2. Who’s this guy?
• MSc Computers and Telematics Engineer (University of
Aveiro)
• Researcher at ATNoG @ Instituto de Telecomunicações
• FOSS enthusiastic and contributor
• Currently working on Cloud computing, SDN, NFV
• OpenStack contributor
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Everything accessible at user’s fingertips
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Cloud computing in a nutshell
15. Definition
“Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-
demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing
resources […] that can be rapidly provisioned and released with
minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”
— NIST
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19. Deployment models
• Public cloud
• Private cloud
• Community cloud
• Hybrid cloud
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Community
cloud
On premise
Private cloud
Community
cloud
Off premise
Public cloud
Community
cloud
Community
cloud
21. OpenStack
“OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of
compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a data center,
all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control
while empowering users to provision resources through a web interface.”
— OpenStack Foundation
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22. Release history
Austin 21 October 2010
Bexar 3 February 2011
Cactus 15 April 2011
Diablo 22 September 2011
Essex 5 April 2012
Folsom 27 September 2012
Grizzly 4 April 2013
Havana 17 October 2013
Icehouse 17 April 2014
Juno October 2014
K-series April 2015
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Codenames alphabetically ordered
6 month development cycle
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Naming
29. Environment
• VirtualBox
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit
• OpenStack Icehouse (yay!)
• DevStack
• Offline (no Internet access is required)
• All-in-one node (2GB RAM minimum; 4GB recommended)
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30. Setup
1. Import the provided appliance to VirtualBox
2. Create vboxnet0 and vboxnet1
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31. Setup
1. Import the provided appliance to VirtualBox
2. Create vboxnet0 and vboxnet1
3. Attach vboxnet1 to Adapter 1 and vboxnet0 to Adapter 2
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32. Setup
1. Import the provided VM to VirtualBox
2. Create vboxnet0 and vboxnet1
3. Attach vboxnet1 to Adapter 1 and vboxnet0 to Adapter 2
4. Start VM and login (u: ubuntu, p: ubuntu)
5. Run OpenStack
$
~/devstack/rejoin-‐stack.sh
6. Browse to http://10.10.1.2
7. Follow my steps or play with it yourself
User: admin / demo ; password: secrete
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33. I challenge you to…
• Create a second virtual machine
• Configure it as an OpenStack Compute
• Attach it to your current OpenStack environment
• Make sure it runs smoothly
Tips:
Use Devstack
$ ./stack.sh
$ ./rejoin-stack.sh
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35. Become a contributor
• Propose blueprints
• https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Blueprints
• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/openstack
• Help implement blueprints
• Report bugs – http://launchpad.net/openstack
• Help users – http://ask.openstack.org
• Documentation / manuals – http://docs.openstack.org
• Blogging is yet another valuable way of contributing
• Spread the word of how awesome OpenStack is J
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36. Contacts and events
• Ask OpenStack – http://ask.openstack.org
• IRC - https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/IRC
• Mailing lists - https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/MailingLists
• User groups and meetups - http://meetup.com/openstack
• OpenStack Design Summit
• Every 6 months, 1 month after each release
• Packed with thousands of Stackers J
• Atlanta City, USA, May 2014
• Europe (Berlin/Paris), November 2014!
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40. Final notes
• VMs and slides will be publicly shared
• Feel free to poke me for further questions or discussion
• I’m looking forward to collaborate with you!
Don’t miss Thomas M. Bohnert’s presentation on
‘Cloud Computing’ tomorrow at 17h15!
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