OverviewRackspace Private Cloud Software installs a collection of Chef cookbooks that deploy and manage the suite of OpenStack core projects: Compute (Nova), Image Service (Glance), Dashboard (Horizon), Identity (Keystone), and...
This guide provides guidance for backup and recovery of a Rackspace Private Cloud installation.1. IntroductionIntended AudienceDocument Change HistoryAdditional ResourcesContact Rackspace2. Backup and Recovery with backup-...
This document is intended for Rackspace Private Cloud customers who want use sosreport tool to help troubleshoot their Rackspace Private Cloud environment. It is assumed that you have successfully installed a cloud with Rackspace...
This section describes some common OpenStack Object Storage maintenance tasks that you can perform with Chef.Adding a NodeManaging Drive FailureShort FailuresLong FailuresManaging Node FailureShort Node FailuresLong Node...
This section describes the process for preparing the nodes and installing swift.Install Ubuntu on the OpenStack Object Storage NodesConfigure Chef On the OpenStack Object Storage NodesAdd Chef RolesConfigure the OpenStack Object...
This section describes the assumptions and prerequisites for installing swift in a Rackspace Private Cloud cluster.Installation AssumptionsThis document assumes that your environment meets the following requirements:You already...
Table of ContentsOpenStack Object Storage ZonesRackspace Zone RecommendationsRAID Controller ConfigurationOpenStack Object Storage (http://swift.openstack.org) is a highly available, distributed, consistent object/blob...
The Glance cookbook used for Rackspace Private Cloud supports OpenStack Image storage in the local file system, in OpenStack Object Storage (Swift), and in Rackspace Cloud Files.Note: If you change the image storage location from...
Rackspace Private Cloud Software installs a collection of Chef cookbooks that deploy and manage the suite of OpenStack core projects: Compute (Nova), Image Service (Glance), Dashboard (Horizon), and Identity (Keystone), and Block...
Rackspace has developed a set of OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) chef recipes, combined into a cookbook, that can be used to configure a Cinder node or group of nodes. This section discusses the concepts and architecture behind...
This information is intended for Rackspace Private Cloud customers who want to apply an updated Rackspace-provided cookbook update to an Essex Private Cloud. These instructions are for modifying Essex only and should not be used...
ComputeOpenStack Compute is a compute service that provides server capacity in the cloud. Compute Servers come in different flavors of memory, disk space, and CPU, and can be provisioned in minutes. Interactions with Compute...
NOTE: This documentation is for the Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 2.0 ISO. Other v. 2.0 documentation can be found on the Archived Versions page. Documentation for the newest version of Rackspace Private Cloud Software can...
NOTE: This documentation is for the Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 2.0 ISO. Other v. 2.0 documentation can be found on the Archived Versions page. Documentation for the newest version of Rackspace Private Cloud Software can...
NOTE: This documentation is for the Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 2.0 ISO. Other v. 2.0 documentation can be found on the Archived Versions page. Documentation for the newest version of Rackspace Private Cloud Software can...
NOTE: This documentation is for the Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 2.0 ISO. Documentation for the newest version of Rackspace Private Cloud Software can be found in the Getting Started section. This section...
This section discusses the hardware, software, and networking prerequisites for installing Rackspace Private Cloud Software. It also discusses concepts behind availability zones and high availability in Rackspace Private Cloud...
OpenStack administration is documented in detail in the OpenStack Compute Administration Manual. In this section, we discuss key tasks you should perform that will allow you to launch instances. Refer to the official OpenStack...
Rackspace has developed Rackspace Private Cloud Software, a fast, free, and easy way to download and install a Rackspace Private Cloud powered by OpenStack in any data center. Rackspace Private Cloud Software is suitable for...
Accessing the Controller NodeRackspace Private Cloud Software also installs the OpenStack client utilities necessary to use the cloud. You can access these features through the command line interface on the Controller node. To...
The OpenCenter CLI implements the OpenCenter API through the command line interface. This chapter discusses the OpenCenter API for users that want to interact directly with the API.OverviewThe OpenCenter API is a RESTful API with...
NOTE: This documentation is for the Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 2.0 ISO. Other v. 2.0 documentation can be found on the Archived Versions page. Documentation for the newest version of Rackspace Private Cloud Software can...
This chapter describes how to use the OpenCenter CLI to create an OpenCenter environment and an OpenStack Nova cluster within that environment.Note: Rackspace recommends that you run OpenCenter behind a firewall, as it is not...
NOTE: This documentation is for the Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 2.0 ISO. Documentation for the newest version of Rackspace Private Cloud Software can be found in the Getting Started section. This chapter discusses...
This chapter discusses the process for installing Rackspace Private Cloud Software in a configuration where OpenCenter server and Chef server are installed on VMs hosted on a single device.Prepare the Device and VMsThe device...
What is Rackspace Private Cloud Software?Rackspace Private Cloud Software enables users to quickly deploy an OpenStack cluster configured according to the recommendations of Rackspace OpenStack specialists, using the OpenCenter...
This section discusses the process for installing Rackspace Private Cloud Software and using OpenCenter to deploy an OpenStack cluster. It also discusses how to configure the cluster for HA, create availability zones, and...
The Rackspace Private Cloud Software ISO (Alamo) v. 2.0 is still available for users who want to be able to install a pre-configured OpenStack environment on Ubuntu 12.04. The ISO can be downloaded for free from the following...
High Performance ComputingHigh performance computing (HPC) enables scientists and researchers to solve complex problems that require many computing capabilities. HPC typically utilizes a message passing interface (MPI) to...
High Performance ComputingHigh performance computing (HPC) enables scientists and researchers to solve complex problems that require many computing capabilities. HPC typically utilizes a message passing interface (MPI) to...
Rackspace® Private Cloud, Powered by OpenStack®, Helps Reduce Costs and Improve Operational Efficiency1. IntroductionRackspace® Enterprise Business Intelligence group (EBI) is a central team that aggregates, manages and provides...
This information is intended for Rackspace Private Cloud customers who want to apply an updated Rackspace-provided cookbook update to an Essex Private Cloud. These instructions are for modifying Essex only and should not be used...
OverviewCombining Razor and Chef provides a powerful, fully automated solution for deploying Rackspace Private Cloud Software (RPCS) on bare metal. Using this deployment system, the installation of a customized OpenStack...
OverviewThe Rackspace Private Cloud Software (RPCS) powered by OpenStack, provides the opportunity to easily build and configure an OpenStack based private cloud with both off the shelf and enterprise class hardware. This...
Rackspace has released a package update for Rackspace Private Cloud Software.Update InstructionsIf you have an existing environment created with Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 3.0, you can update your environment by...
HadoopHadoop is an open source project that provides a platform to store and process massive amounts of data. Hadoop uses the Map Reduce paradigm to split large tasks into many smaller chunks and executes them in parallel. Each...
The following compute components are certified for use in Private Clouds. AMD/SeaMicroSeaMicro SM15000* DellPowerEdge R515PowerEdge R720PowerEdge R820PowerEdge C6220PowerEdge C6105 HPProLiant DL320eProLiant...
Private Cloud Tech CenterSyncing Private Cloud Swift Containers to Rackspace Cloud FilesReplicate data between private Swift environments and Rackspace Cloud Files. This can facilitate backup, aggregated online content, and data...
OverviewRackspace Private Cloud Software allows businesses to quickly and seamlessly implement a stable and reliable Apache Hadoop cluster quickly and simply in an open cloud solution.Apache Hadoop and the CloudTwo major trends...
IntroductionContainer Sync is a feature of Swift where all the contents of a container can be mirrored to another container (within the same cluster or a completely different cluster) through background synchronization. You can...
OverviewThe Rackspace Private Cloud Software (RPCS) powered by OpenStack, provides the opportunity to easily build and configure an OpenStack based private cloud with both off the shelf and enterprise class hardware. This...
OverviewThis document will describe how to build a Rackspace Private Cloud with external storage that targets Enterprise IT applications that run on up to 100 compute nodes. Volumes are provided via the Cinder volume service...