OpenStack in Action - Softcover

Bumgardner, V.M. Cody

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617292168 ISBN 13: 9781617292163

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2016

Synopsis

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

In the cloud computing model, a cluster of physical computers hosts an environment that provides shared services (public and private) and offers the flexibility to easily add, remove, and expand virtual servers and applications. OpenStack is an open source framework that can be installed on individual physical servers to a cloud platform and enables the building of custom infrastructure (IaaS), platform (PaaS), and software (SaaS) services without the high cost and vendor lock-in associated with proprietary cloud platforms.

 

 

OpenStack in Action offers real world use cases and step-by-step instructions to develop cloud platforms from inception to deployment. It explains the design of both the physical hardware cluster and the infrastructure services needed to create a custom cloud platform. It shows how to select and set up virtual and physical servers, implement software-defined networking, and the myriad other technical details required to design, deploy, and operate an OpenStack cloud in an enterprise. It also discusses the cloud operation techniques needed to establish security practices, access control, efficient scalability, and day-to-day DevOps practices.

 

 

RETAIL SELLING POINTS

 

Real world examples

 

Thorough step-by-step instruction

 

Shows how to harness the power of OpenStack

 

AUDIENCE

The book is perfect systems administrators, developers, and

architects interested in the design, construction, and operation of clouds using OpenStack. No prior experience with OpenStack or cloud development required.

 

 

ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

OpenStack as a framework for managing, designing, defining, and utilizing cloud resources. There are over 13k OpenStack contributors in over 131 countries. Every major IT vendor has some form of OpenStack representation, even those with directly competing products.

About this title

About the Author

Cody Bumgardner serves as the Chief Technology Architect (CTA) of a large public land-grant university. His work centers around research and enterprise computing, using OpenStack private clouds supporting over 40,000 users distributed across multiple university departments. Mr. Bumgardner is responsible for the architecture, financial model, deployment, and long-term strategy of the OpenStack private cloud and other cloud computing initiatives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617292168
• ISBN 13: 9781617292163
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380