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Configuring and Verifying the Image Service
In OpenStack; you can add new images to Glance. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to use commands to pull down an image; copy a file for background storage; and upload an image file.
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Cloud Offerings
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the features of three types of clouds that can be developed by using OpenStack: private clouds; public clouds; and hybrid clouds.
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Cloud Service Features
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform which includes a number of services. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the features that are available in cloud services; such as the ability to support computing; storage; and networking.
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Configure Compute to Use Neutron
OpenStack allows you to set up your own private cloud using its newest style of networking provided by the neutron service. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to configure a compute node to use the advanced networking of OpenStack's neutron service.
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Configure OpenStack Compute
In OpenStack; you can configure your controller to talk to the Compute environment that is going to run on the Compute nodes. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to use Glance on the controller to ensure that the system knows where to find images.
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Configure Orchestration Service
OpenStack supports Heat; an orchestration service providing a template-based methodology to allocate resources within OpenStack. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to configure Heat on the controller node; from where he invokes it to create new instances based on a template.
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Configuring a Tenant Network
Configuring tenant networks in OpenStack Fundamentals is a vital skill and is essential in cloud computing. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how configure a tenant network using the OpenStack Horizon Dashboard.
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Configuring Authentication
OpenStack supports authentication via projects from within the Horizon Dashboard. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to create and assign members to a project from the Horizon Dashboard; before explaining the ways in which project users may be authenticated and then authorized.
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Configuring Authorization
OpenStack supports the authorization of users accessing resources owned by a project or projects. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses authentication; authorization; and resource ownership; before uploading and authorizing access to project resources identified by their UUID.
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Configuring Block Storage
OpenStack provides administrators with block storage to manage; maintain; and store volumes. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to set up block storage for an instance with an attached volume.
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Configuring Database Services
OpenStack supports Trove; a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) component that builds on Cinder; Keystone; and Neutron to provision database instances. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how Trove interacts with OpenStack component services to provide database services and manage a data store.
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Configuring Hypervisor Settings
OpenStack supports virtualization by working with the hypervisors on the compute node. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the many hypervisors and feature sets available to OpenStack; before installing and configuring the OpenStack Hyper-V hypervisor on the compute node.
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Configuring Identity Service
OpenStack is a free and open-source cloud computing system software platform that you can configure to suit your needs. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to make post installation configuration changes to the Identity Service (Keystone).
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Configuring Multiple Nodes
OpenStack supports the addition of compute nodes on the controller. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to download and install the binaries to an additional node; amends a pre-existing configuration file to reflect the new node's IP address; and restarts its services.
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Configuring OpenStack Object Storage
In OpenStack; Swift is an object storage system designed to store large volumes of data. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to configure an object storage node for use by Swift; using configuration files for the account server; container server; and object server on the node.
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Configuring Replication
In OpenStack fundamentals; before using the Swift Object Storage system you need to set up replication. In this video; Byron Hynes uses the hashing algorithm to determine which replica or partition is getting any particular object.
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Configuring SSL
In OpenStack fundamentals; you have to configure SSL externally to OpenStack. In this video; Byron Hynes uses the pound method to deal with the unencrypted HTTP traffic.
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Configuring Virtual Machine Access
OpenStack denies remote access to virtual machines (VMs) on the compute node by default. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to configure access from the Internet and an external network through the OpenStack Management Network to virtual machines on this node.
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Create a Neutron network
OpenStack supports the creation of neutron networks on the network node following the configuration of networking parameters on the controller node. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to create and configure a neutron network on the OpenStack network node.
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Creating an instance
In an OpenStack system; you use the nova boot command to create virtual machine instances. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to create a virtual machine instance on the compute node and how to access a console for interacting with the instance.
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Creating Credentials and Certificates
OpenStack supports secure access between the compute nodes and the controller node running the OpenStack Identity (Keystone) service. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to enable authentication on the controller's keystone.conf file; before editing the settings of the compute node's nova.conf file.
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Examining Services on the Controller Node
In OpenStack fundamentals; you can examine services on the controller node. In this video; Byron Hynes uses a SQL database to keep track of everything that is going on in the OpenStack deployment.
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Images and Instances
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform that uses images and instances. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the function and purpose of images and instances in Openstack and how they are related to each other.other.
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Install the Dashboard
OpenStack has a user-friendly dashboard that you can install which can be used to configure your own private cloud. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to install the Horizon Dashboard for OpenStack.
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Installing Neutron Networking
OpenStack cloud computing supports the new; advanced networking service known as neutron; which is distributed across the OpenStack stack. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to install and configure a network controller node so that it is equipped to use neutron networking.
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Installing OpenStack Compute
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform that has a number of service-based uses for cloud computing. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to install OpenStack and run an instance.
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Installing OpenStack Object Storage
In OpenStack; Swift is a system for storing objects and their metadata. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to configure a system to support Swift and installs Swift on a controller.
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Installing the Controller Services
Once prerequisite software is in place; you can start installing and configuring OpenStack services. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to install and configure the Identity service; also known as Keystone.
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Installing the Image Service (Glance)
In OpenStack; the Image Service; also known as Glance; allows you to store images and create instances. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to build out your OpenStack cloud by installing and configuring the Image Service consisting of Glance API and Glance registry.
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Key Management Using Dashboard
In OpenStack; key pairs are created in projects and are used to sign into instances once the instances have been launched. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to use the Horizon Dashboard from to create and manage key pairs.
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Launching Instances Using Dashboard
In OpenStack; there are many different ways an instance can be launched. The simplest way to launch an instance is with the Horizon Dashboard. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to launch an instance with the dashboard.
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Logical OpenStack Architecture
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform that provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates the logical architecture of the components that make up OpenStack.
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Managing containers
In OpenStack fundamentals; you need to set up the initial ring before you can use the nodes and start the Object Storage services. In this video; Byron Hynes uses the ring-builder utility to create configuration files to determine the storage architecture for each node.
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Managing Networking
OpenStack provides administrators with the Neutron component; which provides network connectivity and addressing. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses how plugins for Neutron provide increased flexibility and scalability over and above basic network management; and compares Neutron networking with Nova networking.
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Managing Networks
OpenStack supports network management through an external interface on the network node; configured by commands issued on the controller node. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to create and configure virtual and physical network infrastructure; including networks; subnets; and routers.
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Managing objects
In OpenStack fundamentals; you can upload or download files and create containers in Swift. In this video; Byron Hynes uses the swift upload command to upload an object into Object Storage.
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Managing Security Groups Using Dashboard
You can manage security groups using OpenStack. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to manage security groups to manage access to instances in the environment.
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Managing Users and Tenants Using Dashboard
In OpenStack; you can create multiple new projects and assign users to them. In this video; Byron Hynes uses the Horizon Dashboard in OpenStack to create new projects/tenants and users; and then manage them.
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OpenStack Block Storage
OpenStack provides administrators with a number of ways to manage storage of blocks and objects. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses block storage; which works with volumes by interacting with OpenStack Compute or Nova and uses Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
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OpenStack Deployment
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform that provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses some of the options for OpenStack deployment.
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OpenStack Identity Services
An important component of the OpenStack system is the Identity service; also known as Keystone. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the functions of the Keystone component and defines basic concepts associated with the service it provides.
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OpenStack Object Storage
OpenStack object storage allows you to store and retrieve large amounts of data. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the advantages; uses; and benefits of OpenStack object storage.
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Overview of Dashboard
The Dashboard; also known as Horizon; is a web-based interface that provides administrative access to the cloud-based resources in an OpenStack system. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the Dashboard; explaining what it is; noting that it can be customized; and describing the types of tasks it can be used to perform.
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Overview of OpenStack
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform that can be used to develop an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses what the OpenStack project is and explains the programming languages that it is based on.
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Project Release Cycle
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the project release cycle of the OpenStack project and how often new editions are released.
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Setting Configuration Options
The OpenStack image service; known as Glance; catalogs and retrieves virtual machine images. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates where to access Glance configuration settings and how to add a disk image to a Glance controller from the command line.
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Types of Service
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform which offers a number of different services. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses the three main types of services that are offered in a cloud environment and explains why OpenStack is positioned to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions.
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Understanding Image Service
OpenStack provides administrators with Glance; an image service that maintains a catalog of virtual machine images. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses where images can be stored and how clients can use Glance to access; create; and manage those images.
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Understanding OpenStack Compute
One of the key components of the OpenStack platform is the Compute function; also known as Nova. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates what Nova does; what it interacts with; and the processes and services it includes.
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Using Automatic Scaling
OpenStack provides administrators with the Heat and Ceilometer features; which; when combined; enable automatic scaling. In this video; Byron Hynes discusses how Heat orchestrates complex deployments in conjunction with Ceilometer; which collects and measures data to perform automatic scaling.
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Using Installation Packages
Once required software is in place; you can install OpenStack services using the DevStack installation package or by installing and configuring the services individually. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates the installation options for OpenStack and how to install prerequisite packages.
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Virtualization and Compute
In OpenStack; the Compute node includes the code that runs and hosts the virtual machines. In this video; Byron Hynes demonstrates how to use the apt-get command to pull in binaries to install in the Compute node.
