Product Documentation for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 5

Release Notes

Evaluating OpenStack: Deployment Types and Tools

Overview of the three Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environment types and deployment tools.
Evaluating OpenStack: Single-Node Deployment

Step-by-step guide to implementing a basic OpenStack cloud using the PackStack deployment tool.
Evaluating OpenStack: Simple Networking

Step-by-step guide to configuring networking in a PackStack All-in-One environment.
Available Formats
Deploying OpenStack: Enterprise Environments (Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer)

Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform in an enterprise environment
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Deploying OpenStack: Proof-of-Concept Environments (PackStack)

Getting Started with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
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Deploying OpenStack: Learning Environments (Manual Setup)

Manually installing and configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer using the Live CD

Step-by-step guide to installing the RHEL-OSP installer using the live CD .iso file.

Overview of Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5

Comprehensive overview of available methods for upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.
Upgrading OpenStack by Updating All Services Simultaneously

Instructions for simultaneously upgrading all OpenStack services.
Upgrading OpenStack by Updating Each Service Individually

Upgrade instructions that use staged outages to specific services.
Upgrading OpenStack by Updating Each Service Individually, with Live Compute

Upgrade instructions that offer minimal downtime (allowing v4 compute nodes to run in parallel with v5 compute nodes).

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Administration User Guide

Administrating resources in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environment
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Cloud Administrator Guide

Managing and troubleshooting a Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environment
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End User Guide

Creating and managing resources in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environment
Configure Load Balancing-as-a-Service (LBaaS) in OpenStack Networking

Step-by-step guide to configuring OpenStack Networking to use LBaaS with either the Open vSwitch (OVS) or the Linux Bridge plug-in.
Converting VMware guests to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform

Use the virt-v2v command-line tool to retrieve, convert, and upload a VMware guest.
Launch a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 instance in OpenStack

Launch an instance in OpenStack using a guest image.
Secure LDAP Communication for the Identity Service

Provides three methods for securing LDAP communication using a CA certificate.
Choosing a Network Back End for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform

Describes and provides guidance for selecting an OpenStack Networking (neutron) or OpenStack Compute Networking (nova) back end.