Submitted 10 months ago by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10542663
Well to be precise?
- How does one install it?
- What is the difference between a hypervisor/openstack/a container service (podman,docker)?
- Should I go with Proxmox/Debian/some other distro?
- I already installed Flatcar Linux, is this also suitable?
It has been years since I played with it but OpenStack is a suite of tools to build a data center like AWS or Azure. You can get the VM but up and running pretty quick with basic packages on an Ubuntu system if you want to play with it, but again it has been years.
What is your goal? Playing with kvm may be a better path if you want to understand virtualization.
If you want to upskill for a job, I’d see if there is a certificate to work on. Even if you don’t want the cert, the curriculum might be a good starting point.
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False@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Openstack is like self-hosting your own cloud provider. My 2 cents is that it’s probably way overkill for personal use. You’d probably be interested in it if you had a lot of physical servers you wanted to present as a single pooled resource for utilization.
Chocrates@lemmy.world 10 months ago
To add, hypervisor is very low level, below the operating system often. Hypervisors allow you to run multiple operating systems on the same hardware.
Containers are isolated processes running within an operating system using stuff like cgroups.
PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s for getting acquainted with the whole software stack. Also I have enough free time for it :)
False@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Fair enough. Personally I’d start with their documentation then: docs.openstack.org/install-guide/
Starbuck@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I used to be a certified OpenStack Administrator and I’ll say that K8s has eaten its lunch in many companies and in mindshare.
But if you do it, look at triple-o instead of installing from docs.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 10 months ago
Deploying openstack seems like a very fun and frustrating experience. If you succeed, you should consider graduating from selfhosting and entering hosting business. Then, maybe post your offering on lowendtalk. Not many providers there use openstack so you might be able to lead the pack there.