Moving an AWS Workload to OpenStack

You’ve decided to make the switch to OpenStack. Great! Now what do you do with all of those apps already running on Amazon Web Services? Fortunately, you can move them. That’s not to say it’s simple or straightforward. OpenStack’s functionality doesn’t always match that of AWS, and custom kernels on AWS machines make it impossible… Continue reading Moving an AWS Workload to OpenStack

Orchestration Tool Roundup: Kubernetes vs. Heat vs. Fleet vs. MaestroNG vs. TOSCA

It’s no news that containers represent a portable unit of deployment, and OpenStack has proven an ideal environment for running container workloads. However, where it usually becomes more complex is that many times an application is often built out of multiple containers.What’s more, setting up a cluster of container images can be fairly cumbersome because… Continue reading Orchestration Tool Roundup: Kubernetes vs. Heat vs. Fleet vs. MaestroNG vs. TOSCA

Docker on OpenStack with Kubernetes

Docker has accelerated development of portable services on cloud due to its slick approach to component lifecycle management. But connecting up a bunch of Docker containers as well-behaved aggregate services in the cloud can be more complex and brittle than most Docker users realize. In this talk, we’ll show how you can take a Kubernetes… Continue reading Docker on OpenStack with Kubernetes

One Convergence: Policy Based Network Services for OpenStack Cloud

One Convergence’s policy based networking solution simplifies OpenStack cloud deployments by leveraging higher-level, reusable abstractions capturing user intent. This simplification goes beyond basic networking by reducing the onerous deployment of Layer 4-Layer 7 network services such as load balancers, firewalls and VPN gateways. This talk will highlight the benefits of One Convergence’s policy based solution&n…Full… Continue reading One Convergence: Policy Based Network Services for OpenStack Cloud

The Road to rolling upgrade of Intel IT private cloud

We started our production from OpenStack Havana while it’s time for Kilo. There will be a new OpenStack release with lots of bugfix and new features every 6 months. It’s really a challenge for Enterprise IT to define its upgrade strategy and perform a successful upgrade. In this session, we will introduce our upgrade strategy… Continue reading The Road to rolling upgrade of Intel IT private cloud