Rackspace has released a package update for Rackspace Private Cloud Software.
Update Instructions
If you have an existing environment created with Rackspace Private Cloud Software v. 3.0, you can update your environment by...
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Syncing Private Cloud Swift Containers to Rackspace Cloud Files
Replicate data between private Swift environments and Rackspace Cloud Files. This can facilitate backup, aggregated online content, and...
Overview
Rackspace 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 Cloud
Two major...
Introduction
Container 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...
Overview
This 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...
Overview
Combining 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...
This chapter describes key tasks that you can perform after installing Rackspace Private Cloud, including creating an instance.
Operating System Updates
After you complete the installation, you may get a message notifying you...
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...
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...
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.
Overview
The OpenCenter API is a RESTful API...
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...
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 VMs
The device...
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...
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 the process for preparing the nodes and installing swift.
Install Ubuntu on the OpenStack Object Storage Nodes
Configure Chef On the OpenStack Object Storage Nodes
Add Chef Roles
Configure the OpenStack...
This section describes the assumptions and prerequisites for installing swift in a Rackspace Private Cloud cluster.
Installation Assumptions
This document assumes that your environment meets the following requirements:
You...
Table of Contents
OpenStack Object Storage Zones
Rackspace Zone Recommendations
RAID Controller Configuration
OpenStack Object Storage (http://swift.openstack.org) is a highly available, distributed, consistent object/blob store...
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...
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...
OpenStack 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.
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...
Accessing the Controller Node
Rackspace 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...
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.
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...
Overview
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), Identity (Keystone), and...
Rackspace® Private Cloud, Powered by OpenStack®, Helps Reduce Costs and Improve Operational Efficiency
1. Introduction
Rackspace® Enterprise Business Intelligence group (EBI) is a central team that aggregates, manages and...
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...