What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with the Orchestration Service for OpenStack, introduces OpenStack and provides an overview of OpenStack components.

Chapter 2, The OpenStack Architecture, focuses on the detailed architecture of OpenStack and its Heat components.

Chapter 3, Stack Group of Connected Cloud Resources, attempts to study the basics of Heat stacks and templates and discuss the autoscaling and high-availability mechanisms supported by Heat.

Chapter 4, Installation and Configuration of the Orchestration Service, installs the OpenStack Orchestration service, Heat. It will also show you how to write a simple template by creating a stack.

Chapter 5, Working with Heat, explores the architecture of Heat in further detail. It discusses the basic architecture of Heat and the main components that build up the Orchestration service for OpenStack. It also covers the command-line arguments accepted by Heat CLI. It explains the message flow for Heat. It also explores the architecture of Heat in further detail. It focuses on the following topics: the standards used in Heat, the Heat overview and roadmap, the Heat basics, architecture and CLI, the Heat basic workflow, the Heat API, the Heat engine, the Heat CloudWatch API, and Heat autoscaling principles.

Chapter 6, Managing Heat, covers the installation of DevStack with Heat support. We explore Heat functionality in detail. It also discusses the basic architecture of Heat and the main components that build up the Orchestration service for OpenStack. Then, it covers the command-line arguments accepted by Heat CLI.

Chapter 7, Troubleshooting Heat, focuses on troubleshooting the issues encountered when using Heat. It covers the most frequently occurring issues and discusses the possible solutions for them.