Preparing for the OpenStack setup

In the remainder of this book, we will be installing and configuring various OpenStack components. Therefore, let's look at the architecture that we will follow in the remainder of the book and what we need to have handy.

While we can set up all the components of the OpenStack on a single server, it will not be close to any real-life scenario, so taking this into consideration, we will do a minimal distributed installation. Since this book is intended to be a beginner's guide, we shall not bore ourselves with cloud architecture questions.

Selecting the services

As we are aware by now that OpenStack is made up of individual components, we need to be careful in selecting the appropriate services. As we have already ...

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