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OpenStack Keystone Authentication using Active Directory (AD)

A previous blog gave an overview of how to configure Keystone with LDAP. Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is another very popular directory service for many enterprises. This article gives an overview of how to configure Keystone authentication using Active Directory backend. How to Integrate a AD backend in Keystone Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is based on […]

OpenStack Keystone Authentication Using LDAP

Keystone is a OpenStack project that implements OpenStack’s identity API and provides authentication and authorization services to identify users of the OpenStack cloud. It also provides a catalog of all other deployed OpenStack services such as Nova, Neutron, Cinder and Glance. These services trust Keystone to create and manage user identities and credentials. For some

do-it-yourself

How to Install OpenStack Using RDO Packstack

One of the great things about OpenStack is all the options you have for deploying it. A recent blog  mentioned various deployment models – and the flowchart below may help as you decide which model is best for you. For example, if you need a highly customized OpenStack deployment, then DIY may be the way to go. Then, there’s

Monitor OpenStack Cloud

24/7 OpenStack Monitoring: Architecture and Tools

While the OpenStack Ceilometer project is very popular for telemetry, it’s not really a OpenStack monitoring solution. It is a data collection service designed for gathering usage data on objects managed by OpenStack (instances, volumes, networks, et al), but it does not provide an out of the box solution to monitor OpenStack errors or anomalies.

OpenStack Implementation Options

Comparison of OpenStack Implementation & Consumption Options

You’ve decided to move forward with OpenStack implementation to build a private cloud! Congratulations – you are in good company. According to Wikibon, true private cloud (on-premise and hosted together) is expected to grow from $7 billion in 2015 to $201 billion in 2026 (36% CAGR) and be 31% of infrastructure spend. At last month’s

OpenStack Liberty Rules

Platform9 Now on OpenStack Liberty Release

We’re very excited to announce a new release this week of Platform9 Managed OpenStack, our SaaS-based OpenStack private cloud offering! With this release, we have upgraded all components to run their respective OpenStack Liberty versions. Those familiar with OpenStack understand the pain involved with not only setting up an entire OpenStack cloud, but also managing the periodic upgrades. This

First OpenStack Provider Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Cloud Management!

  This week, we announced that Platform9 is a 2016 Cool Vendor for Cloud Management by Gartner, Inc. What does this mean for OpenStack providers and customers? In this post, I’d like to dive deeper and share three insights why this honor is significant. First OpenStack Provider Named a Cool Vendor in Cloud Management Gartner’s annual Cool Vendor honors are like the “Dean’s

OpenStack Summit Platform9

Platform9 Sessions at OpenStack Summit 2016

Platform9 gearing up for OpenStack Summit in Austin later this month, and it is shaping up to be a great event! We are especially excited about the Platform9 OpenStack sessions that were selected for the agenda. Thanks for voting for us and mark your calendars to make sure you attend these sessions. Panel: Pros and Cons of

Vote for Platform9 Talks at the Austin OpenStack Summit

The Platform9 team is gearing up for the OpenStack Summit, and we’re excited to participate! We’ve proposed a handful of talks and would appreciate your support (vote!) to include our talks on the conference agenda. Click the links below to learn more about each talk and vote. See you in Austin…and may the best talks

multi-region and multi-hypervisor management

Multi-Region Management (and Multi-Hypervisor Too)

“With Amazon Web Services I can manage multiple regions of distributed infrastructure. Can I do multi-region management with Platform9?” I get this question a lot, and I’m happy to say the answer is yes! Today we announced our multi-region management, capabilities that enable and enhance management of distributed resources from a single pane of glass within Platform9 Managed OpenStack.

Hello Austin! Platform9 at Tech Field Day 2016

It’s Tech Field Day 2016, where Platform9 CEO Sirish Raghuram and Chief Architect Bich Le presented on Wednesday February 3, 2016 from 9:30am-11:30am Central Time. Agenda includes deep dives into Platform9 Managed OpenStack, plus a peek into our labs to see what Bich and the team are cooking up. Watch the video recordings here

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