Chapter 7. Cloud Computing

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Creating virtual machine with KVM
  • Managing virtual machines with virsh
  • Setting up your own cloud with OpenStack
  • Adding a cloud image to OpenStack
  • Launching a virtual instance with OpenStack
  • Installing Juju a service orchestration framework
  • Managing services with Juju

Introduction

Cloud computing has become the most important terminology in the computing sphere. It has reduced the effort and cost required to set up and operate the overall computing infrastructure. It has helped various businesses quickly start their business operations without wasting time planning their IT infrastructure, and has enabled really small teams to scale their businesses with on-demand computing ...

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