OpenMetal at OpenInfra Summit 2023

Along with sponsoring the OpenInfra Summit 2023, OpenMetal’s technical leadership was chosen to conduct workshops and talks at the event. Do join us for these educational sessions.

Workshop: Automating OpenStack with Terraform

1 hour 30 mins – Hands On Workshop

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Thu, June 15, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Vancouver Convention Centre – Room 12

Chris Bermudez
Director, DevOps Engineering

Chris Bermudez, Director of DevOps Engineering at OpenMetal will be conducting this workshop where he will go over the concepts of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as well as show how to apply it to your own small private cloud. Attendees will be provided with an OpenMetal On-Demand Private Cloud to use at the workshop to get hands-on experience while OpenMetal Engineers walk them through the steps to automate their own infrastructure using Terraform.

With the nearly infinite ways to orchestrate your OpenStack infrastructure it can be tough to create the best practices to manage everything. In this workshop we will go over the concepts of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as well as apply it to your own small private cloud. Attendees will be provided with an OpenMetal On-Demand Private Cloud to use at the workshop to get hands-on experience while OpenMetal Engineers walk them through the steps to automate their own infrastructure using Terraform.

Agenda

Brief Introduction to IaC, Terraform, and OpenStack

• Quick overview of the importance of IaC
• Quick overview of Terraform and its advantages
• Quick overview of OpenStack and its role in cloud computing

Basic Terraform Usage

• Introduction to Terraform Configuration Files
• Applying Terraform Configuration
• Exercise 1: Students write and apply a basic Terraform configuration to create an OpenStack resource

Terraform with OpenStack

• Brief explanation and demonstration of configuring the Terraform OpenStack provider
• Managing OpenStack Resources with Terraform
• Exercise 2: Students write and apply a Terraform configuration to set up a basic OpenStack architecture

Wrap Up and Q&A

• Key Takeaways and Best Practices
• Q&A Session