- OpenStack is an open source cloud operating system
- It can be used to control large pools of compute, storage and networking resources throughout a datacentre, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while permitting their users to provision resources through a web interface
- It provides IAAS - Infrastructure-As-A-Service
- OpenStack is a software platform that can be used to convert your traditional private datacentre to a private cloud
- There are several components of OpenStack : Compute, Storage, Networking, Dashboard and Shared services
- A conceptual relationship diagram of these components is shown below :
Reference :
www.openstack.org