OpenStack Administration with Ansible

Design, build, and automate 10 real-world OpenStack administrative tasks with Ansible

Key Features

• Automate real-world OpenStack cloud operator administrative tasks
• Construct a collection of automation code to save time on managing your OpenStack cloud
• Use this step-by-step tutorial to automate such tasks with Ansible

Book Description

What you will learn

• Efficiently execute OpenStack administrative tasks
• Familiarize yourself with how Ansible works and assess the defined best practices
• Create Ansible playbooks and roles
• Automate tasks to customize your OpenStack cloud
• Review OpenStack automation considerations when automating administrative tasks
• Examine and automate advanced OpenStack tasks and designated use cases
• Get a high-level overview of OpenStack and the current production-ready projects
• Deep dive into OpenStack CLI tools and find out how to use them

Who this book is for

If you are an OpenStack-based cloud operator and/or infrastructure administrator and are interested in automating administrative functions, then this book is exactly what you are looking for. Having a functioning OpenStack environment is helpful, but most certainly not necessary.