What this book covers

Chapter 1, Keystone – OpenStack Identity Service, takes you through the installation and configuration of Keystone, which underpins all of the other OpenStack services.

Chapter 2, Glance – OpenStack Image Service, teaches you how to install, configure, and use the Image service within an OpenStack environment.

Chapter 3, Neutron – OpenStack Networking, helps you install and configure OpenStack networking, including new features such as DVR.

Chapter 4, Nova – OpenStack Compute, teaches you how to set up and use OpenStack Compute along with examples to get you started by running OpenStack Compute within a VirtualBox environment.

Chapter 5, Swift – OpenStack Object Storage, teaches you how to configure and use OpenStack Object Storage along with examples showing this service running within a VirtualBox environment.

Chapter 6, Using OpenStack Object Storage, teaches you how to use the storage service to store and retrieve files and objects.

Chapter 7, Administering OpenStack Object Storage, takes you through how to use tools and techniques that can be used to run OpenStack Storage within data centers.

Chapter 8, Cinder – OpenStack Block Storage, teaches you how to install and configure the persistent block storage service for use, by using instances running in an OpenStack Compute environment.

Chapter 9, More OpenStack, explores other features of OpenStack such as Neutron's LBaaS and FWaaS services, Ceilometer, and Heat.

Chapter 10, Using the OpenStack Dashboard, teaches you how to install and use the web user interface to perform tasks such as creating users, modifying security groups, and launching instances.

Chapter 11, Production OpenStack, shows you how to use Ansible for automated installations and introduces you to tools and techniques for making OpenStack services resilient and highly available.