Managing Floating IP Ranges in OpenStack Neutron Sometimes you run out of public IP addresses and need to expand the floating IP range. This guide explains how to modify your existing IP allocatio...
Putting the Raspberry Pi to work uploading files to the Amazon S3 backup vault. Much more energy efficient compared to keeping the PC running for the same job. Amazing how many uses this little So...
Presenting OpenStack, Microsoft private cloud and converged solutions
The gaming PC at home had started getting a bit old and it was time to start overclocking. That way it’d be possible to squeeze a few more months out of the machine before the inevitable upgrade. O...
At home we have a 4-disk QNAP box as a file server which hosts photos dating back to the 1990s. Up to recently it was backed up over eSATA to external drives, but it was never a good solution. The ...
When the only thing readily available for stirring your tea is a pile of PCIe brackets 🙂
Resolving OpenStack Nova Live Migration CPU Compatibility Issues Background This week I’m hosting a hands-on OpenStack training for some clients. The ability to perform live migrations of running...
UPDATE: It turns out that installing the new client can cause issues with Keystone. I found this out the hard way yesterday when it failed during a demo, preventing authentication from the command ...
Currently installing a few C6320 servers with RHEL7.1 to create an OpenStack demo cluster. Since all servers need almost identical setups I wrote some Expect scripts but unfortunately didn’t put th...
Just created a private cloud at シルバニア森のキッチン