Chapter 2. Deploying OpenStack Using Staypuft OpenStack Installer

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Setting up the environment
  • Installing Staypuft packages
  • Discovering hosts for provisioning
  • Creating a new OpenStack deployment
  • Configuring a network
  • Allocating hosts to roles
  • Configuring host networking
  • Deploying OpenStack

Introduction

Installing OpenStack manually, as outlined in Chapter 1, Introduction to OpenStack and its Deployment Using Packages, allows the maximum level of customization, but it introduces a level of difficulty to deploy OpenStack consistently across multiple nodes, as it requires performing countless manual steps repeatedly. Project Staypuft simplifies OpenStack production installations; Staypuft is a wizard-based installer ...

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