OpenStack Cookbook Update
Just a quick quick update before I'm stuck at VMworld for the week:Kevin Jackson is a ROCK STARThe long and short of that is the Manuscript for The OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook – Grizzly Edition...
View ArticleCouch to OpenStack – Monitoring Follow-Up
Thanks again for everyone coming along for the Nagios ride. To recap we:Reviewed the requirements for monitoring.Installation of the NPRE agentOther monitoring solutions, and why we chose...
View ArticleMonitoring OpenStack – Nagios 3
Part of the work around the upcoming OpenStack Cookbook involved a refresh of the chapter on Monitoring. Specifically, we wanted to deliver an updated section with some tool changes that would reflect...
View Article[Update] Vagrant, Puppet, OpenStack
Recently, Puppet Labs released an “Grizzly” module, based on their work with the Puppet Labs OpenStack module, that takes a more role based approach. That is, it breaks out things like controller,...
View ArticleOpenStack Summit LiveBlog – An Evaluation of OpenStack Deployment Frameworks
Note: This is a liveblog. I didn't proof read / spellcheck etc. An Evaluation of OpenStack Deployment FrameworksSymantec has a diverse set of development needs across product lines, etc.Consolidation...
View ArticleOpenStack Summit LiveBlog – Bridging the Gap: Explaining OpenStack to VMware...
Note: This is a live blog. It lacks formatting, editing, or any of the usual quality control that goes into these things.Bridging the Gap: Explaining OpenStack to the VMware AdminSpeaking:Kenneth Hui...
View ArticleOpenStack HongKong Summit – Day 1 Wrap-up
If this rambles, I apologize. What follows next, are my impressions, thoughts, and notes from Day 1 of the November 2013 Design Summit in Hong Kong.Keynotes:The user storys this time around focused on...
View Article#vBrownBag #C2OS Follow-up: What’s new in OpenStack Havana with Eric Wright...
The “What’s New in Havana?” session is a high-level review of some of the changes that came with the November 2013 release of OpenStack. Presented by Eric Wright (@Discoposse) with help from Cody Bunch...
View ArticleDeploy Rackspace Private Cloud with Vagrant
I know I’ve done a few of these before, but Mr. Thorne does a much much better job than I could. In addition, he has builds for VMware Fusion and VirtualBox. Also, scenarios with HA controllers,...
View ArticleHow to Make A LOT of Devstack with Vagrant
Sometimes you need to make A LOT of devstack instances, and on different providers. That is, some in the cloud, others locally, and then some. At least, I keep finding myself in situations where this...
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