Author: Vikhyat Umrao
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788392159
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and troubleshoot manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage system. About This Book Implement a Ceph cluster successfully and learn to manage it. Recipe based approach in learning the most efficient software defined storage system Implement best practices on improving efficiency and security of your storage cluster Learn to troubleshoot common issues experienced in a Ceph cluster Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at storage and cloud engineers, system administrators, or anyone who is interested in building software defined storage, to power your cloud or virtual infrastructure. If you have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, with no experience of software defined storage solutions and Ceph, but eager to learn then this book is for you What You Will Learn Understand, install, configure, and manage the Ceph storage system Get to grips with performance tuning and benchmarking, and learn practical tips to help run Ceph in production Integrate Ceph with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova components Deep dive into Ceph object storage, including S3, Swift, and Keystone integration Configure a disaster recovery solution with a Ceph Multi-Site V2 gateway setup and RADOS Block Device mirroring Gain hands-on experience with Ceph Metrics and VSM for cluster monitoring Familiarize yourself with Ceph operations such as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting Understand advanced topics including erasure-coding, CRUSH map, cache pool, and general Ceph cluster maintenance In Detail Ceph is a unified distributed storage system designed for reliability and scalability. This technology has been transforming the software-defined storage industry and is evolving rapidly as a leader with its wide range of support for popular cloud platforms such as OpenStack, and CloudStack, and also for virtualized platforms. Ceph is backed by Red Hat and has been developed by community of developers which has gained immense traction in recent years. This book will guide you right from the basics of Ceph , such as creating blocks, object storage, and filesystem access, to advanced concepts such as cloud integration solutions. The book will also cover practical and easy to implement recipes on CephFS, RGW, and RBD with respect to the major stable release of Ceph Jewel. Towards the end of the book, recipes based on troubleshooting and best practices will help you get to grips with managing Ceph storage in a production environment. By the end of this book, you will have practical, hands-on experience of using Ceph efficiently for your storage requirements. Style and approach This step-by-step guide is filled with practical tutorials, making complex scenarios easy to understand.
Author: Karan Singh
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784397369
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 327
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Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage system About This Book Implement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practices Harness the abilities of experienced storage administrators and architects, and run your own software-defined storage system This comprehensive, step-by-step guide will show you how to build and manage Ceph storage in production environment Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at storage and cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are interested in building software-defined storage solutions to power their cloud and virtual infrastructure. If you have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, with no experience of software defined storage solutions and Ceph, but eager to learn this book is for you. What You Will Learn Understand, install, configure, and manage the Ceph storage system Get to grips with performance tuning and benchmarking, and gain practical tips to run Ceph in production Integrate Ceph with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and nova components Deep dive into Ceph object storage, including s3, swift, and keystone integration Build a Dropbox-like file sync and share service and Ceph federated gateway setup Gain hands-on experience with Calamari and VSM for cluster monitoring Familiarize yourself with Ceph operations such as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting Understand advanced topics including erasure coding, CRUSH map, cache pool, and system maintenance In Detail Ceph is a unified, distributed storage system designed for excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This cutting-edge technology has been transforming the storage industry, and is evolving rapidly as a leader in software-defined storage space, extending full support to cloud platforms such as Openstack and Cloudstack, including virtualization platforms. It is the most popular storage backend for Openstack, public, and private clouds, so is the first choice for a storage solution. Ceph is backed by RedHat and is developed by a thriving open source community of individual developers as well as several companies across the globe. This book takes you from a basic knowledge of Ceph to an expert understanding of the most advanced features, walking you through building up a production-grade Ceph storage cluster and helping you develop all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster. Beginning with the basics, you'll create a Ceph cluster, followed by block, object, and file storage provisioning. Next, you'll get a step-by-step tutorial on integrating it with OpenStack and building a Dropbox-like object storage solution. We'll also take a look at federated architecture and CephFS, and you'll dive into Calamari and VSM for monitoring the Ceph environment. You'll develop expert knowledge on troubleshooting and benchmarking your Ceph storage cluster. Finally, you'll get to grips with the best practices to operate Ceph in a production environment. Style and approach This step-by-step guide is filled with practical tutorials, making complex scenarios easy to understand.
Author: Nick Fisk
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789615100
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 343
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Discover the unified, distributed storage system and improve the performance of applications Key FeaturesExplore the latest features of Ceph's Mimic releaseGet to grips with advanced disaster and recovery practices for your storageHarness the power of Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store (RADOS) to help you optimize storage systemsBook Description Ceph is an open source distributed storage system that is scalable to Exabyte deployments. This second edition of Mastering Ceph takes you a step closer to becoming an expert on Ceph. You’ll get started by understanding the design goals and planning steps that should be undertaken to ensure successful deployments. In the next sections, you’ll be guided through setting up and deploying the Ceph cluster with the help of orchestration tools. This will allow you to witness Ceph’s scalability, erasure coding (data protective) mechanism, and automated data backup features on multiple servers. You’ll then discover more about the key areas of Ceph including BlueStore, erasure coding and cache tiering with the help of examples. Next, you’ll also learn some of the ways to export Ceph into non-native environments and understand some of the pitfalls that you may encounter. The book features a section on tuning that will take you through the process of optimizing both Ceph and its supporting infrastructure. You’ll also learn to develop applications, which use Librados and distributed computations with shared object classes. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll learn to troubleshoot issues and handle various scenarios where Ceph is not likely to recover on its own. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to master storage management with Ceph and generate solutions for managing your infrastructure. What you will learnPlan, design and deploy a Ceph clusterGet well-versed with different features and storage methodsCarry out regular maintenance and daily operations with easeTune Ceph for improved ROI and performanceRecover Ceph from a range of issuesUpgrade clusters to BlueStoreWho this book is for If you are a storage professional, system administrator, or cloud engineer looking for guidance on building powerful storage solutions for your cloud and on-premise infrastructure, this book is for you.
Author: Nick Fisk
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785881280
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 229
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Deep dive into the unified, distributed storage system in order to provide excellent performance About This Book Leverage Ceph's advanced features such as erasure coding, tiering, and Bluestore Solve large-scale problems with Ceph as a tool by understanding its strengths and weaknesses to develop the best solutions A practical guide that covers engaging use cases to help you use advanced features of Ceph effectively Who This Book Is For If you are a developer and an administrator who has deployed a Ceph cluster before and are curious about some of the most advanced features in order to improve performance then this book is for you What You Will Learn Know when and how to use some of Ceph's advanced new features Set up a test cluster with Ansible and some virtual machines using VirtualBox and Vagrant Develop novel solutions to massive problems with librados and shared object classes. Choose intelligent parameters for an erasure coded pool and set it up. Configure the Bluestore settings and see how they interact with different hardware configurations. Keep Ceph running through thick and thin with tuning, monitoring and disaster recovery advice. In Detail Mastering Ceph covers all that you need to know to use Ceph effectively. Starting with design goals and planning steps that should be undertaken to ensure successful deployments, you will be guided through to setting up and deploying the Ceph cluster, with the help of orchestration tools. Key areas of Ceph including Bluestore, Erasure coding and cache tiering will be covered with help of examples. Development of applications which use Librados and Distributed computations with shared object classes are also covered. A section on tuning will take you through the process of optimisizing both Ceph and its supporting infrastructure. Finally, you will learn to troubleshoot issues and handle various scenarios where Ceph is likely not to recover on its own. By the end of the book, you will be able to successfully deploy and operate a resilient high performance Ceph cluster. Style and Approach A practical guide which has each chapter explaining the concept, sharing tips and tricks and a use case to implement the most powerful features of Ceph
Author: Anthony D'Atri
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781787127913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Implement and manage your software-defined, massively scalable storage systemAbout This Book* Explore Ceph's architecture in order to achieve scalability and high availability* Learn to utilize Ceph efficiently with the help of practical examples* Successfully implement Ceph clusters to scale-out storage solutions along with outstanding data protection Who This Book Is ForA basic knowledge of GNU/Linux, and storage systems, and server components is assumed. If you have no experience of software-defined storage solutions and Ceph, but are eager to learn about them, this is the book for you.What You Will Learn* The limitations of existing systems and why you should use Ceph as a storage solution* Familiarity with Ceph's architecture, components, and services* Instant deployment and testing of Ceph within a Vagrant and VirtualBox environment* Ceph operations including maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting* Storage provisioning of Ceph's block, object, and filesystem services* Integrate Ceph with OpenStack* Advanced topics including erasure coding, CRUSH maps, and performance tuning* Best practices for your Ceph clustersIn DetailLearning Ceph, Second Edition will give you all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster. You will begin with the first module, where you will be introduced to Ceph use cases, its architecture, and core projects. In the next module, you will learn to set up a test cluster, using Ceph clusters and hardware selection. After you have learned to use Ceph clusters, the next module will teach you how to monitor cluster health, improve performance, and troubleshoot any issues that arise. In the last module, you will learn to integrate Ceph with other tools such as OpenStack, Glance, Manila, Swift, and Cinder.By the end of the book you will have learned to use Ceph effectively for your data storage requirements.Style and approachThis step-by-step guide, including use cases and examples, not only helps you to easily use Ceph but also demonstrates how you can use it to solve any of your server or drive storage issues.
Author: Lee Phillips
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1849517258
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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Written in Cookbook style, the reader will be taught the features of gnuplot through practical examples accompanied by rich illustrations and code. Every aspect has been considered to ensure ease of understanding of even complex features. Whether you are an old hand at gnuplot or new to it, this book is a convenient visual reference that covers the full range of gnuplot's capabilities, including its latest features. Some basic knowledge of plotting graphs is necessary.
Author: Kevin Jackson
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788399331
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 399
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The Fourth Edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, from four recognized experts, updated to the latest OpenStack build including Cinder, Nova, and Neutron. Key Features Over 100 recipes created by a team of OpenStack experts Updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, with recipes covering the installation and use of OpenStack with Ansible It covers topics such as Keystone, Glance, Neutron, Nova, Cinder, and more, plus recipes for OpenStack storage, networking, and orchestrating workloads Test drive OpenStack using the accompanying Vagrant environment Book Description This is the fourth edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, created by four recognized OpenStack experts. It has now been updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, using tools and processes based on their collective and vast OpenStack experience. OpenStack Open Source Cloud software is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support a wide variety of use cases, from software development to big data analysis. It is developed by a thriving community of individual developers from around the globe and backed by most of the leading players in the cloud space today. We make it simple to implement, massively scalable, and able to store a large pool of data and networking resources. OpenStack has a strong ecosystem that helps you provision your cloud storage needs. Add OpenStack's enterprise features to reduce the cost of your business. This book will begin by showing you the steps to build up an OpenStack private cloud environment using Ansible. You'll then discover the uses of cloud services such as the identity service, image service, and compute service. You'll dive into Neutron, the OpenStack Networking service, and get your hands dirty with configuring networks, routers, load balancers, and more. You’ll then gather more expert knowledge on OpenStack cloud computing by managing your cloud's security and migration. After that, we delve into OpenStack Object storage and you’ll see how to manage servers and work with objects, cluster, and storage functionalities. Finally, you will learn about OpenStack dashboard, Ansible, Keystone, and other interesting topics. What you will learn Understand, install, configure, and manage a complete OpenStack Cloud platform using OpenStack-Ansible Configure networks, routers, load balancers, and more with Neutron Use Keystone to setup domains, roles, groups and user access Learn how to use Swift and setup container access control lists Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with Horizon, the OpenStack Dashboard user interface Automate complete solutions with our recipes on Heat, the OpenStack Orchestration service as well as using Ansible to orchestrate application workloads Follow practical advice and examples to run OpenStack in production Who this book is for This book is written for cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are moving from a virtualized environment to cloud environments. This book assumes that you are familiar with cloud computing platforms, and have knowledge of virtualization, networking, and managing Linux environments.
Author: Omar Khedher
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784397210
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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This comprehensive guide will help you to choose the right practical option and make strategic decisions about the OpenStack cloud environment to fit your infrastructure in production. At the start, this book will explain the OpenStack core architecture. You will soon be shown how to create your own OpenStack private cloud. Next, you will move on to cover the key security layer and network troubleshooting skills, along with some advanced networking features. Finally, you will gain experience of centralizing and logging OpenStack. The book will show you how to carry out performance tuning based on OpenStack service logs. By the end of this book, you will be ready to take steps to deploy and manage an OpenStack cloud with the latest open source technologies.
Author: Michael Hackett
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788298802
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Get to grips with the unified, highly scalable distributed storage system and learn how to design and implement it. Key FeaturesExplore Ceph's architecture in detailImplement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practicesLeverage the advanced features of Ceph, including erasure coding, tiering, and BlueStoreBook Description This Learning Path takes you through the basics of Ceph all the way to gaining in-depth understanding of its advanced features. You’ll gather skills to plan, deploy, and manage your Ceph cluster. After an introduction to the Ceph architecture and its core projects, you’ll be able to set up a Ceph cluster and learn how to monitor its health, improve its performance, and troubleshoot any issues. By following the step-by-step approach of this Learning Path, you’ll learn how Ceph integrates with OpenStack, Glance, Manila, Swift, and Cinder. With knowledge of federated architecture and CephFS, you’ll use Calamari and VSM to monitor the Ceph environment. In the upcoming chapters, you’ll study the key areas of Ceph, including BlueStore, erasure coding, and cache tiering. More specifically, you’ll discover what they can do for your storage system. In the concluding chapters, you will develop applications that use Librados and distributed computations with shared object classes, and see how Ceph and its supporting infrastructure can be optimized. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the practical knowledge of operating Ceph in a production environment. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Ceph Cookbook by Michael Hackett, Vikhyat Umrao and Karan SinghMastering Ceph by Nick FiskLearning Ceph, Second Edition by Anthony D'Atri, Vaibhav Bhembre and Karan SinghWhat you will learnUnderstand the benefits of using Ceph as a storage solutionCombine Ceph with OpenStack, Cinder, Glance, and Nova componentsSet up a test cluster with Ansible and virtual machine with VirtualBoxDevelop solutions with Librados and shared object classesConfigure BlueStore and see its interaction with other configurationsTune, monitor, and recover storage systems effectivelyBuild an erasure-coded pool by selecting intelligent parametersWho this book is for If you are a developer, system administrator, storage professional, or cloud engineer who wants to understand how to deploy a Ceph cluster, this Learning Path is ideal for you. It will help you discover ways in which Ceph features can solve your data storage problems. Basic knowledge of storage systems and GNU/Linux will be beneficial.
Author: Jorven Halquin
Publisher: GitforGits
ISBN: 8119177800
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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OpenStack Cookbook is specifically tailored for cloud professionals, network administrators, and engineers who express a desire to augment their proficiency in effectively managing OpenStack environments. The book provides a pragmatic and interactive methodology with recipes that specifically target solutions to tackle the actual difficulties encountered in implementing and overseeing cloud infrastructure. Every chapter presents systematic solutions, enabling you to develop proficiency in designated OpenStack components. These recipes provide instructions on how to install, configure, and optimize OpenStack services such as Keystone for identity management, Glance for image processing, Neutron for networking, Nova for computing management, Cinder for block storage, and Octavia for load balancing. Some of the more advanced topics covered in the book include how to use Heat for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), how to automate and repeat infrastructure deployments, and how to use Heat and Ceilometer to create auto-scaling solutions that dynamically adjust resources according to demand. Typical problems with stack creation, resource management, and orchestration tasks will be explained and solved. The book encompasses a broad spectrum of situations, ranging from the prevention of stack creation failures and template validation errors to the effective management of resource dependencies and performance issues. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you will be able to set up, administer, and fix OpenStack environments with ease. No matter your level of expertise with OpenStack, this cookbook will equip you with the practical knowledge and solutions you need to use OpenStack efficiently in real-world scenarios. Key Learnings Get the environment quickly settled with all the OpenStack services, including Nova, Keystone, Glance, and Neutron. Make easy management of OpenStack cloud environments a reality with these real-world solutions. Get your cloud infrastructure up and running consistently and reliably every time with the help of Heat templates. Improve your resource allocation skills with practical experience in auto-scaling with Heat and Ceilometer. Keep operations stable by troubleshooting common OpenStack issues and providing step-by-step solutions. Vertigo, XLAN, and security group configurations are just a few of the advanced networking techniques you can learn about in Neutron. Secure your cloud with SSL termination and volume encryption. Optimize traffic management and guarantee high availability by deploying Octavia-based load balancing solutions. Build automated cloud environment management with Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Table of Content Setting up OpenStack Infrastructure Identity Management with Keystone Image Management with Glance Networking with Neutron Compute Resources with Nova Block Storage with Cinder Load Balancing with Octavia Orchestration with Heat
