Leverage the power of Open Stack to develop scalable applications with no vendor lock-in
Open Stack Cloud Application Development is a fast-paced, professional book for Open Stack developers, delivering comprehensive guidance without wasting time on development fundamentals. Written by experts in the Open Stack community from Infoblox, Gigaspaces, Go Daddy, and Comcast, this book shows you how to work effectively and efficiently within the Open Stack platform to develop large, scalable applications without worrying about underlying hardware. Follow along with an Open Stack build that illustrates how and where each technology comes into play, as you learn expert tips and best practices that make your product stronger. Coverage includes Open Stack service primitives, networking within the Open Stack Ecosystem, deployment of Virtualized Network Functions for Enterprises, containers, data protection, and much more.
If you need to get on board quickly, this professional book is your ideal roadmap to Open Stack development.
* Understand all aspects of Open Stack technologies
* Follow an example build to drill down into critical elements
* Learn the Open Stack best practices and insider tips
* Leverage the full capability of Iaa S at a professional pace
Open Stack is supported by dozens of major technology companies, compatible with Amazon Web Services, and can be used alongside or on top of VMWare v Sphere and other similar technologies. It frees developers from the confines of hardware and vendor lock-in while providing a reliable, fast, and easy platform for developing scalable cloud applications. Open Stack Cloud Application Development is an expert-led guide to getting the most out of Open Stack, designed specifically for the professional developer.
Innehållsförteckning
INTRODUCTION xi
PART I: OPENSTACK OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING OPENSTACK 3
What Is Cloud Computing? 3
Why Should I Care? 6
Understanding the Architecture 13
Summary 18
CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING THE OPENSTACK ECOSYSTEM: CORE PROJECTS 19
Identity 20
Compute 24
Storage 28
Imaging 34
Dashboard 37
Networking 38
Bringing It All Together 45
Summary 48
CHAPTER 3: UNDERSTANDING THE OPENSTACK ECOSYSTEM: ADDITIONAL PROJECTS 49
Open Stack Heat 50
Open Stack Database as a Service: Trove 54
Designate: DNS as a Service 62
Magnum 67
Murano: Application as a Service 70
Ceilometer: Telemetry as a Service 75
Summary 76
PART II: DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS WITH OPENSTACK
CHAPTER 4: APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 79
Converting a Legacy App to an Open Stack App 79
Building Apps from Scratch 83
Open Stack App Description and Deployment Strategies 87
Summary 92
CHAPTER 5: IMPROVING ON THE APPLICATION 93
Failure Scenarios 94
Hostname and IP Addressing 99
Scaling 103
Improving Our Application 111
Summary 119
CHAPTER 6: DEPLOYING THE APPLICATION 121
Bare Metal, Virtual Machines, and Containers 122
Orchestration and Configuration Management 127
Monitoring and Metering 136
Elasticity 137
Updating and Patching 147
Summary 149
Book Wrap Up 149
INDEX 151
Om författaren
About the authors
Scott Adkins is a technical lead for the Cloud Operations team at Comcast helping deploy new internal Open Stack environments.
John Belamaric is a key architect of the Infoblox Cloud products, concentrating on Open Stack integration and development.
Vincent Giersch is the co-founder and CTO of Flat.io, where he works on the automation of deployment and scaling of the Saa S application.
Denys Makogon is a lead software developer for Gigaspaces, developing and designing platform and Saa S applications for Open Stack.
Jason Robinson is a senior platform developer at Go Daddy helping teams transition traditional applications to their internal Open Stack cloud with a focus on orchestration and resiliency.