Try OpenStack on a single machine using conjure-up

OpenStack with conjure-up

Conjure-up’s ability to easily and quickly deploy real-world OpenStack on a single laptop using LXD containers is ideal for first-time users or developers.

Requirements

Laptop, desktop or virtual machine with 16GB RAM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and LXD installed
An hour of your time

Before you start, you’ll want this eBook

illusration

The phase change from traditional, monolithic software to multi-host microservices-based big software demands that you approach the challenge of deployment, integration and operations from a different perspective.

This eBook will give you a deeper understanding into why there is a perceived complexity to the installation and operations of OpenStack and how tools like Canonical’s conjure-up and OpenStack can help you build a modern, scalable, repeatable and affordable private cloud infrastructure.

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Installation instructions

1Install and start conjure-up

Getting OpenStack running on your computer is easy with conjure-up.

From the command line type the commands below and follow the step-by-step instructions:
2Select the ‘OpenStack with NovaLXD’ spell

Then follow the rest of the on-screen instructions.
3Follow the on-screen instructions

Configure OpenStack with conjure-up and, when it is completed, go to http://<openstack ip>/horizon and login with the default username “admin” and password “openstack”.