Download or read book Mastering OpenStack Second Edition written by Chandan Dutta Chowdhury and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your complete guide to designing, deploying, and managing OpenStack-based clouds in mid-to-large IT infrastructuresAbout This Book* Design and deploy an OpenStack-based cloud in your mid-to-large IT infrastructure using automation tools and best practices* Keep yourself up-to-date with valuable insights into OpenStack components and new services in the latest OpenStack release* Discover how the new features in the latest OpenStack release can help your enterprise and infrastructureWho This Book Is ForThis book is for system administrators, cloud engineers, and system architects who would like to deploy an OpenStack-based cloud in a mid-to-large IT infrastructure. This book requires a moderate level of system administration and familiarity with cloud concepts.What You Will Learn* Explore the main architecture design of OpenStack components and core-by-core services, and how they work together* Design different high availability scenarios and plan for a no-single-point-of-failure environment* Set up a multinode environment in production using orchestration tools* Boost OpenStack's performance with advanced configuration* Delve into various hypervisors and container technology supported by OpenStack* Get familiar with deployment methods and discover use cases in a real production environment* Adopt the DevOps style of automation while deploying and operating in an OpenStack environment* Monitor the cloud infrastructure and make decisions on maintenance and performance improvementIn DetailIn this second edition, you will get to grips with the latest features of OpenStack. Starting with an overview of the OpenStack architecture, you'll see how to adopt the DevOps style of automation while deploying and operating in an OpenStack environment. We'll show you how to create your own OpenStack private cloud. Then you'll learn about various hypervisors and container technology supported by OpenStack. You'll get an understanding about the segregation of compute nodes based on reliability and availability needs. We'll cover various storage types in OpenStack and advanced networking aspects such as SDN and NFV.Next, you'll understand the OpenStack infrastructure from a cloud user point of view. Moving on, you'll develop troubleshooting skills, and get a comprehensive understanding of services such as high availability and failover in OpenStack. Finally, you will gain experience of running a centralized logging server and monitoring OpenStack services.The book will show you how to carry out performance tuning based on OpenStack service logs. You will be able to master OpenStack benchmarking and performance tuning. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to take steps to deploy and manage an OpenStack cloud with the latest open source technologies.

Download or read book Mastering OpenStack written by Omar Khedher and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover your complete guide to designing, deploying, and managing OpenStack-based clouds in mid-to-large IT infrastructures with best practices, expert understanding, and more About This Book Design and deploy an OpenStack-based cloud in your mid-to-large IT infrastructure using automation tools and best practices Keep yourself up-to-date with valuable insights into OpenStack components and new services in the latest OpenStack release Discover how the new features in the latest OpenStack release can help your enterprise and infrastructure Who This Book Is For This book is for system administrators, cloud engineers, and system architects who would like to deploy an OpenStack-based cloud in a mid-to-large IT infrastructure. This book requires a moderate level of system administration and familiarity with cloud concepts. What You Will Learn Explore the main architecture design of OpenStack components and core-by-core services, and how they work together Design different high availability scenarios and plan for a no-single-point-of-failure environment Set up a multinode environment in production using orchestration tools Boost OpenStack's performance with advanced configuration Delve into various hypervisors and container technology supported by OpenStack Get familiar with deployment methods and discover use cases in a real production environment Adopt the DevOps style of automation while deploying and operating in an OpenStack environment Monitor the cloud infrastructure and make decisions on maintenance and performance improvement In Detail In this second edition, you will get to grips with the latest features of OpenStack. Starting with an overview of the OpenStack architecture, you'll see how to adopt the DevOps style of automation while deploying and operating in an OpenStack environment. We'll show you how to create your own OpenStack private cloud. Then you'll learn about various hypervisors and container technology supported by OpenStack. You'll get an understanding about the segregation of compute nodes based on reliability and availability needs. We'll cover various storage types in OpenStack and advanced networking aspects such as SDN and NFV. Next, you'll understand the OpenStack infrastructure from a cloud user point of view. Moving on, you'll develop troubleshooting skills, and get a comprehensive understanding of services such as high availability and failover in OpenStack. Finally, you will gain experience of running a centralized logging server and monitoring OpenStack services. The book will show you how to carry out performance tuning based on OpenStack service logs. You will be able to master OpenStack benchmarking and performance tuning. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to take steps to deploy and manage an OpenStack cloud with the latest open source technologies. Style and approach This book will help you understand the flexibility of OpenStack by showcasing integration of several out-of-the-box solutions in order to build a large-scale cloud environment.. It will also cover detailed discussions on the various design and deployment strategies for implementing a fault-tolerant and highly available cloud infrastructure.

Download or read book OpenStack for Architects written by Ben Silverman and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implement successful private clouds with OpenStack Key Features Gain hands-on experience in designing a private cloud for all infrastructures Create a robust virtual environment for your organization Design, implement and deploy an OpenStack-based cloud based on the Queens release Book Description Over the past six years, hundreds of organizations have successfully implemented Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms based on OpenStack. The huge amount of investment from these organizations, including industry giants such as IBM and HP, as well as open source leaders, such as Red Hat, Canonical, and SUSE, has led analysts to label OpenStack as the most important open source technology since the Linux operating system. Due to its ambitious scope, OpenStack is a complex and fast-evolving open source project that requires a diverse skill set to design and implement it. OpenStack for Architects leads you through the major decision points that you'll face while architecting an OpenStack private cloud for your organization. This book will address the recent changes made in the latest OpenStack release i.e Queens, and will also deal with advanced concepts such as containerization, NVF, and security. At each point, the authors offer you advice based on the experience they've gained from designing and leading successful OpenStack projects in a wide range of industries. Each chapter also includes lab material that gives you a chance to install and configure the technologies used to build production-quality OpenStack clouds. Most importantly, the book focuses on ensuring that your OpenStack project meets the needs of your organization, which will guarantee a successful rollout. What you will learn Learn the overall structure of an OpenStack deployment Craft an OpenStack deployment process which fits within your organization Apply Agile Development methodologies to engineer and operate OpenStack clouds Build a product roadmap for Infrastructure as a Service based on OpenStack Make use of containers to increase the manageability and resiliency of applications running in and on OpenStack. Use enterprise security guidelines for your OpenStack deployment Who this book is for OpenStack for Architects is for Cloud architects who are responsible to design and implement a private cloud with OpenStack. System engineers and enterprise architects will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of core OpenStack services, as well as some working experience of concepts, is recommended.

Download or read book OpenStack Essentials written by Dan Radez and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Untangle the complexity of OpenStack clouds through this practical tutorial About This Book Navigate through the complex jungle of components in OpenStack using practical instructions This book helps administrators, cloud engineers, and even developers to consolidate and control pools of compute, networking, and storage resources Learn to use the centralized dashboard and administration panel to monitor large-scale deployments Who This Book Is For This book is perfect for administrators, cloud engineers, and operators who want to get started with OpenStack, solve basic problems encountered during deployment, and get up to speed with the latest release of OpenStack. Familiarity with the Linux command line and experience with Linux system administration is expected. What You Will Learn Brush up on the latest release, and how it affects the various components Install OpenStack using the Packstack and RDO Manager installation tool Learn to convert a computer node that supports Docker containers Implement Ceph Block Device images with OpenStack Create and allocate virtual networks, routers and IP addresses to OpenStack Tenants. Configuring and Launching a Docker container. In Detail OpenStack is a widely popular platform for cloud computing. Applications that are built for this platform are resilient to failure and convenient to scale. This book, an update to our extremely popular OpenStack Essentials (published in May 2015) will help you master not only the essential bits, but will also examine the new features of the latest OpenStack release - Mitaka; showcasing how to put them to work straight away. This book begins with the installation and demonstration of the architecture. This book will tech you the core 8 topics of OpenStack. They are Keystone for Identity Management, Glance for Image management, Neutron for network management, Nova for instance management, Cinder for Block storage, Swift for Object storage, Ceilometer for Telemetry and Heat for Orchestration. Further more you will learn about launching and configuring Docker containers and also about scaling them horizontally. You will also learn about monitoring and Troubleshooting OpenStack. Style and approach This book offers step-by-step practical instructions to help you quickly navigate through the complexities of OpenStack

Download or read book OpenStack Administration with Ansible 2 written by Walter Bentley and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orchestrate and automate your OpenStack cloud operator tasks with Ansible 2.0 About This Book Automate real-world OpenStack cloud operator administrative tasks Construct a collection of the latest automation code to save time on managing your OpenStack cloud Manage containers on your cloud and check the health of your cloud using Nagios Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at OpenStack-based cloud operators and infrastructure and sys administrators who have some knowledge of OpenStack and are seeking to automate taxing and manual tasks. This book is also for people new to automating cloud operations in general and the DevOps practice in particular. What You Will Learn Efficiently execute OpenStack administrative tasks Familiarize yourself with how Ansible 2 works and assess the defined best practices Create Ansible 2 playbooks and roles Automate tasks to customize your OpenStack cloud Review OpenStack automation considerations when automating administrative tasks Examine and automate advanced OpenStack tasks and designated use cases Get a high-level overview of OpenStack and current production-ready projects Explore OpenStack CLI tools and learn how to use them In Detail Most organizations are seeking methods to improve business agility because they have realized just having a cloud is not enough. Being able to improve application deployments, reduce infrastructure downtime, and eliminate daily manual tasks can only be accomplished through some sort of automation. We start with a brief overview of OpenStack and Ansible 2 and highlight some best practices. Each chapter will provide an introduction to handling various Cloud Operator administration tasks such as managing containers within your cloud; setting up/utilizing open source packages for monitoring; creating multiple users/tenants; taking instance snapshots; and customizing your cloud to run multiple active regions. Each chapter will also supply a step-by-step tutorial on how to automate these tasks with Ansible 2. Packed with real-world OpenStack administrative tasks, this book will walk you through working examples and explain how these tasks can be automated using one of the most popular open source automation tools on the market today. Style and approach This book is a concise, fast-paced guide filled with real-world scenarios that will execute OpenStack administrative tasks efficiently. It serves as a quick reference guide for not just OpenStack functions, but also for creating future Ansible code.

Download or read book Mastering Kubernetes written by Gigi Sayfan and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the art of container management utilizing the power of Kubernetes. About This Book This practical guide demystifies Kubernetes and ensures that your clusters are always available, scalable, and up to date Discover new features such as autoscaling, rolling updates, resource quotas, and cluster size Master the skills of designing and deploying large clusters on various cloud platforms Who This Book Is For The book is for system administrators and developers who have intermediate level of knowledge with Kubernetes and are now waiting to master its advanced features. You should also have basic networking knowledge. This advanced-level book provides a pathway to master Kubernetes. What You Will Learn Architect a robust Kubernetes cluster for long-time operation Discover the advantages of running Kubernetes on GCE, AWS, Azure, and bare metal See the identity model of Kubernetes and options for cluster federation Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and run a highly available Kubernetes Create and configure custom Kubernetes resources and use third-party resources in your automation workflows Discover the art of running complex stateful applications in your container environment Deliver applications as standard packages In Detail Kubernetes is an open source system to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. If you are running more than just a few containers or want automated management of your containers, you need Kubernetes. This book mainly focuses on the advanced management of Kubernetes clusters. It covers problems that arise when you start using container orchestration in production. We start by giving you an overview of the guiding principles in Kubernetes design and show you the best practises in the fields of security, high availability, and cluster federation. You will discover how to run complex stateful microservices on Kubernetes including advanced features as horizontal pod autoscaling, rolling updates, resource quotas, and persistent storage back ends. Using real-world use cases, we explain the options for network configuration and provides guidelines on how to set up, operate, and troubleshoot various Kubernetes networking plugins. Finally, we cover custom resource development and utilization in automation and maintenance workflows. By the end of this book, you'll know everything you need to know to go from intermediate to advanced level. Style and approach Delving into the design of the Kubernetes platform, the reader will be exposed to the advanced features and best practices of Kubernetes. This book will be an advanced level book which will provide a pathway to master Kubernetes

Download or read book OpenStack for Architects written by Michael Solberg and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design and implement successful private clouds with OpenStack About This Book Explore the various design choices available for cloud architects within an OpenStack deployment Craft an OpenStack architecture and deployment pipeline to meet the unique needs of your organization Create a product roadmap for Infrastructure as a Service in your organization using this hands-on guide Who This Book Is For This book is written especially for those who will design OpenStack clouds and lead their implementation. These people are typically cloud architects, but may also be in product management, systems engineering, or enterprise architecture. What You Will Learn Familiarize yourself with the components of OpenStack Build an increasingly complex OpenStack lab deployment Write compelling documentation for the architecture teams within your organization Apply Agile configuration management techniques to deploy OpenStack Integrate OpenStack with your organization's identity management, provisioning, and billing systems Configure a robust virtual environment for users to interact with Use enterprise security guidelines for your OpenStack deployment Create a product roadmap that delivers functionality quickly to the users of your platform In Detail Over the last five years, hundreds of organizations have successfully implemented Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms based on OpenStack. The huge amount of investment from these organizations, industry giants such as IBM and HP, as well as open source leaders such as Red Hat have led analysts to label OpenStack as the most important open source technology since the Linux operating system. Because of its ambitious scope, OpenStack is a complex and fast-evolving open source project that requires a diverse skill-set to design and implement it. This guide leads you through each of the major decision points that you'll face while architecting an OpenStack private cloud for your organization. At each point, we offer you advice based on the experience we've gained from designing and leading successful OpenStack projects in a wide range of industries. Each chapter also includes lab material that gives you a chance to install and configure the technologies used to build production-quality OpenStack clouds. Most importantly, we focus on ensuring that your OpenStack project meets the needs of your organization, which will guarantee a successful rollout. Style and approach This is practical, hands-on guide to implementing OpenStack clouds, where each topic is illustrated with real-world examples and then the technical points are proven in the lab.

Download or read book Mastering Linux Security and Hardening written by Donald A. Tevault and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to securing your Linux system against cyberattacks and intruders Key Features Deliver a system that reduces the risk of being hacked Explore a variety of advanced Linux security techniques with the help of hands-on labs Master the art of securing a Linux environment with this end-to-end practical guide Book DescriptionFrom creating networks and servers to automating the entire working environment, Linux has been extremely popular with system administrators for the last couple of decades. However, security has always been a major concern. With limited resources available in the Linux security domain, this book will be an invaluable guide in helping you get your Linux systems properly secured. Complete with in-depth explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book begins by helping you set up a practice lab environment and takes you through the core functionalities of securing Linux. You'll practice various Linux hardening techniques and advance to setting up a locked-down Linux server. As you progress, you will also learn how to create user accounts with appropriate privilege levels, protect sensitive data by setting permissions and encryption, and configure a firewall. The book will help you set up mandatory access control, system auditing, security profiles, and kernel hardening, and finally cover best practices and troubleshooting techniques to secure your Linux environment efficiently. By the end of this Linux security book, you will be able to confidently set up a Linux server that will be much harder for malicious actors to compromise.What you will learn Create locked-down user accounts with strong passwords Configure firewalls with iptables, UFW, nftables, and firewalld Protect your data with different encryption technologies Harden the secure shell service to prevent security break-ins Use mandatory access control to protect against system exploits Harden kernel parameters and set up a kernel-level auditing system Apply OpenSCAP security profiles and set up intrusion detection Configure securely the GRUB 2 bootloader and BIOS/UEFI Who this book is for This book is for Linux administrators, system administrators, and network engineers interested in securing moderate to complex Linux environments. Security consultants looking to enhance their Linux security skills will also find this book useful. Working experience with the Linux command line and package management is necessary to understand the concepts covered in this book.

Download or read book Mastering Cloud Computing written by Rajkumar Buyya and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering Cloud Computing is designed for undergraduate students learning to develop cloud computing applications. Tomorrow's applications won't live on a single computer but will be deployed from and reside on a virtual server, accessible anywhere, any time. Tomorrow's application developers need to understand the requirements of building apps for these virtual systems, including concurrent programming, high-performance computing, and data-intensive systems. The book introduces the principles of distributed and parallel computing underlying cloud architectures and specifically focuses on virtualization, thread programming, task programming, and map-reduce programming. There are examples demonstrating all of these and more, with exercises and labs throughout. - Explains how to make design choices and tradeoffs to consider when building applications to run in a virtual cloud environment - Real-world case studies include scientific, business, and energy-efficiency considerations

Download or read book Extending OpenStack written by Omar Khedher and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover new opportunities to empower your private cloud by making the most of the OpenStack universe Key Features This practical guide teaches you how to extend the core functionalities of OpenStack Discover OpenStack's flexibility by writing custom applications and network plugins Deploy a containerized environment in OpenStack through a hands-on and example-driven approach Book Description OpenStack is a very popular cloud computing platform that has enabled several organizations during the last few years to successfully implement their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms. This book will guide you through new features of the latest OpenStack releases and how to bring them into production straightaway in an agile way. It starts by showing you how to expand your current OpenStack setup and how to approach your next OpenStack Data Center generation deployment. You will discover how to extend your storage and network capacity and also take advantage of containerization technology such as Docker and Kubernetes in OpenStack. Additionally, you'll explore the power of big data as a Service terminology implemented in OpenStack by integrating the Sahara project. This book will teach you how to build Hadoop clusters and launch jobs in a very simple way. Then you'll automate and deploy applications on top of OpenStack. You will discover how to write your own plugin in the Murano project. The final part of the book will go through best practices for security such as identity, access management, and authentication exposed by Keystone in OpenStack. By the end of this book, you will be ready to extend and customize your private cloud based on your requirements. What you will learn Explore new incubated projects in the OpenStack ecosystem and see how they work Architect your OpenStack private cloud with extended features of the latest versions Consolidate OpenStack authentication in your large infrastructure to avoid complexity Find out how to expand your computing power in OpenStack on a large scale Reduce your OpenStack storage cost management by taking advantage of external tools Provide easy, on-demand, cloud-ready applications to developers using OpenStack in no time Enter the big data world and find out how to launch elastic jobs easily in OpenStack Boost your extended OpenStack private cloud performance through real-world scenarios Who this book is for This book is for system administrators, cloud architects, and developers who have experience working with OpenStack and are ready to step up and extend its functionalities. A good knowledge of basic OpenStack components is required. In addition, familiarity with Linux boxes and a good understanding of network and virtualization jargon is required.

Download or read book OpenStack Orchestration written by Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploit the power of dynamic cloud formation and auto-scaling features to fully implement OpenStack orchestration About This Book Set up, manage, and troubleshoot Heat and effectively automate your datacenter and cloud-based services Achieve high availability, minimize down-time, and automate the deployment of cloud-based services and resources with minimum effort Upgrade your skills and manipulate resources on virtual machines in an unattended fashion using Heat Who This Book Is For If you are a System Engineer, System Administrator, Cloud Administrator, or a Cloud Engineer, then this book is for you. You should have a background of working in a Linux-based setup. Any knowledge of OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure will help you create wonders using this book. What You Will Learn Install an orchestration service for a private cloud environment Tackle errors that show up during the installation and configuration of heat Configure a template for orchestration using the native HOT format Configure a template for orchestration using the AWS cloud formation format Deploy a stack using the HOT template Deploy a test stack using the AWS CloudFormation template Automate and orchestrate cloud-based services with OpenStack Heat In Detail This book is focused on setting up and using one of the most important services in OpenStack orchestration, Heat. First, the book introduces you to the orchestration service for OpenStack to help you understand the uses of the templating mechanism, complex control groups of cloud resources, and huge-potential and multiple-use cases. We then move on to the topology and orchestration specification for cloud applications and standards, before introducing the most popular IaaS cloud framework, Heat. You will get to grips with the standards used in Heat, overview and roadmap, architecture and CLI, heat API, heat engine, CloudWatch API, scaling principles, JeOS and installation and configuration of Heat. We wrap up by giving you some insights into troubleshooting for OpenStack. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and supporting images, you will be able to manage OpenStack operations by implementing the orchestration services of Heat. Style and approach The book is a step-by-step guide to implementing an orchestration (cloud formation) service for OpenStack-based cloud environments. This book uses real-world scenarios and examples to demonstrate the procedures in an easy-to-understand language with plenty of screenshots to help you get a better understanding.

Download or read book OpenStack Swift written by Joe Arnold and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get up and running with OpenStack Swift, the free, open source solution for deploying high-performance object storage clusters at scale. In this practical guide, Joe Arnold, co-founder and CEO of SwiftStack, brings you up-to-speed on the basic concepts of object storage and walks you through what you need to know to plan, build, operate, and measure the performance of your own Swift storage system. Object storage is essential today with the growth of web, mobile, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. This book helps you through the process, with separate sections on application development, installation, administration, and troubleshooting. Learn Swift’s concepts for organizing, distributing, and serving data Explore basic and advanced features of the Swift RESTful API Delve into Swift’s many client libraries, including useful Python features Write middleware to customize and simplify your storage system Understand requirements for planning a Swift deployment—including your specific use case Learn options for coaxing the best performance from your cluster Get best practices for daily operations, such as monitoring and planning capacity additions Pick up techniques for testing and benchmarking your Swift cluster

Download or read book Mastering KVM Virtualization written by Humble Devassy Chirammal and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive in to the cutting edge techniques of Linux KVM virtualization, and build the virtualization solutions your datacentre demands About This Book Become an expert in Linux virtualization Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud Find out how to build a large scale virtualization solution that will transform your organization Who This Book Is For Linux administrators – if you want to build incredible, yet manageable virtualization solutions with KVM this is the book to get you there. It will help you apply what you already know to some tricky virtualization tasks. What You Will Learn Explore the ecosystem of tools that support Linux virtualization Find out why KVM offers you a smarter way to unlock the potential of virtualization Implement KVM virtualization using oVirt Explore the KVM architecture – so you can manage, scale and optimize it with ease Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud for truly resource-efficient computing Find out how to integrate OpenStack with KVM to take full control of the cloud In Detail A robust datacenter is essential for any organization – but you don't want to waste resources. With KVM you can virtualize your datacenter, transforming a Linux operating system into a powerful hypervisor that allows you to manage multiple OS with minimal fuss. This book doesn't just show you how to virtualize with KVM – it shows you how to do it well. Written to make you an expert on KVM, you'll learn to manage the three essential pillars of scalability, performance and security – as well as some useful integrations with cloud services such as OpenStack. From the fundamentals of setting up a standalone KVM virtualization platform, and the best tools to harness it effectively, including virt-manager, and kimchi-project, everything you do is built around making KVM work for you in the real-world, helping you to interact and customize it as you need it. With further guidance on performance optimization for Microsoft Windows and RHEL virtual machines, as well as proven strategies for backup and disaster recovery, you'll can be confident that your virtualized data center is working for your organization – not hampering it. Finally, the book will empower you to unlock the full potential of cloud through KVM. Migrating your physical machines to the cloud can be challenging, but once you've mastered KVM, it's a little easie. Style and approach Combining advanced insights with practical solutions, Mastering KVM Virtualization is a vital resource for anyone that believes in the power of virtualization to help a business use resources more effectively.

Download or read book Learning OpenStack Networking written by James Denton and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the basics of virtual networking in OpenStack to implement various cloud network architectures Key Features Learn the difference between Open vSwitch and Linux bridge switching technologies Connect virtual machine instances to virtual networks, subnets, and ports Implement virtual load balancers, firewalls, and routers in your network Book Description OpenStack Networking is a pluggable, scalable, and API-driven system to manage physical and virtual networking resources in an OpenStack-based cloud. Like other core OpenStack components, OpenStack Networking can be used by administrators and users to increase the value and maximize the use of existing datacenter resources. This third edition of Learning OpenStack Networking walks you through the installation of OpenStack and provides you with a foundation that can be used to build a scalable and production-ready OpenStack cloud. In the initial chapters, you will review the physical network requirements and architectures necessary for an OpenStack environment that provide core cloud functionality. Then, you’ll move through the installation of the new release of OpenStack using packages from the Ubuntu repository. An overview of Neutron networking foundational concepts, including networks, subnets, and ports will segue into advanced topics such as security groups, distributed virtual routers, virtual load balancers, and VLAN tagging within instances. By the end of this book, you will have built a network infrastructure for your cloud using OpenStack Neutron. What you will learn Get familiar with Neutron constructs, including agents and plugins Build foundational Neutron resources to provide connectivity to instances Work with legacy Neutron routers and troubleshoot traffic through them Explore high-availability routing capabilities utilizing Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Create and manage load balancers and associated components Manage security groups as a method of securing traffic to and from instances Who this book is for If you are an OpenStack-based cloud operator and administrator who is new to Neutron networking and wants to build your very own OpenStack cloud, then this book is for you.Prior networking experience and a physical server and network infrastructure is recommended to follow along with concepts demonstrated in the book.

Download or read book Learning OpenStack written by Alok Shrivastwa and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set up and maintain your own cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) using OpenStackAbout This Book• Build and manage a cloud environment using just four virtual machines• Get to grips with mandatory as well as optional OpenStack components and know how they work together• Leverage your cloud environment to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with this practical, step-by-step guideWho This Book Is ForThis book is targeted at all aspiring administrators, architects, or students who want to build cloud environments using Openstack. Knowledge of IaaS or cloud computing is recommended.What You Will Learn• Get an introduction to OpenStack and its components• Authenticate and authorize the cloud environment using Keystone• Store and retrieve data and images using storage components such as Cinder, Swift, and Glance• Use Nova to build a Cloud Computing fabric controller• Abstract technology-agnostic networks using the Neutron network component• Gain an understanding of optional components such as Ceilometer, Trove, Ironic, Sahara, Barbican, Zaqar, Designate, Manila, and many more• See how all of the OpenStack components collaborate to provide IaaS to users• Create a production-grade OpenStack and automate your OpenStack CloudIn DetailOpenStack is a free and open source cloud computing platform that is rapidly gaining popularity in Enterprise data centres. It is a scalable operating system and is used to build private and public clouds. It is imperative for all the aspiring cloud administrators to possess OpenStack skills if they want to succeed in the cloud-led IT infrastructure space.This book will help you gain a clearer understanding of OpenStack's components and their interaction with each other to build a cloud environment. You will learn to deploy a self-service based cloud using just four virtual machines and standard networking.You begin with an introduction on the basics of cloud computing. This is followed by a brief look into the need for authentication and authorization, the different aspects of dashboards, cloud computing fabric controllers, along with “Networking as a Service” and “Software Defined Networking.” Then, you will focus on installing, configuring, and troubleshooting different architectures such as Keystone, Horizon, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, and Glance. Furthermore, you will see how all of the OpenStack components come together in providing IaaS to users. Finally, you will take your OpenStack cloud to the next level by integrating it with other IT ecosystem elements before automation.By the end of this book, you will be proficient with the fundamentals and application of OpenStack.Style and approachThis is a practical step-by-step guide comprising of installation prerequisites and basic troubleshooting instructions to help you build an error-free OpenStack cloud easily.

Download or read book Enterprise PowerShell Scripting Bootcamp written by Brenton J.W. Blawat and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick start guide for an advanced enterprise PowerShell framework About This Book Introduces industry-proven techniques that improve script efficiency and reliability Example-rich guide based on real-world scenarios Facilitates building a script that can fully scan a Windows server and identify components Who This Book Is For This book is for IT professionals and Windows administrators who would like to gain intensive, hands-on knowledge and skills on PowerShell without spending hours and hours in learning. If you have been struggling to find the time to gain proficiency and confidence with PowerShell and everyday scripting tasks What You Will Learn Create an advanced PowerShell scripting template that provides repeatable code to jumpstart all of your scripting projects Learn how to securely encrypt and store usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data in PowerShell scripts and answer files Understand how to optimize the performance of scripts to help process large datasets quickly and avoid time-consuming mistakes Develop a script to scan for non-standard Windows Server configurations and identify service accounts used on Windows Servers Gather a large list of data from a Windows server without locally or remotely logging in interactively In Detail Enterprise PowerShell Scripting Bootcamp explains how to create your own repeatable PowerShell scripting framework. This framework contains script logging methodologies, answer file interactions, and string encryption and decryption strategies. This book focuses on evaluating individual components to identify the system's function, role, and unique characteristics. To do this, you will leverage built-in CMDlets and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to explore Windows services, Windows processes, Windows features, scheduled tasks, and disk statistics. You will also create custom functions to perform a deep search for specific strings in files and evaluate installed software through executable properties. We will then discuss different scripting techniques to improve the efficiency of scripts. By leveraging several small changes to your code, you can increase the execution performance by over 130%. By the end of this book, you will be able to tie all of the concepts together in a PowerShell-based Windows server scanning script. This discovery script will be able to scan a Windows server to identify a multitude of components. Style and approach This book is all about fast and intensive learning. This means, we don't waste time in helping readers get started. The new content is about leveraging highly-effective examples to build new things, help solving problems in newer and unseen ways, and providing an enterprise-ready platform to create PowerShell Scripts.

Download or read book Learning VMware NSX written by Ranjit Singh Thakurratan and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the foundational components of VMware NSX About This Book Install, manage, monitor and configure your NSX deployment. Understand VMware NSX's components and discover best practices to help you manage VMware NSX A step by step guide that will help you elevate your skills in deploying NSX to your environment Who This Book Is For The book is intended for network and system administrators that have hands on experience with VMware vSphere suite of products and would like to learn more about software defined networking and implementation of NSX. The readers are also expected to have basic networking knowledge and aware of basic switching and routing fundamentals. What You Will Learn Understand software-defined networks Deploy and configure VXLAN-enabled logical switches Secure your environment using Distributed Firewall and Data Security Configure third-party services in NSX Manage, configure, and deploy edge gateway services Perform various Edge operations including configuring CA certificates Explore the different monitoring options to check their traffic flow In Detail VMware NSX is a platform for the software-defined data center. It allows complex networking topologies to be deployed programmatically in seconds. SDNs allow ease of deployment, management, and automation in deploying and maintaining new networks while reducing and in some cases completely eliminating the need to deploy traditional networks. The book allows you a thorough understanding of implementing Software defined networks using VMware's NSX. You will come across the best practices for installing and configuring NSX to setup your environment. Then you will get a brief overview of the NSX Core Components NSX's basic architecture. Once you are familiar with everything, you will get to know how to deploy various NSX features. Furthermore, you will understand how to manage and monitor NSX and its associated services and features. In addition to this, you will also explore the best practices for NSX deployments. By the end of the book, you will be able to deploy Vmware NSX in your own environment with ease. This book can come handy if you are preparing for VMware NSX certification. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow guide with tested configuration steps to get you up and running quickly. This book covers the nitty-gritty of installing, configuring, managing, and monitoring VMware NSX.