Updated DevStack OpenDaylight VM Image for OpenStack IceHouse
Here is an updated Fedora 20 image for building OpenStack Icehouse and OpenDaylight. ODL is now merged into the upcoming OpenStack Icehouse release so now you can install ODL directly from OpenStack trunk. The updated image comes from Kyle Mestery who was primarily responsible for getting the OpenStack/OpenDaylight merge and navigating the process. Thanks also to Andrew Grimberg from the …
OpenFlow, OpenvSwitch and KVM SDN Lab Installation App
This OpenFlow, Open vSwitch and KVM SDN Lab Installation App is a python app that will install a few different options at an SDN lab. There are some really nice SDN applications that are coming along that have been open sourced from vendors or the community. Lots of people are really getting interested in understanding what SDN and getting to know …
Django Installation and First App Tutorial
Django Installation and First App Tutorial: Django is a powerful web framework written in Python used to create pluggable database driven websites that are complex, but simplified by the abstraction of the Django framework. I am using Ubuntu for this install but beyond it will work for most OS’s. I will configure Django to use sqlite as a database. It …
Python Tutorial: Classes, Objects, Methods, init and Simple Examples
Python Tutorial on Classes, Objects, Methods: In this post we will dive into Python classes, methods, objects and using the init constructer to initialize classes. Object oriented programming has gone well past being a fad (sorry punchcards) like it or not encapsulation and inheritance is winning out. The idea is to make modules and procedures abstracted, modifiable and reusable without needing …
Python Tutorial: Functions and Passing Lists and Dictionaries with Simple Examples
In Python the differences between functions, classes and methods is often best explained with examples of code. It is also the best way to learn syntax and languages for some of us. We will start off with Functions and work into Classes which is the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in Python over the next few posts. These are merely blueprints …
OpenStack Essex Installer Script
Update: My latest installation document for Folsom can be found here. It’s too tough to try and keep up with debugging installers myself so I am just using DevStack in that tutorial. Thanks! Here is a Python Script I put together for installing OpenStack Essex on either your laptop in a Virtualbox VM running Qemu or on a standalone server/box for more …
OpenStack Essex Installation Walkthrough from Scratch (Part2)
Update: My latest installation document for Folsom can be found here. It’s too tough to try and keep up with debugging installers myself so I am just using DevStack in that tutorial. Thanks! Populate Glance Host VM OS Images /*Upload Images /* 11.10 image wget http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/11.10/release/ubuntu-11.10-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img /* 12.04 image wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img $/etc/init.d/glance-api restart $/etc/init.d/glance-registry restart /*List Images $glance index (Should be empty) …
OpenStack Essex Installation and Configuration Screencast from Scratch (Part 1)
Many hours, days, nights and poor defenseless VMs were destroyed in preparing this how-to. There are some great scripts out there but for most engineers and architects we need to tear it apart look at the guts and put it back together. You are in luck. There are a lot of moving parts on the current OpenStack Essex release, so …
