Techniques for Managing your OpenStack Cloud

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Techniques for Managing your OpenStack Cloud

Ryan Geyer - @rjgeyer

04/15/2013

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My Garage Datacenter

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The best management for your OpenStack cloud,

is no management at all.

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Agenda• Managing your cloud hardware and software• Managing your cloud enabled applications

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Managing Hardware• Rack & Stack• Initial Installation & Configuration

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Managing Hardware• Rack & Stack• Initial Installation & Configuration

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Managing Hardware• Rack & Stack• Initial Installation & Configuration

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Managing Hardware• Rack & Stack• Initial Installation & Configuration

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Managing Software

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The best management for your OpenStack cloud,

is no management at all.

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Managing Cloud Enabled Application

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ServerTemplates

• Dynamic configuration

• Abstract role and behavior from cloud infrastructure

• Predictable deployment

• Cloud agnostic / portable

• Object-oriented programming for sysadmins

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Automation Engine

• Monitoring and alerting

• Server and application

• Escalations and triggers

• Auto-scaling

• Operational automation

• Database backup, failover, recovery

• Script execution

• Code deploys and patches

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DEMO

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The best management for your OpenStack cloud,

is no management at all.

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Summary• Is managing your OpenStack installation and operations your

core competency?• Go register your OpenStack cloud with RightScale

http://bit.ly/134A0Ut

@rjgeyer – ryan.geyer@rightscale.com