Automate OpenStack using Ansible: Automate OpenStack using Ansible ajscanlas Tue, 02/21/2023 – 03:00 I demonstrated how I manage OpenStack using Terraform in my previous article. Using Terraform as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a significant advantage, but it also requires the staff to support it. Sometimes, all you really need is the ability to provision …
Manage OpenStack using Terraform and GitLab: Manage OpenStack using Terraform and GitLab ajscanlas Wed, 02/15/2023 – 03:00 One virtue of GitOps is Infrastructure as Code. It encourages collaboration by using a shared configuration and policy repository. Using GitLab can further enhance collaboration in your OpenStack cluster. GitLab CI can serve as your source control and …
Use Terraform to manage an OpenStack cluster: Use Terraform to manage an OpenStack cluster ajscanlas Tue, 01/31/2023 – 03:00 After having an OpenStack production and home lab for a while, I can definitively say that provisioning a workload and managing it from an Admin and Tenant perspective is important. Terraform is an open source Infrastructure-as-Code …
How to use Kubernetes and OpenStack together: In OpenStack’s 2021 User Survey, the majority of respondents said they use Kubernetes as the container orchestration or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) tool to manage their OpenStack applications. Simply put, OpenStack and Kubernetes work together to benefit sysadmins, developers, and users alike. It’s one thing to say that users rely …
How the OpenStack community is collaborating during the pandemic: The OpenStack community is BIG. From Argentina to Morocco to Israel to Vietnam, we literally span the globe, so it’s not surprising that we largely knew what to do to accommodate COVID-19’s circumstances. But it still has been a struggle to keep moving forward and adapt …
Set up OpenStack on a Raspberry Pi cluster: In the year since the Raspberry Pi 4 was released, I’ve seen many tutorials (like this and this) and articles on how well the 4GB model works with container platforms such as Kubernetes (K8s), Lightweight Kubernetes (K3s), and Docker Swarm. As I was doing research, I read that …
10 years of OpenStack, Kubernetes at the edge, and more industry trends: As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends. Here are some of my and their favorite articles …
Happy 10th anniversary, OpenStack!: OpenStack has transformed the open source industry since it launched 10 years ago. It was an endeavor to bring greater choice in cloud solutions by combining NASA’s Nova with Rackspace’s Swift object storage and has since grown into a strong base for open infrastructure. read more: Opensource.com Sunny Cai Supporting Open …
Kubernetes networking, OpenStack Train, and more industry trends: As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my …
Building a DNS-as-a-service with OpenStack Designate: Designate is a multi-tenant DNS-as-a-service that includes a REST API for domain and record management, a framework for integration with Neutron, and integration support for Bind9. You would want to consider a DNSaaS for the following: read more: Opensource.com ayaseen Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
Manage your OpenStack cloud with Ansible: Day two operations: Managing an application on OpenStack presents a host of challenges for the system administrator, and finding ways to reduce complexity and produce consistency are key ingredients to achieving success. By using Ansible, an agentless IT automation technology, a system administrator can create Ansible playbooks that provide …
How to 'Kubernetize' an OpenStack service: Kuryr-Kubernetes is an OpenStack project, written in Python, that serves as a container network interface (CNI) plugin that provides networking for Kubernetes pods by using OpenStack Neutron and Octavia. read more: Opensource.com dulek Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?
Celebrate the Queens release with 5 new OpenStack tips and guides: Today marks the release of OpenStack’s seventh release, Queens. After a 26-week release schedule, Queens brings into the fold new projects and new features, including strong container integration, support for vGPUs, and many advancements around NFV, edge computing, and machine learning applications. read more: …
5 new OpenStack resources: As OpenStack has continued to mature and move from the first stages of adoption to use in production clouds, the focus of the OpenStack community has shifted as well, with more focus than ever on integrating OpenStack with other infrastructure projects. read more: Opensource.com Jason Baker Supporting Open Source. Have you …
Lessons in OpenStack: New tutorials and how-tos: If you’re working in open source cloud infrastructure, there’s a good chance that you’re working with OpenStack. And OpenStack is no small thing to learn about. Made up of dozens of related projects working together to power your cloud infrastructure needs, even those immersed in OpenStack every day …
This is how you OpenStack: 6 new guides and tutorials: Cloud infrastructure is a hugely in-demand skill. And if you’re looking for an open source solution for your cloud infrastructure needs, chances are OpenStack is in that mix. OpenStack is a huge collection of projects, providing solutions and integrations for nearly every part of the …
Top 5: How to speed up your MySQL queries, 4 types of OpenStack Neutron networks, and more: In this week’s Top 5, we highlight articles on how to speed up your MySQL queries, four types of OpenStack Neutron networks, a guide to Linux syscalls, cross-platform development with Python, and how Jim Hall of FreeDOS got started …
4 new OpenStack how-tos and guides: Having OpenStack experience continues to be among the most in-demand skills in the tech world, as organizations continue to seek to build and manage their own open source clouds. But OpenStack is a big topic, made up of dozen of individual projects that are being actively developed at a …