OpenStack Director

OpenStack Director
Hella Live Demo
Freddy Wissing
Senior Cloud TAM
<freddy@redhat.com>
Red Hat OpenStack Director
Feature Set:

Can do more than just install:

Plan
Deploy
Maintain
Scale
Control
Basic Steps We
Will Follow:
(
fair dinkum
)

Plan
Prepare
Introspection
Deployment
in•tro•spec•tion
(ĭnˌtrə-spĕkˈshən)
n. Contemplation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations; self-examination.

What you'll see: Servers booting and
being busy, then shutting down.
What's really happening in there:

Identified nodes are powered on
iPXE boot process delivers a kernel and discovery ramdisk
Bare metal hardware is inspected
Catalog of capabilities is built
This will be matched against potential role types
NOW LET'S START AN INTROSPECTION
Major Components of Director

ironic
heat
puppet
TripleO "OpenStack On OpenStack"
You've changed
The bloody Installer!
Thanks for coming!

Live look at Red Hat
Openstack Director

Examine the Feature Set

Pre deployment tasks

Actual deployment
Undercloud vs. Overcloud
Director
can
be used as an installer only
Can also manage the lifecycle
The director (Undercloud)
owns
Openstack.
Can Remove, Replace, Add Nodes
Provides a supportable upgrade path
Philosophy: Homogenize the architecture
Instances can come and go
So can compute, control, and storage nodes
Deployment
Kickoff
Declare the overcloud
Boot up the nodes
initially via ramdisk
Lay down FS in accordance with role
Report back to Director
Deployment II
http://redhat.slides.com/kwhiting/toronto-openstack-roadmap#/
Redhat Openstack Roadmap:
OVERCLOUD
UNDERCLOUD
RHCCM EXAM
"Red Hat Certified Chaos Monkey"
Is it Done yet?
THANK YOU!