Before I start, the contents of all files mentioned in this blog are available at (https://gitlab.arif-ali.co.uk/arif/openstack-lab). Also my assumption is that you would have some knowledge of most of the components in OpenStack. Finally, this will be in a few parts so that there’s not as much to take on
Over the past few months, I have been evaluating OpenStack, and trying a few things in a Proof of Concept(PoC) environment, to see how we can use this in the future. I came through many challenges and hurdles, but finally I got the core components working recently.