This chapter will start with an introduction to OpenStack. Then this chapter will explain the architecture of OpenStack and further explain each core project in OpenStack. Finally, the chapter will demonstrate DevStack installation and use it for doing some operations with OpenStack. This chapter will cover the following:
- Introduction to OpenStack
- OpenStack architecture
- Introduction to KeyStone, the OpenStack identity service
- Introduction to Nova, the OpenStack compute service
- Introduction to Neutron, the OpenStack network service
- Introduction to Cinder, the OpenStack block storage service
- Introduction to Glance, the OpenStack image service
- Introduction to Swift, the OpenStack object service
- DevStack installation
