Unleash the Power of vCenter Orchestrator to Automate Tasks and Improve Efficiency Today, VMware administrators are responsible for far more infrastructure, servers, and services than ever before. To succeed, they must take full advantage of opportunities to automate and orchestrate their vSphere environments. In Automating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator , three-time vExpert Cody Bunch shows how to utilize VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) 4.2 to achieve far higher levels of operational efficiency and effectiveness. Bunch reveals what vCO can do, walks through each step of installation and configuration, explains how its “moving parts” work together, and thoroughly introduces both plug-ins and workflows. Building on this core knowledge, he presents several start-to-finish case studies showing how to use vCO to address real-world challenges ranging from provisioning to snapshots, cluster management to decommissioning. Whatever your VMware virtualization environment, this book will help you do more with less, save time, eliminate errors, and improve both performance and reliability. Coverage includes <ul>
<li>Understanding how vCO fits into your environment and identifying your best opportunities to use it </li>
<li>Choosing the right installation scenario and efficiently managing the vCO installation process </li>
<li>Configuring vCO: services, passwords, networking, LDAP, databases, SSL, licensing, plug-ins, backup, and more </li>
<li>Interacting with vCO through actions, packages, plug-ins, web views, resources, and workflows </li>
<li>Automating manual tasks with vCO’s extensive workflow library </li>
<li>Creating sophisticated workflows with drag-and-drop components and JavaScript </li>
<li>Using plug-ins to control infrastructure within and around your vSphere environment </li>
<li>Bringing consistency to VM provisioning, overcoming “VM sprawl” and resource contention, and simplifying support </li>
<li>Optimizing VM lifecycle management, all the way through decommissioning </li>
<li>Automating all snapshot monitoring processes and components </li>
<li>Exporting logs, finding/deleting orphaned files, and performing other day-to-day tasks </li>
<li>Efficiently conducting mass VM migrations </li>
<li>Quickly adding vCenter hosts and clusters, configuring shared storage, and adding hosts to new clusters </li>
<li>Using vCO and third-party plug-ins to gain “private cloud” benefits and flexibility </li> </ul> Networking/Virtualization vmware.com/go/vmwarepress

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Computers & Technology

Bunch, Cody

Networking & Cloud Computing

VMware Press

Using OpenStack to create your own private cloud is made that much more accessible thanks to this book. Every aspect is covered with crystal-clear instructions enabling you to optimize your implementation of this world-class operating stack. Overview <ul>
<li>Updated for OpenStack Grizzly</li> <li>Learn how to install, configure, and manage all of the OpenStack core projects including new topics like block storage and software defined networking</li> <li>Learn how to build your Private Cloud utilizing DevOps and Continuous Integration tools and techniques</li> </ul>
In Detail OpenStack is an open source cloud operating stack that was born from Rackspace and NASA and became a global success, developed by scores of people around the globe and backed by some of the leading players in the cloud space today. OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, Second Edition will show you exactly how to install the components that are required to make up a private cloud environment. You will learn how to set up an environment that you manage just as you would a public cloud provider like Rackspace with the help of experienced OpenStack administrators and architects. We begin by configuring the key components such as identity, image compute, and storage in a safe, virtual environment that we will then build on this throughout the book. The book will also teach you about provisioning and managing OpenStack in the datacenter using proven DevOps tools and techniques. From installing or creating a sandbox environment using Vagrant and VirtualBox to installing OpenStack in the datacenter, from understanding logging to automating OpenStack installations, whatever level of experience or interest you have with OpenStack there is a chapter for you. Installation steps cover compute, object storage, identity, block storage volumes, image, horizon, software defined networking and DevOps tools for automating your infrastructure OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, Second edition gives you clear step-by-step instructions to installing and running your own private cloud. What you will learn from this book <ul>
<li>Understand, install, configure, and manage Nova, the OpenStack cloud compute resource</li> <li>Dive headfirst into managing software defined networks with the OpenStack networking project and Open vSwitch</li> <li>Install and configure, Keystone, the OpenStack identity &amp; authentication service</li> <li>Install, configure and operate the OpenStack block storage project: Neutron</li> <li>Install and manage Swift, the highly scalable OpenStack object storage service</li> <li>Gain hands on experience with the OpenStack dashboard Horizon</li> <li>Explore different monitoring frameworks to ensure your OpenStack cloud is always online and performing optimally</li> <li>Automate your installations using Vagrant and Chef.</li> <li>Create custom Windows and Linux images for use in your private cloud environment.</li> </ul>
Approach OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook Second Edition will give you clear step-by-step instructions to installing and running your own private cloud successfully. It is full of practical and applicable recipes that enable you to use the latest capabilities of OpenStack and implement them. The book explains every step in detail so that you can build your knowledge about how things work.

OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes to Successfully Set Up and Manage Your Openstack Cloud Environments With Complete Coverage of Nova, Swift, Keystone, Glance, Horizon, Neutron, and Cinder

Jackson, Kevin

Packt Pub Ltd

Over 110 effective recipes to help you build and operate OpenStack cloud computing, storage, networking, and automation About This Book <ul>
<li>Explore many new features of OpenStack's Juno and Kilo releases</li> <li>Install, configure, and administer core projects with the help of OpenStack Object Storage, Block Storage, and Neutron Networking services</li> <li>Harness the abilities of experienced OpenStack administrators and architects, and run your own private cloud successfully</li> <li>Practical, real-world examples of each service and an accompanying Vagrant environment that helps you learn quickly</li> </ul>
 In Detail OpenStack Open Source software is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support software development and big data analysis. It is developed by a thriving community of individual developers from around the globe and backed by most of the leading players in the cloud space today. It is simple to implement, massively scalable, and can store a large pool of data and networking resources. OpenStack has a strong ecosystem that helps you provision your cloud storage needs. Add OpenStack's enterprise features to reduce the cost of your business. This book will show you the steps to build up a private cloud environment. At the beginning, you'll discover the uses of cloud services such as the identity service, image service, and compute service. You'll dive into Neutron, the OpenStack Networking service, and get your hands dirty with configuring ML2, networks, routers, and Distributed Virtual Routers. You'll then gather more expert knowledge on OpenStack cloud computing by managing your cloud's security and migration. After that, we delve in to OpenStack Object storage and how to manage servers and work with objects, cluster, and storage functionalities. Also, as you go deeper into the realm of OpenStack, you'll learn practical examples of Block storage, LBaaS, and FWaaS: installation and configuration covered ground up. Finally, you will learn OpenStack dashboard, Ansible and Foreman, Keystone, and other interesting topics. What You Will Learn <ul>
<li>Understand, install, configure, and manage Nova―the OpenStack Cloud Compute resource</li> <li>Configure ML2, networks, routers, and Distributed Virtual Routers with Neutron</li> <li>Use and secure Keystone, the OpenStack Authentication service</li> <li>Install and set up Swift and Container Replication between datacenters</li> <li>Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with Horizon, the OpenStack Dashboard user interface</li> <li>Automate complete solutions with our recipes on Heat, the OpenStack Orchestration service</li> <li>Use Ansible and Foreman to automate OpenStack installations successfully</li> <li>Follow practical advice and examples to run OpenStack in production</li> </ul>
 Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are moving from a virtualized environment to cloud environments. This book assumes that you are familiar with cloud computing platforms, and have knowledge of virtualization, networking, and managing Linux environments. Style and approach Clear, step-by-step instructions coupled with practical and applicable recipes that'll enable you to use and implement the latest features of OpenStack.

Openstack Cloud Computing Cookbook

Sigler, Egle

The Fourth Edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, from four recognized experts, updated to the latest OpenStack build including Cinder, Nova, and Neutron.Key Features<ul>
<li>Over 100 recipes created by a team of OpenStack experts</li>
<li>Updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, with recipes covering the installation and use of OpenStack with Ansible</li>
<li>It covers topics such as Keystone, Glance, Neutron, Nova, Cinder, and more, plus recipes for OpenStack storage, networking, and orchestrating workloads</li>
<li>Test drive OpenStack using the accompanying Vagrant environment</li>
</ul>Book DescriptionThis is the fourth edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, created by four recognized OpenStack experts. It has now been updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, using tools and processes based on their collective and vast OpenStack experience. 
OpenStack Open Source Cloud software is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support a wide variety of use cases, from software development to big data analysis. It is developed by a thriving community of individual developers from around the globe and backed by most of the leading players in the cloud space today. We make it simple to implement, massively scalable, and able to store a large pool of data and networking resources. OpenStack has a strong ecosystem that helps you provision your cloud storage needs. Add OpenStack's enterprise features to reduce the cost of your business.
This book will begin by showing you the steps to build up an OpenStack private cloud environment using Ansible. You'll then discover the uses of cloud services such as the identity service, image service, and compute service. You'll dive into Neutron, the OpenStack Networking service, and get your hands dirty with configuring networks, routers, load balancers, and more. 
You'll then gather more expert knowledge on OpenStack cloud computing by managing your cloud's security and migration. After that, we delve into OpenStack Object storage and you'll see how to manage servers and work with objects, cluster, and storage functionalities. Finally, you will learn about OpenStack dashboard, Ansible, Keystone, and other interesting topics.What you will learn<ul>
<li>Understand, install, configure, and manage a complete OpenStack Cloud platform using OpenStack-Ansible</li>
<li>Configure networks, routers, load balancers, and more with Neutron</li>
<li>Use Keystone to setup domains, roles, groups and user access</li>
<li>Learn how to use Swift and setup container access control lists</li>
<li>Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with Horizon, the OpenStack Dashboard user interface</li>
<li>Automate complete solutions with our recipes on Heat, the OpenStack Orchestration service as well as using Ansible to orchestrate application workloads</li>
<li>Follow practical advice and examples to run OpenStack in production</li>
</ul>Who This Book Is ForThis book is written for cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are moving from a virtualized environment to cloud environments. This book assumes that you are familiar with cloud computing platforms, and have knowledge of virtualization, networking, and managing Linux environments.Table of Contents<ol>
<li>Installing OpenStack with Ansible</li>
<li>The OpenStack Client</li>
<li>Keystone – OpenStack Identity Service</li>
<li>Neutron – OpenStack Networking</li>
<li>Nova – OpenStack Compute</li>
<li>Glance – OpenStack Image Service</li>
<li>Cinder – OpenStack Block Storage</li>
<li>Swift – OpenStack Object Storage</li>
<li>OpenStack Orchestration Using Heat and Ansible</li>
<li>Using OpenStack Dashboard</li>
</ol>

OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Fourth Edition: Over 100 practical recipes to help you build and operate OpenStack cloud computing, storage, networking, and automation

Packt Publishing

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OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes to Successfully Set Up and Manage Your Openstack Cloud Environments With Complete Coverage of Nova, Swift, Keystone, Glance, Horizon, Neutron, and Cinder

Openstack Cloud Computing Cookbook

OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Fourth Edition: Over 100 practical recipes to help you build and operate OpenStack cloud computing, storage, networking, and automation