Preface

Containers are one of the most talked about technologies of recent times. They have become increasingly popular as they are changing the way we develop, deploy, and run software applications. OpenStack gets tremendous traction as it is used by many organizations across the globe and as containers gain popularity and become more complex, it's necessary for OpenStack to provide various infrastructure resources for containers such as compute, network, and storage.

Containerization in OpenStack aims at answering the question, how can OpenStack keep pace with the increasing challenges of container technology? You will start with getting familiar with container and OpenStack basics so that you understand how the container ecosystem and OpenStack work together. To help you get better at compute, networking, managing application services and deployment tools, the book has dedicated chapters for different OpenStack projects: Magnum, Zun, Kuryr, Murano, and Kolla.

Toward the end, you will be introduced to some best practices to secure your containers and COE on OpenStack with an overview of using each OpenStack project for different use cases.