Similar to cloud-init for Linux virtual machines, cloudbase-init can be used for Windows virtual machines. The below cloudbase script allows you to output some data to a text file: [code]rem... Read More
This tutorial describes the steps for recovering OpenStack instances on a Linux/KVM hypervisor due to downtime or for maintenance purpose. Requirements Two or more hypervisors running the same KVM version. They... Read More
This tutorial describes mechanism to configure Platform9 Nova networking with DHCP or static IP pool options. (NOTE: This is not applicable if you are using Platform9’s Neutron networking support). Note:... Read More
Platform9 Selected as One of the Coolest Virtualization Startups for the Second Consecutive Year Sunnyvale, CA – December 14, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced... Read More
Setting up Platform9 OpenStack for VMware vSphere is very easy! Getting your Platform9 private cloud up and running can happen in a matter of minutes! This tutorial will walk you... Read More
Platform9 recently announced beta support for OpenStack Neutron networking. In this blog post, I explain the differences between Linux bridges and Open vSwitch and why Platform9 chose one over the other.... Read More
This tutorial describes mechanism to enable OpenStack Cinder integration between Platform9 and your SolidFire storage array. Please also refer to the video here for a demo of this integration. For... Read More
The NetApp unified driver for clustered Data ONTAP with NFS is a driver interface from OpenStack block storage, designed to accomplish provisioning and management of OpenStack volumes on NFS exports... Read More
Scientific Linux 6.x EPEL supports cloud-init version 0.7.4. This version of cloud-init has two known issues related to IP assignment to virtual machines (VM). a) Parse error for ifcfg-eth0 –... Read More