Want to know more about Rackspace Cloud Server Images? We’ve got two experts joining us this week to discuss the ins and outs of Images.
Episode 153 : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cloud Server Images
Recorded Live: 6-30-2016
Participants
Hosts:
Alan Bush: @alanbush – Community Manager, Rackspace
Drew Cox: @drewcoxsa – Enterprise Technical Advisor, Rackspace
Guests:
Reese Mcjunkin – Linux Support Systems Engineer, Rackspace
Russell Troxel – Cloud Virtualization Engineer III, Rackspace
Highlights
Cloud Images vs. Cloud Backup (2:49)
Cloud Block Storage (10:04)
OpenStack terms (13:34)
Scaling with Cloud Images (16:16)
Time considerations when spinning up a new Image (19:24)
SaltStack/Cloud-init (22:00)
Pets vs. Cattle (23:09)
Best practices for Orchestration (24:22)
Verifying Images (30:09)
New technologies (35:26)
Rackspace Fanatical Support (35:59)
Cloud Backup/Monitoring agents (39:07) [error]
When to use Cloud Images (42:33)
Getting started with Cloud Images (43:50)
Portability of Images (45:47)
Importing external Images (49:49)
Distro upgrades (53:26)
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Links:
OpenStack Glossary of Terms
https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/openstack-glossary-of-terms/
Cloud-init
https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Custom Cloud Monitoring Plugins
https://github.com/racker/rackspace-monitoring-agent-plugins-contrib
Pitchfork – API Interactive Website Application
https://pitchfork.cloudapi.co/
CloudHappy
http://bit.ly/2988TRF
Duration: 00:56:50
Publisher: Rackspace
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