Containers and OpenStack - The May 2017 OpenStack L.A. Meetup

Happy to announce the details of the May 2017 OpenStack L.A. Meetup. We have a new presenter for the group - Robert Starmer, CTO at Kumulus Technologies.

Prior to Robert's talk on OpenStack and Containers, Robert, Jessica, and I will do our best to provide a quick recap of the OpenStack Summit that just took place in Boston. I'm actually writing this while waiting for my flight home at the Boston airport.

Look forward to seeing everyone back in Pasadena on May 25!

Presentation Details:

Outline:

Part 1 - Containers for Devs

• Containers - a brief history

• Why not just use VMs?

• Developers and operations

• Developers and containers

• The need for Ops

Part 2 - Herding Cattle - Container Management

• Container Management

• Management Functions

Part 3 - OpenStack and Containers

• Running Containers on OpenStack

• Container Management

• Per Tenant Management

• Scheduling

• OpenStack Projects - Magnum, Murano, HEAT

• New OpenStack Project - Kuryr, Higgins

Part 4 - Managing OpenStack with Containers

• OpenStack as a Containerized, Distributed App

• OpenStack or Kubernetes... or OpenStack?

• The OpenStack Kolla Project

Presenter Bio:

Robert Starmer, CTO, Kumulus Technologies

With 20+ years in the automation space, I find all things cloud interesting. By focusing on the latest models for operations and application automation, I help enable value from OpenStack, Containers, CAPS tools, and Dev/Ops CI/CD pipelines. I am the CTO and Founder at Kumulus Technologies, a San Francisco Bay area infrastructure focused Dev/Ops consultancy. I am also a Certified OpenStack Administrator.

Agenda:

7:00P – 7:30P: Eating, drinking, mingling, networking

7:30P – 7:35P: Group announcements and speaker introductions

7:35P - 8:45P: Main presentation/Q&A

8:45P – 10:00P: More eating, drinking, mingling, networking