About Rackspace Private Cloud Software
Article ID: 1926
Last updated on August 15, 2012
What is Rackspace Private Cloud Software?
Rackspace Private Cloud Software is a downloadable ISO package that allows you to easily install OpenStack controller and compute nodes. When the installation process is complete, you will have a working OpenStack cloud configured according to the recommendations of Rackspace OpenStack specialists.
The Rackspace Private Cloud Configuration
Rackspace Private Cloud Software v 1.0 (Alamo) supports the Essex release of OpenStack, and includes Compute (Nova), Image Service (Glance), Dashboard (Horizon), and Identity (Keystone).
Object Storage (Swift) and Virtual Network Service (Quantum) are not supported at this time.
Installed Components
The following components are installed by the Rackspace Private Cloud Software:
Host OS — Ubuntu 12.04
Hypervisor — KVM
Nova controller components and APIs, Glance, Horizon, Keystone, rabbitmq, and MySQL.
nova-compute, nova-network, and KVM.
Opscode Chef server and Rackspace OpenStack cookbooks.
Supported OpenStack Features
Rackspace supports integration with the other components of OpenStack, as well as features such as floating IP address management, security groups, availability zones, and the python-novaclient command line client. The following features are also supported:
Single and dual NIC configurations
NFS and ISCSI file storage as backing stores for VM storage
VNC Proxy
KVM hypervisor
Nova Multi Scheduler instead of Filter Scheduler
Keystone integrated authentication
Glance integrated image service
Horizon dashboard
Linux and Windows guests to the extent to which they accept handoff from KVM and boot
Single metadata server running on each device
Cloud management through OpenStack APIs
Unsupported OpenStack Features
The following features are not supported:
Nova high availability
Nova object store
Nova volumes
Swift object storage
NFS and ISCSI file storage via volumes for guest VMs
Clustered file system solutions
xpvnc
Xen and other hypervisors
Centralized metadata servers
Software Defined Networking (Quantum)
Any other OpenStack project, extension or configuration not explicitly listed in the supported features or installed components sections
Rackspace Private Cloud Software is an evolving product and we will continue to develop and enhance it.
Rackspace Private Cloud Support
Rackspace Private Cloud is offered primarily as a "do it yourself" package, free of charge. You can also access the Rackspace Private Cloud Support Forum, a Rackspace-provided user forum, at the following URL:
https://privatecloudforums.rackspace.com/
The forum is open to all Rackspace Private Cloud users and is moderated and maintained by Rackspace personnel and OpenStack specialists.
Rackspace offers 24x7 support for Rackspace Private Cloud Software. If you are interested in purchasing Rackspace Private Cloud Escalation Support, or you plan to install on more than 20 nodes, please email us at rcbsales@rackspace.com.