This document provides an introduction to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) using OpenStack. It discusses OpenStack projects like the Education Cloud and DAIR program. It demonstrates AWS and highlights OpenStack as an open source alternative. The document outlines OpenStack components like Swift, Glance, Keystone, Horizon and Nova. It discusses how to access and build an OpenStack cloud through documentation, communities and starting small. It lists other OpenStack cloud providers and asks for any questions.
4. OpenStack Projects
• Education Cloud
• DAIR
o canarie.ca/en/dair-program/about
o github.com/canarie/dair
• Cloud-Enabled Space Weather Platform
• NeCTAR
o nectar.org.au
9. OpenStack
"To produce the ubiquitous Open Source
cloud computing platform that will meet the
needs of public and private cloud providers
regardless of size, by being simple to
implement and massively scalable."
17. Other Ways to Access OpenStack
• Web Dashboard
• Command line tools
o euca2ools
o nova
• 3rd party libraries
o Python: boto, libcloud
o Java: jclouds
• APIs
o AWS's EC2 API
o OpenStack API
22. Building an OpenStack Cloud
• Roll up your sleeves
• Look to the documentation
o docs.openstack.org
• Look to the community
o openstack.org/community
o answers.launchpad.net/nova
• Start small
o devstack.org
o Cybera's instructions
• Ramp up
o github.com/jtopjian/openstack-stuff
o docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/install/content/