Overview of how REST is utilized in OpenStack
Overview of how REST is utilized in OpenStack: OpenStack services typically communicate with each other and with external systems through RESTful APIs. These APIs allow users to interact with OpenStac...
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How to deploy ceph with OpenStack Ocata
Ceph (Ceph Homepage - Ceph) is a great way to deploy persistent storage with OpenStack. Ceph can be used as the persistent storage backend with OpenStack Cinder (GitHub - openstack/cinder: OpenStack B...
First OpenStack Summit Under New Format is a Winner
Thank you to OpenStack and to the city of Boston for a great summit! The OpenStack Summit was in Boston, May 8-11. This was the first summit with new format, which separates the general summit from th...
Multicast with OpenStack using Cisco's Nexus9000 and UCS
This is a blog about how to deploy multicast in an OpenStack cloud. Unlike broadcast and unicast, multicast is used for one-to-many communications.What is multicast?One-to-many communicationDriven by...
Welcome to Cloud Ref API
Welcome to the Infinite Toolkit Cloud Ref API Developer Tech Center designed to provide you with the most-up-to-date information.Please take a moment to subscribe to this blog so we may inform you of ...
How to deploy OpenStack Newton with OpenDaylight Boron and Open vSwitch
This blog has the steps to deploy OpenStack Newton with OpenDaylight Boron and Open vSwitch on CentOS-7 in VirtualBox on Mac laptop.Below are the versions used:OpenStack DevStack stable Newton (GitHub...
How to deploy SR-IOV (PCI pass-through) in OpenStack using Cisco's UCSM ml2 neutron plugin
In an OpenStack deployment, when packets from a nova instance need to reach the external world, they first go through the virtual switch (OpenvSwitch or Linux Bridge) for layer-2 switching, then throu...
How to attach cinder/ceph XFS volume to a nova instance in OpenStack horizon
OpenStack cinder provides block storage for nova instances. Cinder volumes are great to store files in a nova instance permanently. Without cinder volume, the data/files in a nova instance are ephem...
How to snapshot an OpenStack nova instance, boot it, download, validate and upload it
This is a blog about how to:Snapshot an OpenStack nova instance as a glance imageBoot an instance from the snapshot (glance image)Download the snapshot (glance image) as a file onto diskValidate the d...
Jumbo Mumbo in OpenStack using Cisco's UCS servers and Nexus 9000
This is a blog about configuring jumbo frames in OpenStack in order to scale neutron and nova in a production datacenter using Cisco's UCS servers, UCS Fabric Interconnects and Nexus 9000.In computer ...
Multi-node ZUUL OpenStack gate for bare-metal and Docker
In the movie Ghostbusters, Zuul is the demigod and gatekeeper of Gozer, the destructor.In OpenStack, ZUUL is a program used to gate the source code repository of a project so that changes are only mer...
How to stack DevStack Newton on CentOS-7 in VirtualBox on Mac
This blog has the steps to stack DevStack Newton on CentOS-7 in VirtualBox on Mac laptop.Below are the versions used.OpenStack DevStack stable Newton (GitHub - openstack-dev/devstack at stable/newton)...
Looking Forward to a Great OpenStack Summit in Barcelona
It is nearly here, the OpenStack Summit in Barcelona, October 24-28. As always, the agenda is packed with great sessions, including in depth tutorials and hands on workshops. I have installed the mobi...
Cisco's scalable CPNR DHCP and DNS neutron plugin for OpenStack
The blog about Cisco's scalable CPNR DHCP and DNS neutron plugin for OpenStack is atCisco's scalable, enterprise-class DHCP and DNS solution for OpenStack Neutron
Best REST in OpenStack
This is a blog about the best practices to develop, test, debug and scale REST APIs in an OpenStack cloud. OpenStack is a great way to deploy a cloud in data centers and is one of the most popular op...