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Extending OpenStack

You're reading from Extending OpenStack Leverage extended OpenStack projects to implement containerization, deployment, and architecting robust cloud solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786465535

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Omar Khedher

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Inflating the OpenStack Setup FREE CHAPTER

2. Massively Scaling Computing Power

3. Enlarging the OpenStack Storage Capabilities

4. Harnessing the Power of the OpenStack Network Service

5. Containerizing in OpenStack

6. Managing Big Data in OpenStack

7. Evolving Self-Cloud Ready Applications in OpenStack

8. Extending the Applications Catalog Service

9. Consolidating the OpenStack Authentication

10. Boosting the Extended Cloud Universe

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Deploying application consumer perspective

As a Cloud Application Publisher, we have successfully imported a custom web server that will be used by developers to develop and run tests for the packtpub website. Let's check how our developed application will be deployed from the consumer's perspective:

Log in to the OpenStack dashboard and navigate to App Catalog | Browse | Browse Local; we can see that the new package has been added to the App Catalog:

By clicking on the Quick Deploy button, we will be faced with the first UI form to select, asking whether the user wishes to enable PHP and assign a floating IP address to the instance as configured in the appConfiguration section in the ui.yaml file:

The next UI will prompt you to fill in the instance parameters as described in the instanceConfiguration section in the ui.yaml file:

The next form will ask you to fill the applications name. Note that the naming convention discussed in the unitNamingPattern will be visible for consumers when parameterizing...

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Authors (1)

Omar Khedher

Omar Khedher

Omar Khedher is a cloud architect with more than 12 years of experience in the cloud computing market. He has been involved in several private and public cloud projects, including OpenStack, AWS, and Azure. He has also authored several other books, including the first and second editions of Mastering OpenStack, OpenStack Sahara Essentials, and Extending OpenStack. Omar has a few academic publications about cloud performance. As a part of the Cloudreach team, an international cloud consulting company, he helps customers to design, advises on, and leads projects targeting cloud migration and innovation.

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