Operating OpenStack with Ansible

Ansible is an open source configuration management tool that has been gaining a great deal of traction in the OpenStack community. For this meetup, we will be receiving both an introduction to Anisble and a tutorial on how it can be used to operation OpenStack in production.

Title:

Ansible 101

Abstract:

Ansible is a powerful automation engine that makes systems
and applications simple to deploy.
No custom scripting or custom code.
No agents. All using an automation language that's easy for anyone to
understand and learn. We'll walk you through the basic usage and
principles of Ansible to get you started.

Speaker:

Greg DeKoenigsberg, Ansible

Bio:

Greg is the Vice President of Community for Ansible,
where he leads the company's relationship with the broader open source
community. Greg has over a decade of open source advocacy and
community leadership, building and leading communities for cloud
computing pioneer Eucalyptus Systems and open source leader Red Hat.

Title:

Operating Your OpenStack Cloud using Ansible

Abstract:

OpenStack has begun to be considered more of a mainstream cloud platform, with this comes the challenge of operating it after it is built. While all cloud tasks can be executed via the API or CLI tool on a one by one basis, this would not be the best way to handle larger cloud deployments. The need for more of an automated approach to administering OpenStack is now clear. With the many IaaS capabilities OpenStack has to offer coupled with Ansible, an ease of use configuration management tool, assures a more complete cloud implementation.

Automation is the key to unlocking your OpenStack cloud. Ansible is a simple, agentless and powerful automation tool. During this session, we will provide insights and best practices for operating your OpenStack cloud using Ansible. Don't miss out!

Speaker:

Walter Bentley, Rackspace

Bio:

Walter is a Rackspace Private Cloud Solutions Architect with a diverse background in Production Systems Administration and Solutions Architecture. He has over 15 years of experience across numerous industries such as Online Marketing, Financial, Insurance, Aviation, Food Industry, Education and now in the technology product space. In the past, Walter was typically the requestor, consumer and advisor to companies to use technologies such as OpenStack. Now he is a promoter of OpenStack technology and a Cloud educator.