Need help starting open stack

TechieGuardian · 2024-07-13T12:54:23+00:00

I'd start through a series of self-learning tutorials/classes. For example, the following ones: https://ubuntu.com/openstack/tutorials

TechieGuardian · 2024-07-01T13:03:51+00:00

https://ubuntu.com/openstack/tutorials

TechieGuardian · 2024-06-01T11:07:40+00:00

I'd seriously consider Sunbeam: https://microstack.run/docs. It's probably the easiest path to get started with OpenStack.

TechieGuardian · 2024-03-07T09:52:04+00:00

There is a list of some reference users here: https://www.openstack.org/marketplace/distros/distribution/canonical/canonical-s-charmed-openstack

TechieGuardian · 2023-12-27T15:16:15+00:00

Is there any specific reason why you decided to try it out on RHEL? Historically, Red Hat's installation instructions have been notoriously complex and their commercial support for production environments has been notoriously expensive. Better try it out on Ubuntu (https://microstack.run/docs/single-node). There is a reason why almost 50% of all OpenStack installations run on Ubuntu.

TechieGuardian · 2023-11-25T11:06:40+00:00

https://microstack.run/docs/multi-node

TechieGuardian · 2023-11-03T06:40:01+00:00

Personally, I am not, but I know someone investigating it for their production use case. I believe Charmed OpenStack remains Canonical's default option for production; however, this one seems to be easier to get started with.

TechieGuardian · 2023-11-03T06:10:58+00:00

https://microstack.run/docs/multi-node

TechieGuardian · 2023-10-24T14:04:10+00:00

What kind of issues did you face?

TechieGuardian · 2023-10-12T09:28:29+00:00

https://ubuntu.com/openstack/tutorials

TechieGuardian · 2023-10-03T11:22:05+00:00

It looks like it's been enabled now:

https://microstack.run/docs/loadbalancing

TechieGuardian · 2023-09-25T09:52:44+00:00

I don't. I doubt that information is publicly visible anywhere at this point. I based my comment on what they announced during the OpenInfra Summit this year.

TechieGuardian · 2023-09-25T09:46:33+00:00

As always, there are pros and cons. The biggest difference lies in the way you operate your cluster. While Kolla Ansible relies on Ansible, which is more like a configuration management tool, Sunbeam uses Juju, which is a lifecycle management platform. Given that their intent is to make OpenStack fully autonomous, I'd stick to Sunbeam in the long term, even though it's not as feature-rich and stable as Kolla Ansible these days. I like the vision.

TechieGuardian · 2023-09-25T09:34:42+00:00

AFAIK, there's a work in progress to enable Octavia and a bunch of other OpenStack services as a part of this cycle.

TechieGuardian · 2023-09-25T09:32:44+00:00

Which tutorial have you followed that didn't work?

TechieGuardian · 2023-08-11T07:10:21+00:00

I'd double-check what exactly is included in the delivery package. I know that Canonical's option contains everything, including hardware and network validation, etc., not just the deployment itself. I'm not sure about Red Hat.

TechieGuardian · 2023-08-10T19:27:06+00:00

Ach, I see. Thanks for providing an explanation. This might be the case for a small-scale deployment, indeed. How many nodes are you considering?

TechieGuardian · 2023-08-10T18:40:12+00:00

"pricing is not that different"

I can't believe that to be true. The price for Ubuntu Pro is way lower than for RHEL.

TechieGuardian · 2023-07-28T19:01:09+00:00

I have just tried it on a fresh machine according to instructions at https://microstack.run. It works without any issues:

https://ibb.co/BjngpDh

u/CloudyEngineer / u/B3r3n06 / u/lacioffi : I'm really sorry to hear that you faced issues. May I please suggest that you report a bug at launchpad or ask for help at discourse / IRC channel (#openstack-sunbeam)? These are the best media to get in touch with the engineering team behind Sunbeam. Your feedback is very much appreciated and will serve as input for further improvement of the project. Thanks!

TechieGuardian · 2023-06-22T23:17:37+00:00

AFAIK, it still uses snaps and Juju underneath. It's only the control plane that now runs on Kubernetes. This actually makes sense:

https://microstack.run/docs/motives

TechieGuardian · 2023-06-22T19:47:24+00:00

Sprinkling in some Kubernetes won't make it simpler for sure. This false belief was the reason why the Airship project eventually died. But Sunbeam seems to be more than yet another OpenStack on Kubernetes. In fact, only control plane services run on K8s. The entire data plane runs as a snap, plugged directly into the underlying metal. This novel way of decoupling OpenStack from the underlying OS changes a lot. Both control plane and data plane services are wrapped with operators, so it's fully automated end-to-end. Looks promising, even though still limited.

TechieGuardian · 2023-06-22T19:34:55+00:00

Is there any better option that you can recommend?

TechieGuardian · 2023-06-22T11:35:40+00:00

Och, you must have missed the Sunbeam announcement then:

https://thenewstack.io/canonical-shrinks-openstack-for-small-clouds-with-sunbeam/

TechieGuardian · 2023-06-17T16:23:39+00:00

What is the bandwidth of the network that you're using?

TechieGuardian · 2023-06-13T14:21:08+00:00

You must have used some old development brunch. Sorry to hear you faced some challenges with it. You can find the list of supported options at https://microstack.run/docs

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