Introduction
Installing OpenStack manually, as outlined in Chapter 1, Introduction to OpenStack and its Deployment Using Packages, allows the maximum level of customization, but it introduces a level of difficulty to deploy OpenStack consistently across multiple nodes, as it requires performing countless manual steps repeatedly. Project Staypuft simplifies OpenStack production installations; Staypuft is a wizard-based installer that automates the OpenStack configuration and deployment process. Staypuft is a plugin built on top of Foreman, an open source life cycle management tool, and it leverages Foreman's capabilities. Staypuft can automatically discover and orchestrate the provisioning of new bare-metal controllers and computes. It can deploy highly available controllers with all required HAProxy and pacemaker configurations.