Building Linux images for use with Openstack Heat | Linux Today

Building Linux images for use with Openstack Heat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 6, 2015

One of the great strengths of cloud computing is the ability to set up virtual machines in a repeatable way, using appropriate tools to inject information into them as they boot in order to configure them for your exact needs. In this tutorial, we will look at how to insert OpenStack’s native Heat agents into an image to allow the use of Heat for application setup.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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