?” session is a high-level review of some of the changes that came with the November 2013 release of OpenStack. Presented by Eric Wright (@Discoposse) with help from Cody Bunch and Kenneth Hui, the session covers the core projects and is appropriate for those familiar with, or just getting started with
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OpenStack HongKong Summit – Day 1 Wrap-up

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If this rambles, I apologize. What follows next, are my impressions, thoughts, and notes from Day 1 of the November 2013 Design Summit in Hong Kong. Keynotes: The user storys this time around focused on Media, both big and small, along with Concur, the Expense reporting / management company. While not as huge as some
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OpenStack Summit LiveBlog – Bridging the Gap: Explaining OpenStack to VMware Admins

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Note: This is a live blog. It lacks formatting, editing, or any of the usual quality control that goes into these things. Bridging the Gap: Explaining OpenStack to the VMware Admin Speaking: Kenneth Hui – Open Cloud Architect, Rackspace Scott Lowe – Engineering Architect, VMware Architecture Different origins. vSphere to emulate infrastructure; OpenStack to provide
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OpenStack Summit LiveBlog – An Evaluation of OpenStack Deployment Frameworks

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Note: This is a liveblog. I didn’t proof read / spellcheck etc. An Evaluation of OpenStack Deployment Frameworks Symantec has a diverse set of development needs across product lines, etc. Consolidation of those systems OpenStack and other OSS building blocks Desire to submit patches back to the project, security fixes, etc. Tried 5 different tools,
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[Update] Vagrant, Puppet, OpenStack

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Recently, Puppet Labs released an “Grizzly” module, based on their work with the Puppet Labs OpenStack module, that takes a more role based approach. That is, it breaks out things like controller, compute, and storage. It also combines them with Hiera in a much more elegant way than before. I covered using Puppet and Hiera
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Monitoring OpenStack – Nagios 3

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Part of the work around the upcoming OpenStack Cookbook involved a refresh of the chapter on Monitoring. Specifically, we wanted to deliver an updated section with some tool changes that would reflect the current state of things in terms of OpenStack monitoring. That said, after spending weeks and weeks exploring other options, we came back
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Couch to OpenStack – Monitoring Follow-Up

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Thanks again for everyone coming along for the Nagios ride. To recap we: Reviewed the requirements for monitoring. Installation of the NPRE agent Other monitoring solutions, and why we chose Nagios Installation of Nagios How to monitor certain services How to quickly and easily install and configure dashboards Here are the resources from the show:
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OpenStack Cookbook Update

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Just a quick quick update before I’m stuck at VMworld for the week: Kevin Jackson is a ROCK STAR The long and short of that is the Manuscript for The OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook – Grizzly Edition is now 100% complete. He did this, largely without my support these last two months due to some
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Couch to OpenStack – Quantum Follow-Up

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Thanks everyone for coming along last night. To recap, we: Used git to clone the Couch to OpenStack repo Used Vagrant to stand up the ‘controller’, ‘compute’, ‘cinder’, and ‘quantum’ VMs Used the Vagrant shell provisioner to install Ubuntu Grizzly repos MySQL KeyStone Glance Nova Cinder Quantum Setup .stackrc with environment variables Discussed the OpenStack
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Couch to OpenStack – Nova Follow-Up

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Thanks everyone for coming along last night. To recap, we: Used git to clone the Couch to OpenStack repo Used Vagrant to stand up the ‘controller’ and ‘compute’ VMs Use the Vagrant shell provisioner to install Ubuntu Grizzly repos MySQL KeyStone Glance Nova Setup .stackrc with environment variables Discussed the OpenStack Compute services and scenarios
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Couch to OpenStack – Glance Follow-Up

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Thanks everyone for coming along last night. To recap we: Used git to clone the Couch to OpenStack repo Used Vagrant to stand up the ‘controller’ VM Use the Vagrant shell provisioner to install Ubuntu Grizzly repos MySQL KeyStone Glance Setup .stackrc with environment variables Discussed OpenStack Image services and the integration with Compute For
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Pre-Work: Couch to OpenStack #vBrownBag

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Consider this the official announcement and 48 hour warning for those that want to dive head first into OpenStack. If don’t know about the program, or want to sign up, check here. Couch to OpenStack Materials Needed for Day 1 git (http://github.com/) vagrant (http://vagrantup.com) Internets (3 to 4 acres of internet will be fine) VirtualBox
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