OpenStack Cloud (OS)
OpenStackComprehensive Cloud Services
OpenStack Benefits
The cloud ultimately relies on real hardware. Productivity and
efficiencies are realized by reduced idle-time of shared
resources.
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OpenStack Benefits
The OpenStack Operating System allows for:
Provisioning large virtual machine networks
On-demand availability (like a utility)
Easy scale-out
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OpenStack Usage
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
OpenStack is a cloud computing platform for both private &
public clouds.
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OpenStack: open source widely acceptedUnder the hood: Linux
Ubuntu Server (often)
Apache License & runs Admin web application
MySQL Holds OpenStack data
Python Language used to code OpenStack
OpenStack Core
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OpenStack Architecture
Distributed & Modular
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OpenStack Architecture
The OpenStack Cloud (OS) controls a given virtual deployment
providing on-demand availability for:
Processing
Storage
Networking
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Communications
Polling
HTTP Protocol
REST Web Services
Asynchronous Calls
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP)
How do OpenStack resources work together?
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OpenStack Compute
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Manages compute resources and scalability needs
Marshals resources to provide virtual machines
Orchestrates virtual machines
MySQL database supports Nova
Exposes capabilities through REST Web Services API
Nova Cloud Computing Controller
OpenStack Networking
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Network as a Service on-demand
Complex, virtual, next-generation networking
Scalable
Pluggable
API-driven
Neutron Network & IP Management
OpenStack Storage
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Cinder Block Storagedatabases
expandable file systems
Storage Object & Block
Swift Object StorageStore objects distributed across commodity
hardware
Redundancy, backup, archive and failover management
OpenStack Imaging
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Loads virtual machine images
Access machine image metadata
Possible VM image storage locations:File system
OpenStack Swift project
Glance Imaging Service
OpenStack ID Service
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provides identity, token, catalog and policy services
provides auth credential validation and data about: users,
tenants & roles
Keystone Identity Service
Backend options:SQL
LDAP
PAM
OpenStack Administration
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Automate complex deployments
Control provisioning
Metering
Dashboard Administration Interface
The Dashboard is available as a Web Application on:Apache
OpenStack
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Design Tenets:Scalability
Elasticity
Asynchronous
Distribute everything, especially logic
OpenStack was founded in 2010 with the collaborative effort
of:NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Rackspace an IT hosting company
OpenStack is a rapidly developing, feature-rich, cloud
platform
