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OpenStack for Architects

You're reading from OpenStack for Architects Design production-ready private cloud infrastructure

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788624510

Length 256 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

OpenStack

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Ben Silverman

Michael Solberg

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Contributors

Preface

1. Introducing OpenStack FREE CHAPTER

2. Architecting the Cloud

3. Planning for Failure and Success

4. Building the Deployment Pipeline

5. Building to Operate

6. Integrating the Platform

7. Securing the Cloud

8. OpenStack Use Cases

9. Containers

10. Conclusion

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Index

OpenStack service specifics

In this section, we'll walk through each of the OpenStack services and outline the HA strategy for them. While most of the services can be configured as active/active behind a load balancer, some of them must be configured as active/passive and others may be configured as active/passive. Some of the configuration is dependent on a particular version of OpenStack as well, especially Ceilometer, Heat, and Neutron. The following details are current as of the Pike release of OpenStack.

OpenStack web services

As a general rule, all of the web services and the Horizon dashboard may be run active/active. These include the API services for Keystone, Glance, Nova, Cinder, Neutron, Heat, and Ceilometer. The scheduling services for Nova, Cinder, Neutron, Heat, and Ceilometer may also be deployed active/active. These services do not require a load balancer, as they respond to requests on the message bus.

Database services

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Authors (2)

Ben Silverman

Ben Silverman

Ben Silverman, the Chief Cloud Officer for the service provider/Telco team at OnX. Previously, Ben has worked as a Sr. system architect for Mirantis and as the lead architect for American Express's first OpenStack cloud. He is also responsible for the OpenStack Architecture Guide online and leads the Phoenix OpenStack User's group. He holds a degree in English communications and a master's degree in information management from Arizona State University. He has also been a technical reviewer of the book, Learning OpenStack, by Packt Publishing.

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Michael Solberg

Michael Solberg

Michael Solberg, as a chief architect, is responsible for helping Red Hat customers achieve their key business transformation initiatives through open source architectures and technologies. His previous experience includes building a web hosting infrastructure, helping enterprises migrate to Linux, and designing new Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms. He is an avid supporter of the OpenStack project and a regular speaker at industry events.

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