PIP (Python Installs Packages) is a package management system designed to install and manage software packages written in the Python language. While most installations of Python come preinstalled, it may sometimes be necessary to manually install PIP on your machine. PIP can be installed on all major operating systems, including most varieties of Linux distributions. Read More >
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OpenStack is at the core of our Infrastructure as a Service product, featuring hosted private cloud. We also use OpenStack to provide IT services to our own staff. As both active users of OpenStack and the first to create on demand hosted private cloud on OpenStack, we want to share our experiences with OpenStack. You can find more information in our OpenMetal Cloud Product Guide as well.
Documentation Links
OpenStack Cloud Operator’s Manual
OpenStack Operator’s Manual — Extended
OpenStack Cloud User’s Manual
If you are going to be an operator and a user, the best place to start would be with our OpenStack Cloud Operator’s Manual and a Small OpenMetal Private Cloud Core. With a pre-configured OpenStack and Ceph, this manual is designed to get an experienced system administrator up to speed on running and using OpenStack and Ceph in roughly 40 hours of hands on training and experimenting.
Additional guides to the core manual exist as OpenStack Operator’s Manual — Extended. Contained within is a brief introduction on how to create a Kubernetes cluster, for example.
For project users, or those that do not have administrative access to the cloud, see the OpenStack Cloud User’s Manual. These guides focus on how to use a cloud instead of operating one.
You can also contact our Account Managers to request longer Timed Trials or Credits to help offset building a Proof of Concept.
We hope the following content helps you be more successful with OpenStack, either here at InMotion or where ever your cloud takes you!
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OpenStack Basics
OpenStack is a collection of Services. Each service performs functionality that make up the whole of OpenStack. There are a set of “core” that are typically installed to provide the common functionality of a “Cloud”. In addition, there are over 30 other Services that can be added for your particular needs. Find out more with “What is OpenStack?” or you can also explore our Why OpenStack background or our How to Build a Private Cloud.
Core OpenStack Services
- What is OpenStack Keystone?
- What is OpenStack Cinder?
- What is OpenStack Neutron?
- What is vCPU?
- What is OpenStack Horizon?
- What is OpenStack Nova?
- What is Terraform?
- What is Ceph and Ceph Storage?
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