Download or read book OpenStack Networking Cookbook written by Sriram Subramanian and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harness the power of OpenStack Networking for public and private clouds using 90 hands-on recipes About This Book Build and manage virtual switching, routing, and firewall-based networks in OpenStack using Neutron Develop plugins and drivers for Neutron to enhance the built-in networking capabilities Monitor and automate OpenStack networks using tools like Ceilometer and Heat Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at network and system administrators who want to deploy and manage OpenStack-based cloud and IT infrastructure. If you have basic knowledge of OpenStack and virtualization, this book will help you leverage the rich functionality of OpenStack Networking in your cloud deployments. What You Will Learn Operate OpenStack Networking for public and private clouds Configure advanced routing services for your workloads Secure data traffic using firewall-as-a-service capabilities of OpenStack Discover how to leverage VXLAN to implement SDN in your OpenStack cloud Monitor the virtual networks using Ceilometer Develop plugins to enhance and customize OpenStack Networking Provide HA and VPN connectivity for your virtual machines Troubleshoot and solve common problems with OpenStack Networking In Detail Networking in OpenStack has evolved from Nova Network to Neutron. This has resulted in a rich suite of networking services available to OpenStack users and administrators. Advanced services such as routers, firewall, and load balancers use building blocks such as network and subnets. Recent improvements support powerful customization using plugins. The evolution of Neutron continues as it integrates with tools like Ceilometer and Heat. This book will explore the built-in capabilities of Neutron to effectively deploy cloud solutions. You will begin with the most fundamental constructs of OpenStack Networking for switching and routing. You will then learn how to provide your tenants with services like firewalls and load-balancers. The step-by-step recipes will help you configure and troubleshoot networking problems in your cloud. This book will also introduce you to advanced topics like Ceilometer, Heat, and other upcoming tools in OpenStack Style and approach The book is full of step-by-step recipes to configure and manage the networking aspects of your OpenStack cloud. In addition to covering basic configuration involved in OpenStack Networking, the books also shares various troubleshooting tips and techniques. As much as possible the book uses OpenStack dashboard (Horizon) to help the user get a feel of real OpenStack Networking

Download or read book Learning OpenStack Networking Neutron written by James Denton and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are an OpenStack-based cloud operator with experience in OpenStack Compute and nova-network but are new to Neutron networking, then this book is for you. Some networking experience is recommended, and a physical network infrastructure is required to provide connectivity to instances and other network resources configured in the book.

Download or read book OpenStack Operations Guide written by Tom Fifield and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, deploy, and maintain your own private or public Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), using the open source OpenStack platform. In this practical guide, experienced developers and OpenStack contributors show you how to build clouds based on reference architectures, as well as how to perform daily administration tasks. Designed for horizontal scalability, OpenStack lets you build a cloud by integrating several technologies. This approach provides flexibility, but knowing which options to use can be bewildering. Once you complete this book, you’ll know the right questions to ask while you organize compute, storage, and networking resources. If you already know how to manage multiple Ubuntu machines and maintain MySQL, you’re ready to: Set up automated deployment and configuration Design a single-node cloud controller Use metrics to improve scalability Explore compute nodes, network design, and storage Install OpenStack packages Use an example architecture to help simplify decision-making Build a working environment to explore an IaaS cloud Manage users, projects, and quotas Tackle maintenance, debugging, and network troubleshooting Monitor, log, backup, and restore

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 OpenStack Object Storage Swift Essentials written by Amar Kapadia and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are an IT administrator and you want to enter the world of cloud storage using OpenStack Swift, then this book is ideal for you. Basic knowledge of Linux and server technology is beneficial to get the most out of the book.

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 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 in Action written by Cody Bumgardner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary OpenStack in Action offers the real world use cases and step-by-step instructions you can take to develop your own cloud platform from from inception to deployment. This book guides you through the design of both the physical hardware cluster and the infrastructure services you'll need to create a custom cloud platform. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology OpenStack is an open source framework that lets you create a private or public cloud platform on your own physical servers. You build custom infrastructure, platform, and software services without the expense and vendor lock-in associated with proprietary cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. With an OpenStack private cloud, you can get increased security, more control, improved reliability, and lower costs. About the Book OpenStack in Action offers real-world use cases and step-by-step instructions on how to develop your own cloud platform. This book guides you through the design of both the physical hardware cluster and the infrastructure services you'll need. You'll learn how to select and set up virtual and physical servers, how to implement software-defined networking, and technical details of designing, deploying, and operating an OpenStack cloud in your enterprise. You'll also discover how to best tailor your OpenStack deployment for your environment. Finally, you'll learn how your cloud can offer user-facing software and infrastructure services. What's Inside Develop and deploy an enterprise private cloud Private cloud technologies from an IT perspective Organizational impact of self-service cloud computing About the Reader No prior knowledge of OpenStack or cloud development is assumed. About the Author Cody Bumgardner is the Chief Technology Architect at a large university where he is responsible for the architecture, deployment, and long-term strategy of OpenStack private clouds and other cloud computing initiatives. Table of Contents PART 1 GETTING STARTED Introducing OpenStack Taking an OpenStack test-drive Learning basic OpenStack operations Understanding private cloud building blocks PART 2 WALKING THROUGH A MANUAL DEPLOYMENT Walking through a Controller deployment Walking through a Networking deployment Walking through a Block Storage deployment Walking through a Compute deployment PART 3 BUILDING A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT Architecting your OpenStack Deploying Ceph Automated HA OpenStack deployment with Fuel Cloud orchestration using OpenStack

Download or read book Production Ready OpenStack Recipes for Successful Environments written by Arthur Berezin and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 90 practical and highly applicable recipes to successfully deploy various OpenStack configurations in production About This Book Get a deep understanding of OpenStack's internal structure and services Learn real-world examples on how to build and configure various production grade use cases for each of OpenStack's services Use a step-by-step approach to install and configure OpenStack's services to provide Compute, Storage, and Networking as a services for cloud workloads Who This Book Is For If you have a basic understanding of Linux and Cloud computing and want to learn about configurations that OpenStack supports, this is the book for you. Knowledge of virtualization and managing Linux environments is expected. Prior knowledge or experience of OpenStack is not required, although beneficial. What You Will Learn Plan an installation of OpenStack with a basic configuration Deploy OpenStack in a highly available configuration Configure Keystone Identity services with multiple types of identity backends Configure Glance Image Store with File, NFS, Swift, or Ceph image backends and use local image caching Design Cinder to use a single storage provider such as LVM, Ceph, and NFS backends, or to use multiple storage backends simultaneously Manage and configure the OpenStack networking backend Configure OpenStack's compute hypervisor and the instance scheduling mechanism Build and customize the OpenStack dashboard In Detail OpenStack is the most popular open source cloud platform used by organizations building internal private clouds and by public cloud providers. OpenStack is designed in a fully distributed architecture to provide Infrastructure as a Service, allowing us to maintain a massively scalable cloud infrastructure. OpenStack is developed by a vibrant community of open source developers who come from the largest software companies in the world. The book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to the multiple uses cases and configurations that OpenStack supports. This book simplifies the learning process by guiding you through how to install OpenStack in a single controller configuration. The book goes deeper into deploying OpenStack in a highly available configuration. You'll then configure Keystone Identity Services using LDAP, Active Directory, or the MySQL identity provider and configure a caching layer and SSL. After that, you will configure storage back-end providers for Glance and Cinder, which will include Ceph, NFS, Swift, and local storage. Then you will configure the Neutron networking service with provider network VLANs, and tenant network VXLAN and GRE. Also, you will configure Nova's Hypervisor with KVM, and QEMU emulation, and you will configure Nova's scheduler filters and weights. Finally, you will configure Horizon to use Apache HTTPD and SSL, and you will customize the dashboard's appearance. Style and approach This book consists of clear, concise instructions coupled with practical and applicable recipes that will enable you to use and implement the latest features of OpenStack.

Download or read book OpenStack Networking Essentials written by James Denton and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build and manage networks in OpenStack using Neutron About This Book Deploy an all-in-one cloud based on OpenStack Liberty (2015.2) using RDO Learn the fundamentals of the Neutron API including networks, subnets, and ports, and how to manage these resources in the cloud Build simple virtual network infrastructures in the cloud Who This Book Is For The book is for those who are new to OpenStack and Neutron who want to learn the cloud networking fundamentals and get started with OpenStack networking. Prior networking experience along with a virtual or physical server is recommended to follow along with the concepts demonstrated in the book. What You Will Learn Install the latest Liberty (2015.2) release of OpenStack using RDO in VirtualBox Discover the basics of the Neutron API, including networks, subnets, and ports Interact with Neutron using the CLI and Horizon dashboard Create networks and subnets that provide connectivity to instances Implement software routers that connect networks and provide network address translation Secure instances using Neutron's security group functionality In Detail The OpenStack Networking API offers users the ability to create and manage both basic and complex network architectures that blend the virtual and physical network infrastructure. This book kicks off by describing various components of Openstack Neutron and installing Ubuntu OpenStack based on Canonical's process. Further on, you will use various methods to interface with Neutron to create and manage network resources. You will also get to grips with the relationship between ports, networks, and subnets through diagrams and explanations, and see how the logical components are implemented via plugins and agents. Moving forward, you will learn how virtual switches are implemented and how to build Neutron routers. You will also configure networks, subnets, and routers to provide connectivity to instances using simple examples. At the end, you will configure and manage security groups, and will observe how these rules translate to iptables rules on the host machines. By the end of the book, you will be able to build basic network architectures using Neutron networks and routers in no time. Style and approach An easy-to-follow guide that covers the networking features of OpenStack and the core Neutron API components providing a solid foundation to deploy networks and instances.

Download or read book Software Defined Networking SDN with OpenStack written by Sriram Subramanian and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leverage the best SDN technologies for your OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure About This Book Learn how to leverage critical SDN technologies for OpenStack Networking APIs via plugins and drivers Champion the skills of achieving complete SDN with OpenStack with specific use cases and capabilities only covered in this title Discover exactly how you could implement cost-effective OpenStack SDN integration for your organization Who This Book Is For Administrators, and cloud operators who would like to implement Software Defined Networking on OpenStack clouds. Some prior experience of network infrastructure and networking concepts is assumed. What You Will Learn Understand how OVS is used for Overlay networks Get familiar with SDN Controllers with Architectural details and functionalities Create core ODL services and understand how OpenDaylight integrates with OpenStack to provide SDN capabilities Understand OpenContrail architecture and how it supports key SDN functionality such as Service Function Chaining (SFC) along with OpenStack Explore Open Network Operating System (ONOS) – a carrier grade SDN platform embraced by the biggest telecom service providers Learn about upcoming SDN technologies in OpenStack such as Dragonflow and OVN In Detail Networking is one the pillars of OpenStack and OpenStack Networking are designed to support programmability and Software-Defined Networks. OpenStack Networking has been evolving from simple APIs and functionality in Quantum to more complex capabilities in Neutron. Armed with the basic knowledge, this book will help the readers to explore popular SDN technologies, namely, OpenDaylight (ODL), OpenContrail, Open Network Operating System (ONOS) and Open Virtual Network (OVN). The first couple of chapters will provide an overview of OpenStack Networking and SDN in general. Thereafter a set of chapters are devoted to OpenDaylight (ODL), OpenContrail and their integration with OpenStack Networking. The book then introduces you to Open Network Operating System (ONOS) which is fast becoming a carrier grade SDN platform. We will conclude the book with overview of upcoming SDN projects within OpenStack namely OVN and Dragonflow. By the end of the book, the readers will be familiar with SDN technologies and know how they can be leveraged in an OpenStack based cloud. Style and approach A hands-on practical tutorial through use cases and examples for Software Defined Networking with OpenStack.

Download or read book Containers in OpenStack written by Pradeep Kumar Singh and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical book which will help the readers understand how the container ecosystem and OpenStack work together. About This Book Gets you acquainted with containerization in private cloud Learn to effectively manage and secure your containers in OpenStack Practical use cases on container deployment and management using OpenStack components Who This Book Is For This book is targeted towards cloud engineers, system administrators, or anyone from the production team who works on OpenStack cloud. This book act as an end to end guide for anyone who wants to start using the concept of containerization on private cloud. Some basic knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes will help. What You Will Learn Understand the role of containers in the OpenStack ecosystem Learn about containers and different types of container runtimes tools. Understand containerization in OpenStack with respect to the deployment framework, platform services, application deployment, and security Get skilled in using OpenStack to run your applications inside containers Explore the best practices of using containers in OpenStack. In Detail Containers are one of the most talked about technologies of recent times. They have become increasingly popular as they are changing the way we develop, deploy, and run software applications. OpenStack gets tremendous traction as it is used by many organizations across the globe and as containers gain in popularity and become complex, it's necessary for OpenStack to provide various infrastructure resources for containers, such as compute, network, and storage. Containers in OpenStack answers the question, how can OpenStack keep ahead of the increasing challenges of container technology? You will start by getting familiar with container and OpenStack basics, so that you understand how the container ecosystem and OpenStack work together. To understand networking, managing application services and deployment tools, the book has dedicated chapters for different OpenStack projects: Magnum, Zun, Kuryr, Murano, and Kolla. Towards the end, you will be introduced to some best practices to secure your containers and COE on OpenStack, with an overview of using each OpenStack projects for different use cases. Style and approach An end to end guide for anyone who wants to start using the concept of containerization on private cloud.

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 DevOps for Networking written by Steven Armstrong and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boost your organization's growth by incorporating networking in the DevOps culture About This Book Implement networking fundamentals to the DevOps culture with ease, improving your organization's stability Leverage various open source tools such as Puppet and Ansible in order to automate your network This step-by-step learning guide collaborating the functions of developers and network administrators Who This Book Is For The book is aimed for Network Engineers, Developers, IT operations and System admins who are planning to incorporate Networking in DevOps culture and have no knowledge about it. What You Will Learn Learn about public and private cloud networking using AWS and OpenStack as examples Explore strategies that can be used by engineers or managers to initiate the cultural changes required to enable the automation of network functions Learn about SDN and how an API-driven approach to networking can help solve common networking problems Get the hang of configuration management tools, such as Ansible and Jenkins, that can be used to orchestrate and configure network devices Setup continuous integration, delivery, and deployment pipelines for network functions Create test environments for network changes Understand how load balancing is becoming more software defined with the emergence of microservice applications In Detail Frustrated that your company's network changes are still a manual set of activities that slow developers down? It doesn't need to be that way any longer, as this book will help your company and network teams embrace DevOps and continuous delivery approaches, enabling them to automate all network functions. This book aims to show readers network automation processes they could implement in their organizations. It will teach you the fundamentals of DevOps in networking and how to improve DevOps processes and workflows by providing automation in your network. You will be exposed to various networking strategies that are stopping your organization from scaling new projects quickly. You will see how SDN and APIs are influencing DevOps transformations, which will in turn help you improve the scalability and efficiency of your organizations networks operations. You will also find out how to leverage various configuration management tools such as Ansible, to automate your network. The book will also look at containers and the impact they are having on networking as well as looking at how automation impacts network security in a software-defined network. Style and approach This will be a comprehensive, learning guide for teaching our readers how networking can be leveraged to improve the DevOps culture for any organization.

Download or read book Cloud Networking written by Gary Lee and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloud Networking: Understanding Cloud-Based Data Center Networks explains the evolution of established networking technologies into distributed, cloud-based networks. Starting with an overview of cloud technologies, the book explains how cloud data center networks leverage distributed systems for network virtualization, storage networking, and software-defined networking. The author offers insider perspective to key components that make a cloud network possible such as switch fabric technology and data center networking standards. The final chapters look ahead to developments in architectures, fabric technology, interconnections, and more. By the end of the book, readers will understand core networking technologies and how they're used in a cloud data center. - Understand existing and emerging networking technologies that combine to form cloud data center networks - Explains the evolution of data centers from enterprise to private and public cloud networks - Reviews network virtualization standards for multi-tenant data center environments - Includes cutting-edge detail on the latest switch fabric technologies from the networking team in Intel

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 Preparing for the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam written by Matt Dorn and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the objectives required to pass the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. About This Book Focuses on providing a clear, concise strategy so you gain the specific skills required to pass the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam Includes exercises and performance-based tasks to ensure all exam objectives can be completed via the Horizon dashboard and command-line interface Includes a free OpenStack Virtual Appliance to practice the objectives covered throughout the book Includes a practice exam to put your OpenStack skills to the test to prove you have what it takes to conquer the live exam Updated for the 2017 exam featuring OpenStack Newton Who This Book Is For This book is for IT professionals, system administrators, DevOps engineers, and software developers with basic Linux command-line and networking knowledge. It's also a great guide for those interested in an entry-level OpenStack position but have limited real-world OpenStack experience. After passing the exam, Certified OpenStack Administrators will prove they have the required skills for the job. What You Will Learn Manage the Keystone identity service by creating and modifying domains, groups, projects, users, roles, services, endpoints, and quotas. Upload Glance images, launch new Nova instances, and create flavors, key pairs, and snapshots. Discover Neutron tenant and provider networks, security groups, routers, and floating IPs. Manage the Cinder block storage service by creating volumes and attaching them to instances. Create Swift containers and set access control lists to allow read/write access to your objects. Explore Heat orchestration templates and create, list, and update stacks. In Detail This book provides you with a specific strategy to pass the OpenStack Foundation's first professional certification: the Certified OpenStack Administrator. In a recent survey, 78% of respondents said the OpenStack skills shortage had deterred them from adopting OpenStack. Consider this an opportunity to increase employer and customer confidence by proving you have the skills required to administrate real-world OpenStack clouds. You will begin your journey by getting well-versed with the OpenStack environment, understanding the benefits of taking the exam, and installing an included OpenStack all-in-one virtual appliance so you can work through objectives covered throughout the book. After exploring the basics of the individual services, you will be introduced to strategies to accomplish the exam objectives relevant to Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, Heat, and troubleshooting. Finally, you'll benefit from the special tips section and a practice exam to put your knowledge to the test. By the end of the journey, you will be ready to become a Certified OpenStack Administrator! Style and approach Clear, concise, and straightforward with supporting diagrams and lab environment tutorials, this book will help you confidently pass Certified OpenStack Administrator objectives on the Horizon dashboard and command-line interface.