Description
Book SynopsisLeverage the power of OpenStack to develop scalable applications with no vendor lock-in OpenStack Cloud Application Development is a fast-paced, professional book for OpenStack developers, delivering comprehensive guidance without wasting time on development fundamentals.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION xi
PART I: OPENSTACK OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING OPENSTACK 3
What Is Cloud Computing? 3
Why Should I Care? 6
Understanding the Architecture 13
Summary 18
CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING THE OPENSTACK ECOSYSTEM: CORE PROJECTS 19
Identity 20
Compute 24
Storage 28
Imaging 34
Dashboard 37
Networking 38
Bringing It All Together 45
Summary 48
CHAPTER 3: UNDERSTANDING THE OPENSTACK ECOSYSTEM: ADDITIONAL PROJECTS 49
OpenStack Heat 50
OpenStack Database as a Service: Trove 54
Designate: DNS as a Service 62
Magnum 67
Murano: Application as a Service 70
Ceilometer: Telemetry as a Service 75
Summary 76
PART II: DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS WITH OPENSTACK
CHAPTER 4: APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 79
Converting a Legacy App to an OpenStack App 79
Building Apps from Scratch 83
OpenStack App Description and Deployment Strategies 87
Summary 92
CHAPTER 5: IMPROVING ON THE APPLICATION 93
Failure Scenarios 94
Hostname and IP Addressing 99
Scaling 103
Improving Our Application 111
Summary 119
CHAPTER 6: DEPLOYING THE APPLICATION 121
Bare Metal, Virtual Machines, and Containers 122
Orchestration and Configuration Management 127
Monitoring and Metering 136
Elasticity 137
Updating and Patching 147
Summary 149
Book Wrap Up 149
INDEX 151
