IaaS Cloud Computing With OpenStack MasterClass - Part 2
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Once you understand why private clouds matter, the next step is operating one — and this second part of the OpenStack MasterClass picks up where the foundations leave off. The platform's self-service lifecycle management lets you run, reboot, suspend, resize, and terminate instances without manual intervention, with OpenStack's services handling those tasks automatically, and this installment digs into putting such capabilities to work.
You'll keep building on the open source cloud operating system that controls compute, storage, and networking across a data center, working toward the agility, availability, and efficiency gains that draw organizations to on-premise infrastructure when entrusting sensitive data to a third party isn't acceptable. Each module ends with an assessment quiz so you can confirm your understanding before moving on.
Expect the same prerequisites as the rest of the series: a basic grasp of virtualization and how it helps a cloud owner, familiarity with Python, YAML, or Bash, comfort in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, and solid networking fundamentals including the OSI model. Completing both parts rounds out the full MasterClass.
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IaaS Cloud Computing With OpenStack MasterClass - Part 2
OpenStack began in 2010 as a joint project of RackSpace Hosting and NASA. More than 500 companies have joined the project since.
OpenStack is an open source software for building private and public clouds. This is a cloud operating system that controls a large pool of compute, storage and networking resources throughout a data center.
OpenStack boosts business agility, availability, and efficiency by providing a platform with on-demand, resource pooling, self-service, highly elastic, and measured services capabilities. OpenStack has certain capabilities, like Self-service life cycle management, for example, the run, reboot, suspend, resize and terminate instances. We don’t need manual introduction to perform all these tasks. It will automatically do it using the different OpenStack services.
Now, why would you want to do that? Can’t you just subscribe with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Salesforce, Google or some other cloud services provider? You certainly can. However, if you are not comfortable entrusting sensitive data to a third party and you have tons of it, then an on-premise or private cloud infrastructure would be the better choice. By building your own cloud in your own data center, you will have more control of your data. OpenStack enables you to do just that.
Assessment quizzes at the end of each module will help you test your knowledge of the module.
Prerequisites for the course.
Before you start the course, you need to have a good understanding of the following –