What this book covers
Chapter 1, Architecture and Component Overview, outlines a list of components that make up an OpenStack installation and what they do. The items described in this chapter will be the outline for most of the rest of the book.
Chapter 2, RDO Installation, is a step-by-step walkthrough to install OpenStack using the RDO distribution.
Chapter 3, Identity Management, is about Keystone, the OpenStack component that manages identity and authentication within OpenStack. The use of Keystone on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 4, Image Management, is about Glance, the OpenStack component that stores and distributes disk images for instances to boot from. The use of Glance on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 5, Network Management, talks about Neutron, the OpenStack component that manages networking resources. The use of Neutron on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 6, Instance Management, discusses Nova, the OpenStack component that manages virtual machine instances. The use of Nova on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 7, Block Storage, talks about Cinder, the OpenStack component that manages block storage. The use of Cinder on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 8, Object Storage, discusses Swift, the OpenStack component that manages object storage. The use of Swift on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 9, Telemetry, discusses Ceilometer, the OpenStack component that collects telemetry data. Swift's command-line usage and basic graph generation are discussed in this chapter.
Chapter 10, Orchestration, is about Heat, the OpenStack component that can orchestrate resource creation within an OpenStack cloud. The templates used to launch stacks will be reviewed. The use of Heat on the command line and through the web interface is covered in this chapter.
Chapter 11, Scaling Horizontally, discusses building OpenStack to be run on off-the-shelf hardware. Ways to expand an OpenStack cloud's capacity are also covered in this chapter.
Chapter 12, Monitoring, introduces one option to use to monitor your cloud's health, considering the fact that there are a large number of moving parts to a running OpenStack cloud.
Chapter 13, Troubleshooting, says that things break and OpenStack is no exception. Each component that has been covered is revisited to offer some tips on how to troubleshoot your cloud when something is not working the way it is expected to.
