Product Documentation for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 6
Release Notes
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 - Top New Features
Important new features for this release. -
Release Notes
Release details for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform -
Technical Notes
Technical Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and supporting packages. -
Package Manifest
Package Listing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6
Getting Started
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Capacity Planning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Resource metrics to consider when planning a RHEL OpenStack deployment. -
Choosing a Network Back End for Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Describes and provides guidance for selecting an OpenStack Networking (neutron) or OpenStack Compute Networking (nova) back end. -
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 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5
Step-by-step guide to configuring networking in a Packstack All-in-One environment. -
Evaluating OpenStack: Install OpenShift 2 on OpenStack
Step-by-step guide for a proof-of-concept installation of OpenShift Enterprise in a Packstack-installed OpenStack environment. -
Deploying OpenStack: Enterprise Environments (Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer)
Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform in an enterprise environment -
Deploying OpenStack: Proof-of-Concept Environments (Packstack)
Using Packstack to Deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform PoC Environments -
Deploying OpenStack: Learning Environments (Manual Setup)
Manually installing and configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform -
Deploying OpenStack in a Virtual Machine Environment Using OpenStack Deployment (tripleO)
Procedure for configuring OpenStack in virtual machines running in a virtual host.
Upgrading
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Overview of Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
Comprehensive overview of available methods for upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6. -
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 (using live migration for compute nodes). -
Upgrading OpenStack by Updating Each Service Individually, with Parallel Compute
Upgrade instructions using parallel compute-node environments. -
Parallel Cloud Migration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
Step-by-step guide to migrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) on RHEL 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 on RHEL 7. -
Upgrading Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 for Minor Releases
This article lists the steps which users can follow to upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) GA to 6 (Juno) z-stream releases.
Configuring and maintaining
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Administration Guide
Managing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environment -
Launch a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Instance in OpenStack
Step-by-step guide to creating a new virtual machine instance. -
Secure LDAP Communication for the Identity Service
Provides three methods for securing LDAP communication using a CA certificate. -
Configure OpenStack Compute Storage
Describes the architecture for the backend storage of images in OpenStack Compute (nova), and provides basic configuration options. -
How to Integrate the Identity Service with Active Directory
Describes how to configure Active Directory and the Identity service, so that the Identity service can authenticate users based on records in Active Directory. -
OpenStack Data Processing
Describes how to configure OpenStack Data Processing (based on the OpenStack Sahara project) and use it to easily provision and scale Hadoop clusters for processing large datasets. -
Performance tuning the backend database for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Describes planning and maintenance strategies for the backend database used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.
Reference
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Command-Line Interface Reference
Command-line clients for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform -
Component Overview
Understanding OpenStack components, their functionality, and their interfaces -
Configuration Reference
Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environments -
Managing OpenStack Image Policies in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6
This article discusses the best practices and policies for managing OpenStack images.
Configuration-Advanced Networking
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Configure Load Balancing-as-a-Service (LBaaS) in OpenStack Networking
Step-by-step guide for configuring OpenStack Networking to use LBaaS with either the Open vSwitch (OVS) or the Linux Bridge plug-in. -
Configure SR-IOV Networking in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6
Step-by-step guide for configuring SR-IOV to pass a physical NIC through to a virtual instance. -
Configure Layer 3 High Availability in OpenStack Networking
Explains the role of high availability in an OpenStack Networking deployment, with implementation steps for protecting your network using Layer 3 High Availability. -
Enable Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Describes the process for adding perimeter firewall management to OpenStack Networking using the FWaaS plug-in. -
Manage OpenStack Networking Quotas
Use quotas to manage a Project's usage of OpenStack Networking components. -
Review OpenStack Networking router ports
How to review a router's port status (Down/Active) in OpenStack Networking. -
Troubleshoot Provider Networks in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
A methodology for troubleshooting OpenStack Networking provider networks and the wider network infrastructure. -
Integrate Red Hat Identity Management with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
This article describes the steps required to integrate OpenStack’s Identity Service (keystone) with Red Hat Identity Management (IdM). -
Configure Distributed Virtual Routing (DVR) in OpenStack Networking
This article provides an overview of Distributed Virtual Routing (DVR) and includes a procedure for configuring DVR in your own environment. -
Configure Network Bonding in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer
This article describes the network bonding configuration options presented by Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer. -
Tenant Networking with IPv6 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
This article describes how to implement IPv6 subnets in a tenant network. -
Configure Bridge Mappings in OpenStack Networking
This article describes the configuration of Bridge Mappings in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.
Configuration-Advanced Storage
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Configure OpenStack to Use an NFS Back End
Describes how to configure the Block Storage volume service to use an NFS share as a back end. -
Use Multiple Dell EqualLogic Back Ends for OpenStack Block Storage
Step-by-step guide to configuring OpenStack Block Storage to use multiple Dell EqualLogic SAN devices as back ends. -
Use a Single Dell EqualLogic Back End for OpenStack Block Storage
Step-by-step guide to configuring OpenStack Block Storage to use a single Dell EqualLogic SAN device as a back end. -
Address Volume Size Discrepancies with Dell EqualLogic Back Ends
Describes why Dell EqualLogic back ends and the Image service report different volume sizes, and how to work around it.
Migration
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Migrate a Live (running) Instance
Step-by-step guide for migrating a live (running) instance between two hypervisors in the same OpenStack environment. -
Migrate a Static Instance
Step-by-step guide for migrating static instances (not live) between hypervisors in the same OpenStack environment or between OpenStack environments (or projects). -
Converting VMware guests to import to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Use the virt-v2v command-line tool to retrieve, convert, and upload a VMware guest. -
Export a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Virtual Machine Disk to Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Export a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization virtual machine disk image to the OpenStack Image Service (glance).