You're reading from Mastering OpenStack Implement the latest techniques for designing and deploying an operational, production-ready private cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835468913

Length 392 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

OpenStack

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Omar Khedher

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Architecting the OpenStack Ecosystem

2. Chapter 1: Revisiting OpenStack – Design Considerations FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Kicking Off the OpenStack Setup – The Right Way (DevSecOps)

4. Chapter 3: OpenStack Control Plane – Shared Services

5. Chapter 4: OpenStack Compute – Compute Capacity and Flavors

6. Chapter 5: OpenStack Storage – Block, Object, and File Shares

7. Chapter 6: OpenStack Networking – Connectivity and Managed Service Options

8. Part 2: Operating the OpenStack Cloud Environment

9. Chapter 7: Running a Highly Available Cloud – Meeting the SLA

10. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Logging – Remediating Proactively

11. Chapter 9: Benchmarking the Infrastructure – Evaluating Resource Capacity and Optimization

12. Part 3: Extending the OpenStack Cloud

13. Chapter 10: OpenStack Hybrid Cloud – Design Patterns

14. Chapter 11: A Hybrid Cloud Hyperscale Use Case – Scaling a Kubernetes Workload

15. Index

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The OpenStack control plane

When we started designing our first iteration layout, we encountered a variety of OpenStack services, each composed of several components. One or several components can be designed to run in separate physical machines assigned with roles for logical operations and management reasons. As highlighted in Chapter 1, Revisiting OpenStack – Design Considerations, separating the roles logically will support the orchestration of the OpenStack deployment and operation. The term control plane is widely used in the network glossary. It dictates how to process and run requests. As an abstract concept, the control plane can be formed of one or many system components that centrally manage and describe the way a request can be fulfilled. When referring to the OpenStack logical layout, a cloud controller is designated to run most of the pieces of the control plane.