Swift object storage clusters with Ansible
OpenStack Swift is a most brilliant object store and I have built a few clusters over the last couple of years using SwiftStack’s product, which is really excellent. However, I […]
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Updating OpenStack TripleO Ceph nodes safely one at a time
Part of the process when updating Red Hat’s TripleO based OpenStack is to apply the package and container updates, viaupdate run step, to the nodes in each Role (like Controller, […]
Read moreUsing Ansible and dynamic inventory to manage OpenStack TripleO nodes
TripleO based OpenStack deployments use an OpenStack all-in-one node (undercloud) to automate the build and management of the actual cloud (overcloud) using native services such as Heat and Ironic. Roles […]
Read moreUsing Ansible to define and manage KVM guests and networks with YAML inventories
I wanted a way to quickly spin different VMs up and down on my KVM dev box, to help with testing things like OpenStack, Swift, Ceph and Kubernetes. Some of […]
Read moreSecuring Linux with Ansible
The Ansible Hardening role from the OpenStack project is a great way to secure Linux boxes in a reliable, repeatable and customisable manner. It was created by former colleague of […]
Read morePatches for OpenStack Ironic Python Agent to create Buildroot images with Make
Recently I wrote about creating an OpenStack Ironic deploy image with Buildroot. Doing this manually is good because it helps to understand how it’s pieced together, however it is slightly […]
Read moreCreating an OpenStack Ironic deploy image with Buildroot
Edit: See this post on how to automate the builds using buildimage scripts. Ironic is an OpenStack project which provisions bare metal machines (as opposed to virtual). A tool called […]
Read moreGit hook to help with OpenStack development
I wrote a small Git hook which may be useful in helping OpenStack devs run tests (and any script they like) before a commit is made (see Superuser magazine article). […]
Read moreSetting up OpenStack Ansible All-in-one behind a proxy
Setting up OpenStack Ansible (OSA) All-in-one (AIO) behind a proxy requires a couple of settings, but it should work fine (we’ll also configure the wider system). There are two types […]
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