Abstract

OpenStack is an open source cloud platform created by Rackspace Hosting and NASA. It is primarily used for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployments. IaaS deployments deal with physical/infrastructural aspects of the virtualization provided by cloud which signifies – storage, computing power, Random Access Memory (RAM) for efficient utilization of resources. This paper presents the installation steps for the ‘Liberty’ Release of OpenStack using the PackStack installer script. It also describes how to launch an instance using an image of the ‘CirrOS’ cloud OS, pinging and accessing it via Secure Shell (SSH).

References

• Jiang Yunxia, Zhao Bowen, Wang Shuqi and Sun Dongnan, “Research of Enterprise Private Cloud Computing Platform Based on OpenStack,” International Journal of Grid Distribution Computing, Vol.7, No.5, pp. no. 171-180, 2014.
• Vamsi Krishna Pelluru, “Storage Area Networks with OPENSTACK and Installation of Havana,” International Journal of Inventive Engineering and Sciences (IJIES), Vol. 2, Issue 4, March 2014.
• Dr. Urmila R. Pol, “Developers Harness Open Source Cloud Management Platforms for Novel Applications,” International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vol. 5, 6483-6486, 2014.
• Rohit Kamboj and Anoopa Arya, “OpenStack: Open Source Cloud Computing IaaS Platform,” International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 5, May 2014.
• Anshu Awasthi and Ravi Gupta P, “Comparison of OpenStack Installers,” International Journal of Innovative Science, Engineering & Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 9, September 2015.
• Dr. Deepak Arora, Varun Kumar, B. Jagdeep, Prabhat Verma, “Proposed Model for Virtual Labs Interaction with OpenStack Integration Using KVM Hypervisor,” International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, Vol. 3, Issue 7, July 2014.
• Omar, Mohammed, Mohsine, “OpenStack: Toward an Open-Source Solution for Cloud Computing,” International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 55, No. 03, pg. no. 0975 – 8887, October 2012.
• Rakesh Kumar, Neha Gupta, Shilpi Charu, Kanishk Jain, Sunil Kumar Jangir, “Open Source Solution for Cloud Computing Platform Using OpenStack,” International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile Computing, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pg. 89-98, May 2014.
• Rdoproject.org, “RDO Quickstart,” Online. Available: https://www.rdoproject.org/install/quickstart. Accessed on 1 January 2016.
• Sans.org, “SANS Institute InfoSec Reading Room,” [Whitepaper]. Available: https://www.sans.org/readingroom/whitepapers/linux/introduction-nsas-security-enhanced-linux-selinux-232. Accessed on 10 January 2016.
• Zoran Pantic and Muhammad Ali Babar, “Guidelines for building a Private Cloud Infrastructure,” Tech Report, IT University of Copenhagen, 2012.
• Docs.openstack.org, “OpenStack Cloud Administrator Guide,” [Online]. Available: http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/. Accessed on 1 January 2015.
• OpenStack.org, "OpenStack User Stories,” [Online]. Available: http://www.openstack.org/user-stories/. Accessed on 20 January 2016.
• News.slashdot.org, "Is AT&T Building the Ultimate Walled Garden?,” [Online]. Available: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/11/232234/is-att-building-the-ultimate-walled-garden. Accessed on 20 January 2016.
• Youtube.com, "BBVA Bank on OpenStack," [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PESWFDPbexs. Accessed on 20 January 2016.
• Dailycloud.info, “Box Deploys Platform9 In Key Win For OpenStack," [Online]. Available: http://www.dailycloud.info/box-deploys-platform9-in-key-win-for-openstack. Accessed on 20 January 2016.
• Openstack.org, “Releases,” [Online]. Available: https://wiki.OpenStack.org/wiki/Releases. Accessed on 1 January 2016.
• Openstack.org, “Software,” [Online]. Available: https://www.OpenStack.org/software/. Accessed on 1 January 2016.