Chapter 12. Cloud orchestration using OpenStack

This chapter covers

  • Application orchestration using OpenStack Heat
  • Application orchestration using Ubuntu Juju

One definition of orchestrate is to arrange or manipulate, especially by means of clever or thorough planning or maneuvering. You are likely very familiar with the first part of this definition in relation to computing. You must arrange layers of underlying hardware and software dependencies in order to deploy applications. This chapter, and in some respect this entire book, is about the clever part of orchestration. Specifically, this chapter covers application orchestration tools that make use of OpenStack resources. Some of the tools we’ll explore are official OpenStack projects, ...

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