Chapter 2. Installing OpenStack
Installing, configuring, and maintaining OpenStack clouds can be an arduous task when performed by hand. Many third-party vendors offer downloadable cloud software based on OpenStack that provide deployment and management strategies using Chef, Puppet, Fuel, Ansible, and other tools.
This chapter will step you through a package-based installation of the following OpenStack components on the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS operating system:
- OpenStack Identity (Keystone)
- OpenStack Image Service (Glance)
- OpenStack Compute (Nova)
- OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder)
- OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon)
Note
The installation process documented within this chapter is based on the OpenStack Installation Guide for Ubuntu 14.04 found at http://docs.openstack.org/. If you wish to install OpenStack on a different operating system, the guides available at that site provide instructions to do so.
If you'd rather download a third-party cloud distribution based on OpenStack, try one of the...
