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OpenStack for Architects

You're reading from OpenStack for Architects Design production-ready private cloud infrastructure

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788624510

Length 256 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

OpenStack

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Michael Solberg

Ben Silverman

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing OpenStack

2. Architecting the Cloud FREE CHAPTER

3. Planning for Failure and Success

4. Building the Deployment Pipeline

5. Building to Operate

6. Integrating the Platform

7. Securing the Cloud

8. OpenStack Use Cases

9. Containers

10. Conclusion

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Software vulnerabilities

OpenStack is an orchestration platform written mostly in Python and runs on top of Linux-based operating systems. This orchestration platform is responsible for provisioning instances or Infrastructure as a Service to tenants in support of workloads that are required to run in a cloud environment. Therefore, OpenStack software vulnerabilities can be broken down into two main groups. The first group consists of containers, instances, or bare metal servers that OpenStack provisions and orchestrates; the second group consists of the OpenStack infrastructure environment and its hosts.

Instance software security and patching

Under OpenStack, the hypervisor creates and runs independent virtual machines or instances. These instances require software updates and patching separate from the underlying OpenStack infrastructure on which it resides. Updates to the hypervisor and underlying server operating systems do not propagate up to the active workloads and instances; therefore...

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Authors (2)

Michael Solberg

Michael Solberg

Michael Solberg, as a chief architect, is responsible for helping Red Hat customers achieve their key business transformation initiatives through open source architectures and technologies. His previous experience includes building a web hosting infrastructure, helping enterprises migrate to Linux, and designing new Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms. He is an avid supporter of the OpenStack project and a regular speaker at industry events.

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Ben Silverman

Ben Silverman

Ben Silverman, the Chief Cloud Officer for the service provider/Telco team at OnX. Previously, Ben has worked as a Sr. system architect for Mirantis and as the lead architect for American Express's first OpenStack cloud. He is also responsible for the OpenStack Architecture Guide online and leads the Phoenix OpenStack User's group. He holds a degree in English communications and a master's degree in information management from Arizona State University. He has also been a technical reviewer of the book, Learning OpenStack, by Packt Publishing.

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