HP has released a paper titled: “HP Reference Architecture for OpenStack on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS“. The paper which contains 15 pages provides guidance in the deployment of an OpenStack Icehouse cloud on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS using HP servers including recommendations for setting up a medium sized functional OpenStack Cloud.
The document contains the following sections:
- Overview
- About OpenStack
- Purpose
- Audience
- Additional information needed
- Software Architecture
- Reference Architecture
- Logical Model
- Network Model
- Hardware Selection
- Installation
- HP Hardware configuration
- Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure with MAAS and Juju
- Validation
- Conclusion and Bills of Material