Your first OpenStack deployment

In our experience, almost all organizations approach OpenStack with the following three steps:

1. An individual, usually a Linux or Cloud Architect, installs OpenStack on a single machine to verify that the software can be deployed without too much effort.
2. The Architect enlists the help of other team members, typically Network and Storage Architects or Engineers to deploy a multiple-node installation. This will leverage some kind of shared ephemeral or block storage.

 

3. A team of Architects or Engineers craft the first deployment of OpenStack, which is customized for the organization's use cases or environmental concerns. Professional services from a company, such as Red Hat, Mirantis, HP, IBM, Canonical, or Rackspace, are often engaged at this point in the process.

From here on out, it's off to the races. We'll follow a similar pattern in this book. In this first chapter, we'll start with the first step—the all-in-one deployment.