Configuring the installation

OpenStack-Ansible is a set of official Ansible playbooks and roles that lay down OpenStack with minimal prerequisites. Like any orchestration tool, most effort is done up front with configuration, followed by a hands-free experience when the playbooks are running. The result is a tried and tested OpenStack installation suitable for any size environment, from testing to production environments.

When we use OpenStack-Ansible, we are basically downloading the playbooks from GitHub onto a nominated deployment server. A deployment server is the host that has access to all the machines in the environment via SSH (and for convenience, and for the most seamless experience without hiccups, via keys). This deployment server can ...

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