Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0

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Red Hat ® OpenStack Platform delivers an integrated foundation to create, deploy, and scale a secure and reliable public or private OpenStack cloud.
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FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

Virtualized control plane on OpenShift

A bridge for customers to explore OpenStack and OpenShift together, with dynamic resource allocation.

Director Lite deployment

Simplify deployments with fewer required services and a smaller footprint.

Red Hat Ceph Storage 5

Deploy and manage Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 with the new cephadm and Ceph Orchestrator tools.

Open Virtual Network (OVN) migration

Fast Datapath encryption, security groups (conntrack) offload, DVR floating IP (NAT), and validations for migrations from Open vSwitch (OVS)

Hardware offloading

SmartNICs provide acceleration for security groups, crypto tasks, and more.

Enhanced certification support

Create SSL certificates with private keys stronger than 2048bits, manage certmonger certificats with  Ansible.

Technical Preview features

  • Controller High Availability deployment across multiple L2 networks (Multirack HA)
  • Expanded granular Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) of authorisation across OpenStack services providing: increased functionality, improved auditability, and a reduced the attack surface
  • Additional functionality to address security control requirements for the OpenStack undercloud operating in FIPS mode

Get Started with Red Hat OpenStack Platform

For a basic installation, you'll need:

System Requirements

Your hardware should meet the system requirements.

A Network Connection

You'll need a public network connection to register and download software.

Installer Image

Installation Media

Burn the ISO image to DVD or create a bootable USB medium, which will be used to install the Hypervisor.

Install Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17

  1. 1

    Install RHEL

    Perform a minimal installation for RHEL 9 on a physical system. See getting started for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for more details.

  2. 2

    Register

    Register the system via Red Hat Subscription Management and confirm that an OpenStack subscription is attached.

    # subscription-manager register

    # subscription-manager list --consumed

    If an OpenStack subscription is not attached immediately, see the documentation for manually attaching subscriptions.

  3. 3

    Plan your installation

  4. 4

    Prepare for director installation

    • create directories for templates and images
    • set the system hostname
    • install director packages
    • generate the container images file
  5. 5

    Install director (the undercloud)

    • configure the director
    • obtain overcloud node images
    • set a nameserver
    • complete undercloud configuration
  6. 6

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OpenShift on OpenStack

OpenShift on OpenStack

OpenShift on OpenStack: a seamless integration

In this briefing, Red Hat's Ramon Acedo Rodriguez presents the strategy, vision, and current state of affairs for containers within Red Hat OpenStack Platform.  His session covers the roles containers play in OpenStack, what Red Hat is focusing on, what they have already delivered to users, and what will likely be the future of the infrastructure and tenant layers.

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The future is open (hybrid cloud)


Open source and the cloud environment

The future of IT is open. Whether building a private, public, or hybrid cloud environment, open source innovation is improving how it’s done.

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What's new in Security in Red Hat OpenStack Platform


Security progress update

Red Hat Security specialist Keith Basil outlines the security roadmap strategy and vision for Red Hat OpenStack Platform. In this video, Keith shares the significant security advances that have been made, specifically in the areas of key management, encryption at rest and in flight, compliance, and more. 

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OpenStack: Storage


Choosing storage for your OpenStack cloud

What factors should you take into account when choosing the correct storage solutions for your OpenStack cloud?  Sadique Puthen Peedikayil, Sr. Cloud Success Architect, and Rahul Vijayan, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Red Hat Asia Pacific, Ltd

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OpenStack and the Enterprise

NTT Comware creates cloud service with Red Had OpenStack Platform

NTT Comware wanted to create a cloud service offering, SmartCloud DevaaS® 2.0, to provide a DevOps development environment for its users. By creating a self-service development portal based on Red Hat OpenStack Platform, NTT Comware cut operating costs by 30 percent. In addition, they will offer operational environments based on container orchestrations using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

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Red Hat OpenStack Platform Life Cycle

Starting with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10, a new varying support life cycle model offers you up to five years of support for a "long-life" version or the option of focusing on new features by upgrading each year.

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Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director Life Cycle

Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director is supported for two years. Each release will be backwards compatible with the previous two Red Hat OpenStack Platform core (starting with version 7).
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