OpenStack Orchestration

by Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui

Overview

This book is focused on setting up and using one of the most important services in OpenStack orchestration, Heat. First, the book introduces you to the orchestration service for OpenStack to help you understand the uses of the templating mechanism, complex control groups of cloud resources, and huge-potential and multiple-use cases. We then move on to the topology and orchestration specification for cloud applications and standards, before introducing the most popular IaaS cloud framework, Heat. You will get to grips with the standards used in Heat, overview and roadmap, architecture and CLI, heat API, heat engine, CloudWatch API, scaling principles, JeOS and installation and configuration of Heat. We wrap up by giving you some insights into troubleshooting for OpenStack.
With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and supporting images, you will be able to manage OpenStack operations by implementing the orchestration services of Heat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785282966
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	10/27/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui is an innovative and results-driven leader with over 8 years of success. He is focused on achieving exceptional results in highly competitive environments that demand continuous improvements. He has a proven ability to architect, design, develop, and deliver cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions to meet challenging business demands. Adnan is competent in Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Service Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) covering business case development, team and project management, delivery, implementation, and support. He provides consultancy and advising to various organizations in the USA and Middle East regions in OpenStack, AWS, Citrix, and Microsoft solutions.
Adnan is a founder and CEO of CloudDall INC (www.clouddall.com), a successful company that helps organizations worldwide rapidly migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Their business provisioning includes Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, DaaS (Desktop as a Service), backup and archive, disaster recovery, and customized storage services. CloudDall provides subscription-based services tailored to fit a range of business models resulting in reduced cost, enhanced security, control, and productivity.
In addition to these achievements, Adnan holds Computer Engineer degree and these certifications: Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCSA), AWS Certified Solution Architect, Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer for Virtualization (CCEE), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP), and Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE). He has also been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for 6 years.