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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1

Documentation Scope of Coverage

Latest maintenance release

The Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) documentation always reflects the latest maintenance release.

Release Information

Learn about the latest release.

Product Guide

Overview of Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Release Notes

All procedures are based on the latest maintenance release and may not apply to older releases.

Package Manifest

Package Listing for Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Planning

Important planning recommendations and guidance to review before deploying.

Security and Hardening Guide

Good Practices, Compliance, and Security Hardening

Deployment Recommendations for Specific Red Hat OpenStack Platform Services

Maximizing the performance of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Telemetry and Object Storage services

Recommendations for Large Deployments

Hardware requirements and configuration for deploying Red Hat OpenStack Platform at scale

Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 Data Security and Hardening Guide

Data security and hardening information for Ceph Storage Clusters and their clients.

Scaling Deployments with Compute Cells

A guide to creating and configuring a multi-cell overcloud

Installing & Upgrading

Director Installation and Usage

An end-to-end scenario on using Red Hat OpenStack Platform director to create an OpenStack cloud

Standalone Deployment Guide

Creating an all-in-one OpenStack cloud for test and proof-of-concept environments

Keeping Red Hat OpenStack Platform Updated

Performing minor updates of Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Framework for Upgrades (13 to 16.1)

In-place upgrades from Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 to 16.1

High Availability Deployment and Usage

Planning, deploying, and managing high availability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform

General Configuration

Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard

An overview of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Dashboard graphical user interface

Configuring the Compute Service for Instance Creation

A guide to configuring and managing the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Compute (nova) service for creating instances

Integrate OpenStack Identity with external user management services

Use Active Directory or Red Hat Identity Management as an external authentication back end

Transitioning to Containerized Services

A basic guide to working with OpenStack Platform containerized services

Manage Secrets with OpenStack Key Manager

How to integrate OpenStack Key Manager (Barbican) with your OpenStack deployment.

Users and Identity Management Guide

Managing users and keystone authentication

Federate with Identity Service

Federate with Identity Service using Red Hat Single Sign-On

Deploy Fernet on the Overcloud

Deploy Fernet on the Red Hat OpenStack Platform overcloud

Advanced Overcloud Customization

Methods for configuring advanced features using Red Hat OpenStack Platform director

Distributed compute node and storage deployment

Deploying Red Hat OpenStack Platform distributed compute node technologies

Backing up and restoring the undercloud and control plane nodes

Creating and restoring backups of the undercloud and the overcloud control plane nodes

OpenStack Integration Test Suite Guide

Introduction to the OpenStack Integration Test Suite

Creating and Managing Resources for Cloud Applications

Creating and Managing Instances

Creating and managing instances by using the CLI

Auto Scaling for Instances

Configure Auto Scaling in Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Bare Metal Provisioning

Install, Configure, and Use the Bare Metal Service (ironic)

High Availability for Compute Instances

Configure High Availability for Compute Instances

Configuring a Red Hat High Availability cluster on Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Installing and configuring HA clusters and cluster resources on RHOSP instances

Network Functions Virtualization

Network Functions Virtualization Planning and Configuration Guide

Planning and Configuring the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) OpenStack Deployment

Network Functions Virtualization Product Guide

Overview of the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)

Networking

Networking Guide

An advanced guide to Red Hat OpenStack Platform Networking

Spine Leaf Networking

Configuring routed spine-leaf networks using Red Hat OpenStack Platform director

Networking with Open Virtual Network

OpenStack Networking with OVN

IPv6 Networking for the Overcloud

Configuring an Overcloud to Use IPv6 Networking

External Load Balancing for the Overcloud

Configuring a Red Hat OpenStack Platform environment to use an external load balancer

Using Octavia for Load Balancing-as-a-Service

Information about how to load balance network traffic on the data plane

Firewall Rules for Red Hat OpenStack Platform

List of required ports and protocols.

Storage

Storage and file systems

Storage Guide

Understanding, using, and managing persistent storage in OpenStack

Creating and Managing Images

Configuring the Image service, creating and managing images

Deploying an overcloud with containerized Red Hat Ceph

Configuring the director to deploy and use a containerized Red Hat Ceph cluster

Integrating an Overcloud with an Existing Red Hat Ceph Cluster

Configuring an Overcloud to Use Stand-Alone Red Hat Ceph Storage

Deploying the Shared File Systems service with CephFS through NFS

Understanding, using, and managing the Shared File Systems service with CephFS through NFS in Red Hat OpenStack Platform

CephFS Back End Guide for the Shared File System Service

Deploying the Shared File Systems service with native CephFS in a Red Hat OpenStack Platform Overcloud

Block Storage Backup Guide

Understanding, using, and managing the Block Storage backup service in OpenStack

Custom Block Storage Back End Deployment Guide

A Guide to Deploying a Custom Block Storage Back End in a Red Hat OpenStack Platform Overcloud

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Guide

Understanding and configuring Hyperconverged Infrastructure on the Red Hat OpenStack Platform overcloud

Deploying and managing OpenShift Container Storage using Red Hat OpenStack Platform

How to install and manage Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage on Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Observability

Service Telemetry Framework Release Notes 1.5

Release details for Service Telemetry Framework 1.5

Service Telemetry Framework 1.5

Installing and deploying Service Telemetry Framework 1.5

Monitoring Tools Configuration Guide

A guide to OpenStack logging and monitoring tools

Logging, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Guide

An In-Depth Guide to OpenStack Logging, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting

Operational Measurements

Tracking physical and virtual resources, and collecting metrics

Reference

Command Line Interface Reference

Command-line clients for Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Configuration Reference

Configuring Red Hat OpenStack Platform environments

Overcloud Parameters

Parameters for customizing the core template collection for a Red Hat OpenStack Platform overcloud

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