The 2017 Sydney OpenStack Summit is a wrap and once again, there was an amazing amount of great content being presented on multiple tracks. Thankfully, the Sydney Open Stack Summit organizers and the OpenStack Foundation once again did a solid job of not just capturing these presentations on video, but …
OpenStack and Kubernetes – Combining the Best of Both Worlds?
Kubernetes has been thought of, incorrectly, as a direct competitor to OpenStack by some. A more appropriate view recognizes OpenStack and Kubernetes as conceivably complementary and considers the benefits of combining them. This opens up the question of which project is dominant in controlling the infrastructure? Does OpenStack build and …
PacketPushers: Datanauts Podcast 060: Running OpenStack in Containers
Robert Starmer talks with Datanauts host Drew Conry-Murray about the general whys and hows of operating OpenStack in Containers. They then explore the relationship between OpenStack and Kubernetes, and how stateful services like storage and databases might function. Finally, they discuss the Kolla project which leverages Ansible and Docker to …
Saying Goodbye to OpenStack
Containers have won, throw up your hands and just admit it. But let’s first consider that OpenStack had a good run. Six years… it’s been just a bit over six years since NASA’s Nebula Cloud “science project” morphed into the open source OpenStack and set its sights on world domination. …
SF Bay OpenStack Meetup – OpenStack on Kubernetes?
This two-part session at the SFBay OpenStack Meetup looks at the idea of an Openstack Kubernetes IaaS. OpenStack was designed as a virtual server-focused IaaS platform. Kubernetes is the Google-invented, open source Container management platform. The meetup starts with a brief discussion by John Starmer, Kumulus Tech’s Director of Education, …
OpenStack Seattle – HPE Keynote – Containers and OpenStack
HPE’s Lisa-Marie Namphy discusses the impact of Container technology on OpenStack with our CTO, Robert Starmer, during the 2016 OpenStack Days Seattle event. Lisa provided a prequel with her HPE Community blog post and generated a lot of community and customer input and questions that Lisa used to drive the …
What Changes for Enterprise Applications Running on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Do modern Enterprise IaaS systems have a place for enterprise applications from pre-Cloud times? Infrastructure-as-a-Service is a core service model in Cloud Computing, but its basic approach to how it handle resiliency drastically differs from the traditional rock-solid infrastructure model traditionally employed for enterprise applications. Add to that the fact …
Why the OpenStack Foundation’s Certified OpenStack Administrator Hits the OpenStack Certification Mark
One of the most amazing tales of certification failure was an “OpenStack Certified” job applicant who admitted to not having retained anything from the training that allowed him to achieve the certification. While this is an extreme example, my experience has been that OpenStack Certified, even if it means the …
The Basics of Choosing a Secure Cloud
Did you hear about the company that lost their data when their Cloud provider went our of business? Though not common, it has happened multiple times. If you are considering moving a system to the Cloud – Public, Hybrid or Private – who has access to your data, who hosts …