Open Stack

On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Jake G. <dj_dark_junglist at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I have been messing around with a few different tools for deploying openstack, but most of them seem they are designed for test environments.
> 
> Just wonder what everyone's opinion is on the best tool for deploying a production quality environment? Or is it best to install each component 
> one by one without using a deployment tool?

I've done both a manual installation and an automated one. Manual installation gives you a good grounding in how all of the pieces fit together. But be prepared to set aside a fair bit of time. I also used Mirantis Fuel (https://fuel.mirantis.com) recently and the deployment went without a hitch. It's definitely not aimed at creating test environments, though I guess you could. Fuel is meant to deploy real OpenStack installations for production.