Product Overview
Chris Milsted
Red Hat
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX OPENSTACK PLATFORM
Who is in the room....
● This is a “user group” so please feel free to use this group.
● To help me....
● Who has installed RHEL-OSP ( or at a push RDO... :-) … or A.N.Other).
● Who has failed to install Openstack?
● Who has no idea why everyone is talking about Openstack?
● Who can name all 11 releases from “Austin”....
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What is OpenStack?
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From Community to Supported Product...
Bleeding edge upstream
Bleeding edge upstream
OpenStack packaged as Enterprise hardened
OpenStack source code
RPMs Red Hat OpenStack
technology
optimized for
Enterprise Linux distros and integrated with
Unstable community Linux
(CentOS, RHEL, Fedora) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Support
No certifications No certifications Red Hat ecosystem
Community support Community support certifications
3 year lifecycle
Six month lifecycle Six month lifecycle
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
● It is dependent on the underlying Linux
● Optimized and Co-Engineered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Installer options
DevStack - an OpenStack Community Production
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●Deploying OpenStack: Learning Environments (Manual Setup) contains all the
necessary steps for a manual installation. The Guide is structured as a single
procedure; however, individual service chapters can be used for the installation
of individual components.
Packstack for all-in-one or simple (NO HA) deployments.
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●The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform installer is an application to
manage the installation, configuration, and scalability of OpenStack
environments as well as future scaling and version upgrades.
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So how complicated could a production deployment look.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
Optimized Enablers for OpenStack
Red Hat
Supported Guests ● Virtualization – guest performance, reliability and Windows
● Security - SELinux enforcing guest isolation
OpenStack ● Network – SDN/OVS performance optimized
● Storage – vendor plugins, performance, thin provisioning
KVM
● Ecosystem – certification of hardware, storage and networks
RHEL Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
Linux
Kernel
KVM Network Stack
Hardware Device Drivers
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Red Hat Leads Through Open, Community Innovation
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OpenStack Release Cadence
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
● 6 Month cadence
● Roughly 2 to 3 months AFTER upstream
● Time to stabilize, certify, backport etc.
● 3 year “production phase” lifecycle
● e.g., Support for Juno ends at the “P” release
● Will continue to increase lifecycle over time
● Based on upstream stability and resources
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Red Hat Cloud Services
● Training
● RH318 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Administration
● CL210 Red Hat OpenStack Administration
● CL220R Red Hat CloudForms Administration
● Certification
● Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA)
● Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in OpenStack IaaS
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Three Ways To Get OpenStack From Red Hat
90-Day Evaluation Purchase Supported Product
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redhat.com/openstack/evaluation
Learn more at: redhat.com/cloud
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So what are we going to try and deploy – packstack 3 node.
Laptop
Openstack - networker Openstack - controller Openstack - compute
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