Open Stack

Hi,

Its only recently that I have started exploring openstack and the first
thing that comes to my mind is the nature and amount of configuration
required for the various components.
The managed IT Deb packages for Diablo were very helpful in reaching a poc
level implementation involving a separate cloud controller, volume and
glance with swift and with a compute node.

Are there any plans to simplify the configuration files and develop command
line wizards for a better user experience?

I believe that with every release an incrementally better experience will
help in greater adoption of the platform. For example I could only get
things working on my third trial. That too led to problems due to EC2 not
working till a project was added using nova manage. I still remain confused
between tenants and projects in Diablo. Logically one customer (tenant)
should be able to run multiple projects. So I was a bit surprised at them
being treated as equivalent.

First target for simplification could be the various pipeline settings and
the nova configuration. I have found these a bit complicated to understand.

I have not started testing Essex yet.

Regards
Aniruddha
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