Delete a VM in error state (Folsom)
Little update of my previous script for Folsom.
Introducing ceph-deploy
It’s been a while that I heard that mkcephfs was deprecated, but for the benefit of which tool? I have named ceph-deploy. The project is young and it’s work in progress but at a reasonnable advancement. Let’s get a first impression!
Quantum plugin comparison
Folsom has been released, it’s probably time for some of you to deploy OpenStack. This is a follow up to the article titled From nova-network to Quantum. One of the main question with Folsom is: which Quantum plugin should I use? The answer could be in this article! Another article co-written with Emilien Macchi. Deep dive into the available plugins in Quantum for OpenStack Folsom.
From nova-network to quantum
Before starting anything I’d like highlight the fact that this article was co-written with Emilien Macchi, who has a better expertise on Quantum that I do. In this article, we focused on both aspects of nova-network and quantum. We did not want to compare the two or similarly make them take each other head-on. This article is just a step back about the state of the networking in OpenStack. Basically what did we lose and what did we gain?
Inktank's guys are awesome
Inktank’s guys are awesome!
Make a volume persistent on reboot
Quick and short introduction to a well known bug in nova-volume. I simply want to point it out because I think it could be useful.
Ceph cli output analysis
Brief analysis of the ceph -s command :)
Ceph benchmarks
The time has come to perform some benchmark with Ceph. You expect (or not), they are there, my Ceph’s benchmarks!
Ceph: maintenance mode, use case and common operations
Quick tips about how to manage a production environement. A simple use case here put your ceph journal on a SSD on a production cluster while clients are writting.
Ceph admin socket
The release of the first stable version of Ceph brought a lot of improvment at admin socket level. This is a really useful command that you should use.