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Since we have now a niceness gate, let's remove the known failures. Change-Id: I01684aee61e18e76f6523a466e28b8252e577f6f
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xml:id="module001-ch002-brief-overview">
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<title>Brief Overview</title>
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<para>OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large
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pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a
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datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives
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administrators control while empowering their users to provision
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resources through a web interface.</para>
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<para>OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud
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computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud
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computing platform for public and private clouds. The project aims
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to deliver solutions for all types of clouds by being</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>simple to implement</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>massively scalable</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>feature rich.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>To check out more information on OpenStack visit <link
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xlink:href="http://goo.gl/Ye9DFT"
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>http://goo.gl/Ye9DFT</link></para>
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<para><guilabel> OpenStack Foundation :</guilabel></para>
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<para>The OpenStack Foundation, established September 2012, is an
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independent body providing shared resources to help achieve the
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OpenStack Mission by Protecting, Empowering, and Promoting
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OpenStack software and the community around it, including users,
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developers and the entire ecosystem. For more information visit
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http://goo.gl/3uvmNX.</para>
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<para><guilabel> Who's behind OpenStack? </guilabel></para>
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<para>Founded by Rackspace Hosting and NASA, OpenStack has grown
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to be a global software community of developers collaborating on
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a standard and massively scalable open source cloud operating
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system. The OpenStack Foundation promotes the development,
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distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud operating
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system. As the independent home for OpenStack, the Foundation
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has already attracted more than 7,000 individual members from
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100 countries and 850 different organizations, secured more than
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$10 million in funding and is ready to fulfill the OpenStack
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mission of becoming the ubiquitous cloud computing platform.
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Checkout <link xlink:href="http://goo.gl/BZHJKd">http://goo.gl/BZHJKd</link>ýfor more on the same.</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Nebula (NASA)</title>
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</figure>
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<para>The goal of the OpenStack Foundation is to serve developers,
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users, and the entire ecosystem by providing a set of shared
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resources to grow the footprint of public and private OpenStack
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clouds, enable technology vendors targeting the platform and
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assist developers in producing the best cloud software in the
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industry.</para>
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<para><guilabel>Who uses OpenStack?</guilabel></para>
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<para>Corporations, service providers, VARS, SMBs, researchers,
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and global data centers looking to deploy large-scale cloud
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deployments for private or public clouds leveraging the support
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and resulting technology of a global open source community. And
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this is just two years into OpenStack, its new, its yet to
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mature and has immense possibilities. How do I say that? All
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these ‘buzz words’ will fall into a properly solved jigsaw
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puzzle as you go through this article.</para>
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<para><guilabel>Its Open Source:</guilabel></para>
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<para>All of the code for OpenStack is freely available under the
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Apache 2.0 license. Anyone can run it, build on it, or submit
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changes back to the project. This open development model is one
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of the best ways to foster badly-needed cloud standards, remove
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the fear of proprietary lock-in for cloud customers, and create
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a large ecosystem that spans cloud providers.</para>
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<para><guilabel>Who it's for:</guilabel></para>
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<para>Enterprises, service providers, government and academic
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institutions with physical hardware that would like to build a
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public or private cloud.</para>
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<para><guilabel>How it's being used today:</guilabel></para>
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<para>Organizations like CERN, Cisco WebEx, DreamHost, eBay, the
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Gap, HP, MercadoLibre, NASA, PayPal, Rackspace and University of
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Melbourne have deployed OpenStack clouds to achieve control,
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business agility and cost savings without the licensing fees and
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terms of proprietary software. For complete user stories visit
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<link xlink:href="http://goo.gl/aF4lsL"
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>http://goo.gl/aF4lsL</link>, this should give a good idea
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about importance of OpenStack.</para>
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