Extending OpenStack: Leverage extended OpenStack projects to implement containerization, deployment, and architecting robust cloud solutions

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Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Inflating the OpenStack Setup
	Revisiting the OpenStack ecosystem
		Grasping a first layout
	Postulating the OpenStack setup
		Treating OpenStack as code
		Growing the OpenStack infrastructure
		Deploying OpenStack
			Ansible in a nutshell
			Testing the OpenStack environment
				Prerequisites for the test environment
				Setting up the Ansible environment
			Running the OSA installation
			Production OpenStack environment
	Summary
Chapter 2: Massively Scaling Computing Power
	Decomposing the compute power
	Empowering the compute service
	Varying the compute flavor
		Meeting Docker
			Joining Docker
		Meeting Xen
			Joining Xen
	Segregating the compute resources
		Reasoning for infrastructure segregation
			Defining regions
			Defining AZ
			Defining host aggregate
			Defining cells
		Reasoning for workload segregation
			Filtering the compute workload
			Weighting the compute power
				Stacking or spreading
				Weighing in action
	Summary
Chapter 3: Enlarging the OpenStack Storage Capabilities
	Varying the block storage backends
		Managing block storage – Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
		Managing block storage – Network File System (NFS)
		Managing block storage – Ceph RADOS Block Device (RBD)
	Scheduling and filtering
		Hybrid storage scheduling
	Navigating the storage backup alternatives
		Ceph as backup
		Swift as backup
	Exploring Manila – shared file service
		Configuring the shared file service
			Configuring block storage for the Manila backend
			Configuring CephFS for the Manila backend
	Summary
Chapter 4: Harnessing the Power of the OpenStack Network Service
	Neutron plugins reference
		Driving the sole plugin – ML2 under the hood
		Extending ML2 – customizing your own plugin
	Maximizing network availability
		Neutron HA – DVR
			Configuring DVR
		Neutron HA – VRRP
	The era of network programming
	Orchestrating the network function virtualization (NFV)
	Summary
Chapter 5: Containerizing in OpenStack
	Why containers?
		The natural evolution of containers
		Game changing – microservices
	Building the ship
		Containers in OpenStack
			Docker Swarm in OpenStack
				Example – NGINX web server
			Kubernetes in OpenStack
				Example – application server
			Mesos in OpenStack
				Example – a Python-based web server
	Summary
Chapter 6: Managing Big Data in OpenStack
	Big data in OpenStack
	Rolling OpenStack Sahara service
	Deploying the Hadoop cluster
	Executing jobs
	Summary
Chapter 7: Evolving Self-Cloud Ready Applications in OpenStack
	The evolvement of Murano
	The Murano ecosystem
	Integrating Murano in OpenStack
	Deploying a self-contained application
	Summary
Chapter 8: Extending the Applications Catalog Service
	Murano application under the hood
	Developing application publisher perspective
	Deploying application consumer perspective
	Summary
Chapter 9: Consolidating the OpenStack Authentication
	Recapping the Keystone blocks
		The multitude faces of the token
		Multiple identity actors
	All in one authentication hub
		Keystone as SP – SAML
		Keystone as SP – OpenID Connect
	Summary
Chapter 10: Boosting the Extended Cloud Universe
	Benchmarking as a Service (BaaS)
		Automating OpenStack profiling with Rally
			Installing Rally
			Benchmarking with Rally
			Extending benchmarking with plugins
	Summary
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