South Bay OpenStack, Beginner track Topic: DevStack

For the 02April15 meeting let's talk about DevStack (http://docs.openstack.org/developer/devstack/overview.html).

DevStack is a way to get OpenStack running on your laptop.

IMPORTANT Caveat: Running a Cloud Management system, like OpenStack, on a laptop is an oxymoron. Clouds live on the internet. Clouds run on a multitude of servers in DataCenters.

That said, DevStack is good for:

1. Developers who want to work locally with the OpenStack API,
2. Testers, who need to design and run tests locally, (FYI, StackForge (http://ci.openstack.org/stackforge.html) uses a unique DevStack instance to test each and every change to the OpenStack source code base before that change is accepted.)
3. Tire-kickers who want to get a little bit of hands-on experience with OpenStack without signing up with an OpenStack service hosted by a commercial provider.

And remember:

"Friends don't let friends run DevStack in production!"