[Openstack-docs] Architecture diagrams for installation guide

Andreas Jaeger aj at suse.com
Sat Mar 15 05:16:32 UTC 2014


On 03/15/2014 05:22 AM, Matt Kassawara wrote:
> I'm working on new architecture diagrams for the installation guide and
> would like some comments on the attached example for a three-node
> environment with Neutron. I'm trying to provide the following
> information without too much clutter:
> 
> 1) Quantity of nodes for a basic environment and additional nodes
> required for optional features (e.g., Swift storage node and Cinder
> volume node). For now, the attached example only shows a basic environment.
> 2) Concept of base services required to launch a minimal instance.
> 3) Location of base services in the environment.
> 4) Concept of optional services that add features to a base environment.
> 5) Location of optional services in the environment.
> 6) Example hostname (e.g., compute1) for each node referenced throughout
> the guide.
> 7) Quantity of network interfaces on each node.
> 8) Types of networks (color-coded) on each node (e.g., management)
> referenced throughout the guide.
> 9) Example network interface names (e.g., eth0) and IP addressing
> referenced throughout the guide.
> 
> I created this diagram using Inkscape on a reproducible 5-pixel grid
> with simple colors... perhaps something we can document once we agree on it.

Very clean and elegant diagram, I like it.

I would love if we could come up with some kind of documented standard
for *new* diagrams accross *all* manuals, right now I see no consistency
between them. They are grown historically,

Thanks,
Andreas
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